Faith's favorite things -Part 3

From the time we brought her home from the hospital until the beginning of December (a solid 6 months) Faith slept in this:

Fisher Price Newborn Rock and Play Sleeper

 I had read about this item on pregnancy websites like TheBump and BabyCenter, and it seemed like it would be a good thing to have around. I thought I would have her nap in it during the day and maybe have it by the shower if I need to take a quick shower and wanted to keep my eye on her. 

When we actually brought Faith home from the hospital, I wanted her to sleep near me (new parent nerves), so I put the sleeper next to my side of the bed. It was great because I could reach out and rock it without having to sit up.

Fresh out of the oven!

After about 4 weeks and realizing that babies can in fact snore, we decided to move her to the nursery. To ease the transition, I just moved the sleeper into the nursery instead of putting her in the crib. She was sleeping well at this point and I wasn't too interested in rocking the boat.

Let sleeping babies lie

Then Faith started having problems with reflux. A lot of babies have reflux issues, mostly because their digestive systems aren't fully mature at birth. One of the recommendations for babies with reflux is to have them sleep at an upright angle instead of flat. The sleeper has an incline, so it was perfect!

We went through a tough couple months with Faith with her reflux and milk protein allergy, so during that time, I didn't want to mess with her sleep at all. She slept really well in the sleeper and I often said to my husband: "I wish they made a toddler size of this thing!"

Faith also liked just hanging out in it

Deep thoughts

The weight limit is 25lbs, but if you have a tall baby, they'll grow out of it faster than that. We really only moved her to the crib because she was getting crazy in the sleeper (kicking her legs to get it to rock and almost tipping it over!). It was a hard transition to the crib, mostly because Faith wasn't used to sleeping in an open space (the sleeper is almost like a hammock that cradles the baby). It took a couple of weeks, but now Faith loves the crib, mostly because she has her seahorse in there.

I fully intend on using this sleeper with future babies, but maybe I won't keep them in there quite as long as we did with Faith :)

Surrendering to sleep