How to make a bassinet more comfortable
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I personally put a plush blanket down as a sheet to make it more comfortable for my lil baby and that seemed to help him sleep better…. Like a small fleece blanket make sure you tuck it so that it is snug and has no bubbles or access fabric.. smooth it out just like a fitted sheet and you should be fine
It’s so hard! It’s recommended that nothing stays in the bassinet, for the exception of a fitted sheet that’s made by the manufacturer. So the best things are definitely what @Amanda recommended.
I'm not even gonna lie, and call me a bad mom for this, but I put a pillow down in my daughter's bassinet for her to sleep on. It was literally the same size as her bassinet so there wasn't any crevices she could fall into, and she was too young to roll over at the time, and she loved it. It wasn't too soft, and it wasn't too hard. It worked out well for her. Now that she sleeps in her crib I don't do that. But when she was little little, a pillow was key for her to sleep peacefully.
Ya she 3 months now on the 14th She doesn’t like swaddling anymore
I put a fitted sheet, a thick blanket and then another fitted sheet with nothing else in it
@Mary Ann nothing in the crib is recommended because of SIDS but I had to do something to make it more comfortable or my baby just won’t sleep in it. I also don’t want to co sleep. I put a soft blanket down like what was mentioned above. I put her on her back. I try to follow most of the rules for preventing SIDS but it’s really difficult to do them all
@Renise oh that’s an interesting idea. I will have to try that. Thanks!
Speaking as a mom of a Velcro baby who wouldn’t let me put her down forever and still fights me hourly on the crib 8 months later… its not that it’s not comfortable, babies are just designed to want and need to be near us. (Some more than others. Temperament really effects this!) You can’t out anything in the bassinet with them especially blankets. You CAN try these things: Heating pad. Heat it up and remove it before transferring her and make sure it’s not too hot of course. You can also try sleeping with the bassinet sheet and putting that in there the next day so it smells like you. Highly suggest @heysleepbaby on insta