Sleeping Pod for Newborn

Satellite on 10/09/2019 - 16:04
Last edited 10/09/2019 - 16:08

Hi Guys,

Could you help me decide if sleeping pod is necessary?

Parents raving reviews about sleepyhead deluxe pod and my wifey really wants to get one but it does not deliver to Australia: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sleepyhead-Deluxe-Months-Pristine-W…

I have found Poodle Pod for $149 that ships to Australia: https://www.fishpond.com.au/Baby/Poddle-Pod-0-6-Months-Baby-…

There are many more like this in the market and are very pricey like COCOONABABY, Breathe Eze Cosy Crib, etc.

What are your views on this stuff? Do you recommend any?

Also, is there anything that is would work for co-sleep with a baby or do you recommend them placing in a Cot?

Appreciated.

Toys & Kids

Comments

  • boomramada on 10/09/2019 - 16:09
    +2

    https://tellmebaby.com.au/product/childcare-moses-basket/ with the stand. That's all you need in early days or something similar.
    Then upgrade to Cot (good luck with that) :)

  • askme69 on 10/09/2019 - 16:13
    +1

    Never co-sleep. Cot and wrapped tightly in MUslin cloth (basically bound) and they feel tight, safe and secure.

    Pillows if having a nap on the floor with a rug suffices.

    Never let them sleep in your bed unless it is an absolute necessity. You will rue the day if you do.

    • John Kimble on 10/09/2019 - 16:47

      Why?

      • pistachio1 on 10/09/2019 - 16:55
        +1

        Because of the potential horrifying situation of you rolling over while you sleep and crushing and/or suffocating the baby.

      • askme69 on 10/09/2019 - 23:03
        +1

        When they are 8 years of age and can't sleep by themselves or can't be alone without a light on you may ask yourself why.

        My kids 3, have apart from the first maybe 3 months (in a bassinet) all slept in a separate room.

        PS: Nothing to do with SIDS etc for me, just avoiding future issues.

        • onetwothreefour on 11/09/2019 - 11:11

          How do you know there will be future issues if you haven't tried it?

          My wife has co-slept with our 3 older children and currently doing it with the 4th who is 12 months old. No issues transitioning them to their own bed/room when the time is right.

          • SnoozeAndLose on 11/09/2019 - 12:02

            @onetwothreefour: User name check out

          • try2bhelpful on 11/09/2019 - 14:40

            @onetwothreefour: “My wife has co-slept” does that mean you don’t sleep in the same bed?

            • onetwothreefour on 11/09/2019 - 15:17

              @try2bhelpful: Correct, apart from the short time between periods of co-sleeping.

              • try2bhelpful on 11/09/2019 - 15:56

                @onetwothreefour: I’m amazed you managed to have 4 kids. Do they have any resemblance to the postman?

                • onetwothreefour on 11/09/2019 - 16:09

                  @try2bhelpful: They all look similar enough to assume that they all have the same father, we've moved a few times over the years and they were all born in different locations so if I'm not the dad then I have to be impressed by their real father keeping up the affair over 12 years and 4 different houses.

                  Either way, what I don't know can't hurt me :)

                  • try2bhelpful on 11/09/2019 - 16:15

                    @onetwothreefour: Your answer made me, genuinely, LOL. Got to admit I love to snuggle down with my guy at night but I am glad he gets out of bed early so I get the luxury of the bed to myself for a few hours. Then again when we baby sat a friend’s cat for a few months we ended up with a DMZ that meant I was in one bedroom with one cat and my man was in the other with the friend’s cat. I can hardly talk.

                    • onetwothreefour on 11/09/2019 - 16:31

                      @try2bhelpful: Don't get me started on cats! we have 2 of those.

                      My youngest is 12 months old so probably a few more years of co-sleeping for my wife, I'm not sure if we'll go back to sharing a bed, I'm too used to having a queen sized bed to myself.

    • pyramid on 10/09/2019 - 16:49
      +1

      I'm curious as well to know about co-sleeping or sleeping in bed.

  • pistachio1 on 10/09/2019 - 16:53

    Go on gumtree and buy a bassinet for $30-40. Keep it in your room so you can be close to bub while you sleep. When he's about six months old, he'll be too big for the bassinet. Go back on Gumtree and buy a wooden cot for $80. Now put the cot in bub's own room and he can sleep in there. Simple. I don’t know what the eff a sleeping pod is, but I know you don’t need one.

    I mean, god, even the bassinet isn't totally necessary. You can just buy a cot right off the bat and make bub sleep in that. Get a cheap baby monitor to keep next to your pillow.

  • tsunamisurfer on 10/09/2019 - 16:54

    Is this for SIDS or being cozy?

    If being cozy….they would just rather be swaddled as mentioned above.

    If for SIDS this is quite an expensive item.

    Previously I found somewhere selling a pillow in the shape of an H….and the baby slept between the 2 sides and wouldn't roll over.

    Having said that my second one slept poorly until we left her sleep on her front….she slept soundly on her front for some unknown reason.

  • Quantumcat on 10/09/2019 - 18:42
    +2

    Sleepyhead has caused death. Don't use one. Just use a Moses basket for sleeping baby in the living area

    • Halo375 on 10/09/2019 - 18:45
      +2

      Agreed. Those edges look like a smothering hazard. Wrap them well and place them on a firm flat surface in a bassinet then cot.

  • crentist on 10/09/2019 - 18:58
    +1

    Those $150 "pods" look a lot like the bed my small dog sleeps in.

  • GourmetFoodie on 10/09/2019 - 20:00
    +3

    These are not SIDS safe. I wouldn't risk it personally.

    i researched this stuff like mad as someone I knew had a baby die from SIDS.
    Safest and best option is bassinet. Get the boori one. It's about $180. Has wheels. Move it where you need it.

  • dylanando on 10/09/2019 - 21:56

    My newborn son went straight into a cot in his own room. Best thing ever, me and my partner can still ‘play’ ;) and talk in our room why bub is asleep in his own room. After 3 months he’s sleeping 12hrs+ straight at night.

  • savage bargain on 10/09/2019 - 23:40
    +1

    We used an Arms Reach Co-Sleeper because:

    • Wheels around like the Boori
    • Mesh sides like the Boori
    • Clips to the bed to prevent accidental knocking over (especially as bassinets are a bit top heavy)
    • Side drops down, so it's easy to take the baby out while staying in bed - not having to walk to another room and easily picking up the baby makes so much difference with the 3-hourly newborn cycles
    • Being next to the bed meant we could sometimes save a wake up because we could settle them straight away

    Friends liked the idea too and either borrowed it off us or got their own.

    Just watch buying one off Amazon or Ebay - apparently counterfeits are an issue now.

  • spacemansam on 11/09/2019 - 07:18
    +2

    Had premature twins earlier this year who spent 3 months in intensive care. The medical staff drummed into us the importance of safe sleeping.

    As others have said, this is NOT SIDS safe! Please for the safety of your baby, do not buy this. Even though pictures of theses nests are plastered all over Instagram, it poses both a suffocation and overheating risk for the baby.

    We bought the Boori Urbane bassinets for $90 off Facebook Marketplace which were practically brand new and resold it for the same price. Would highly recommend it!

    • try2bhelpful on 25/09/2019 - 16:50

      Best of luck with the bubs, it must've been awful for them to be in hospital for that long.

      • spacemansam on 28/09/2019 - 05:51

        Thank you! Yeah it was pretty awful but we've managed to come out the other end with two very strong and resilient babies :)

        • try2bhelpful on 28/09/2019 - 08:03
          +1

          Great news and all the best for their future.

  • try2bhelpful on 11/09/2019 - 11:52

    It looks like a stretched out cat bed.

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