Arm's Reach Mini Co-Sleeper Bassinet - Natural

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Brand: Arm's Reach
Category: Toy

Buy New: $159.99
as of 9/7/2010 03:22 CDT details

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

38 reviews
Sales Rank: 37,464

Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 26.8
Dimensions (in): 32.6 x 9.4 x 9

MPN: 4111-NP
Model: 4111-N
UPC: 648357041118
EAN: 0883413369403

Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

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Features:

•	This model converts to a changing table, bassinet, or playard
•	New streamline size fits in smaller bedrooms.
•	Wheels on one end makes moving around the house and through doorways much easier.
•	One large storage space underneath the mattress offers secure zipper closing
•	The liner inside the sleeping nest is built in

The Arm's Reach Mini Co-Sleeper offers:

A safe environment for baby.
Easy nighttime feedings.
Increased bonding time for parents and baby.

The Mini Co-Sleeper features a streamlined design that's great for smaller bedrooms.

The Mini Co-Sleeper Bassinet lets you and your baby sleep safely and comfortably next to each other. View larger.

Benefits of the Arm's Reach Co-Sleeper System
With the Mini Co-Sleeper Bassinet, adults can sleep comfortably with baby only an arm's length away. This allows new mothers to breast feed during the night without getting up. It also lets parents more easily comfort and reassure a restless child during the night. Sleeping near their infant allows parents increased bonding time during the early stages of baby's development. As an added benefit, using a Co-Sleeper system allows the new mother additional time to rest and recover by letting her care for baby from the comfort of her own bed.

The Arm's Reach Co-Sleeper system is recommended by leading pediatricians and sleep research experts Dr. James J. McKenna Ph. D and Dr. William Sears as a way for parents to connect with their infants. With the Co-Sleeper Bassinet, you can say good-bye to those middle-of-the-night walks to baby's room for feeding. The bassinet is designed to let you simply turn over toward your baby without having to get up.

Practical Design
The easy-to-assemble Co-Sleeper Bassinet attaches securely under the top mattress of an adult bed and can support up to 23-pounds in the co-sleeping position, making it sturdy and reliable. It's designed to work with any bed that has a height of 24 inches, regardless of size. A separate leg extension kit can be used to adjust the height, making this bassinet compatible with a wide range of contemporary beds.

The Mini Co-Sleeper Bassinet features a streamlined size of 34x20x31-inches (HxDxW) that fits comfortably in smaller bedrooms. Wheels on one end make moving this bassinet around your home easy, and at just 24 pounds including the case, its incredibly portable. You'll value the ability to take your Mini Co-Sleeper Bassinet with you on your next family trip.

Also, the sleeper includes four side pockets and a large storage space under the mattress with a secure zipper closure provide plenty of easily accessed storage.

What's in the Box
Co-Sleeper Bassinet with built-in fabric lining, fitted 100-percent cotton sheet, and a mattress.

Customer Reviews:

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Easy on Baby and on the Eyes July 14, 2007
Katherine Turner (California)
32 out of 32 found this review helpful

I used this co-sleeper for both of my sons and it held up beautifully - so well, in fact that our friends' newborn girl is now having a go! As said by the other reviewers, it is very easy to pop up, attach and fold away. It is also the best set-up for night feedings and attachment-sleeping. All three babies have enjoyed sleeping in it, and the beauty of the natural style is that it goes with just about any adult decor (no trying to coordinate your duvet to teddy bears and rainbows) without being uncuddly and is completely ungendered. The various pockets and cubbies are perfect for keeping diapering supplies handy and hidden. As for being cumbersome in the bedroom, I found that it helps to put it as close to the head of the bed as possible (if you can, do without a nightstand for the duration) and then your legs are clear for getting in and out. Also, it makes looking over at each other that much easier.

5 out of 5 stars

Excellent breastfeeding aide and product June 5, 2008
Nicki Heskin (Southern California)
29 out of 29 found this review helpful

I used this product for about 7 months with my second daughter, and I have to say that I liked it so much that I am only sorry that I didn't have it around for my first.

For my first daughter, we slept her in a graco portable crib/playpen with the bassinet insert next to the bed. It was fine, but it was huge - we had to rearrange our room to make it fit next to the bed, and when I got her to nurse at night, I had to get up and get her in and out. Being an anxious first-time mother, I was also constantly sitting up to check on her whenever I awoke to her movements in the night.

The mini cosleeper fit easily right next to my bed and attached tightly and safely to it with the included bedplate and strap (attaches to the cosleeper and runs under the mattress and pulls firmly against the far side with a plastic plate). I could see her while I was lying down, which was great, and when she woke up, I was able to just bring her to me and lay her back down without actually getting out of bed. It was wonderful.

The mini cosleeper has its own special sheets (additional can be purchased) with lots of Velcro to attach the mattress firmly on the underside of the mattress to the frame. This is what is recommended for safety purposes by Arm's Reach. Standard elastic bassinet sheets do fit the mattress as well, and we chose to use these even though it is not recommended by the manufacturer. Height extenders are also available for the legs, so that you can make the product fit a higher mattress.

We got our mini cosleeper mainly because I expected my older daughter to want to come back in our bed, at least temporarily, when the baby was born (I figured, who wants be the only one sleeping alone!). Since it's not safe to cosleep with a baby and an older sibling (the heavily sleeping child can overlay the baby), and big sister was too young to sleep between my husband and the edge of the bed, I thought this would be perfect. Also, I believe heavily in swaddling (see my article on Swaddling Your Breastfed Baby), and I'm not personally wild about cosleeping with a swaddled baby. Ironically, our older daughter never did return to our bed, but the baby slept SO well swaddled in the cosleeper (a 6-8 hour stretch, almost right away), we stuck with it. It was great having her so close with the feeling of being with me in my bed, while still having some space to stretch out and roll around.

The mini cosleeper comes in a range of colors and patterns and range in price from about $130 to $160, although more expensive styles are available. You can get them in the traditional fabric/netting style, or splurge for natural wood slat or other more custom looks. They are even now making a product that converts to a lower crib, rather than having the storage underneath. If that had always been available, I would have never bought a full-sized portable crib, since the playpen function is not important to me. The mini provides more than enough room to sleep until your child is old enough to sleep in a regular bed, or alternately a mat, cot or sleeping bag of some kind.

Additional features and benefits of the mini cosleeper include the easy transition from the lowered side to a regular bassinet (seems tricky to figure out, but easy once you've got it down). It's also easy to disconnect from the bedplate (two squeeze latches) and then you can roll it from room to room since (unlike its full-sized counterparts), it's small enough to fit through standard doorways. It's so much smaller and lighter than the full-size portable cribs, that after years of traveling with those, it was a delight to travel with the mini. They also have pretty good resale value, selling at the time of this article, between $50 and $100 on ebay and Craigslist - neutral colors are a better buy for this purpose than a pink or patterned look.

After using a range of products, and finally coming to the mini cosleeper, I can't recommend this product highly enough.

5 out of 5 stars

Love It!!! March 27, 2008
R. Commero (PA)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful

All I can say is I should have purchased the co-sleeper three kids ago. This item wasn't available when I had my first 16 years ago, so we used a bassinet. With my second baby 7 years ago, we assumed the bassinet would work fine, so that is what we used. Well, he only slept 30-90 minutes at a time until 20 months of age, and let me tell you, we spent many restless nights getting up out of bed to get him from his bassinet or being kicked by his little feet! Our third didn't sleep any better, and she ended up in our bed until age three - not a problem for mommy, but daddy is a light sleeper and was also missing his wife:) Finally, when our fourth was born in December of '07, we used a bassinet for about 3 days; I fell asleep one night with her in my arms out of sheer exhaustion and woke up horrified to find her under our heavy down comforter and immediately rushed downstairs to order this co-sleeper. I like all my friends are terrified of SIDS and since new research indicates infants in bed with mom and dad are actually at a higher risk, we couldn't in good concience, let her sleep in our bed like we did with our third. She sleeps so soundly in her little co-sleeper nest. It is just the right size, and she can suck her paci and look at mommy until she drifts off. It is so much better than a bassinet becasue I don't even have to sit up to tuck her paci back in her mouth or pat her to sooth her. She is a bigger baby at 75% for height and weight, and she is showing no signs of outgrowing her co-sleeper. I only wish I had had this with the last two, it would have made my nights much more pleasant!

5 out of 5 stars

great purchase July 2, 2007
sally (Cambridge, Ma United States)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful

Have used it for the first 3 weeks so far and it's really lovely both in terms of functionality and appearance. It folds and unfolds easily (we've already transported it from house to house); the four pockets on the sides are useful for burp cloths and hats etc; we bought the Snuggle Nest with incline and it fits nicely within the bassinet; the simple appearance (we bought the natural color one) lets it fit in anywhere. Also, the price on Amazon was $40 cheaper than the one I found in a shop near my home! We have used it as a free-standing crib without hooking it up to the bed but we roll it over and place it beside me at night and it is just as functional.

5 out of 5 stars

great space saver! January 7, 2008
Joey (monterey, ca)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful

We have a very small bedroom in our new house, so the pak 'n play is too big to fit easily as a bassinet, which is what I used with our first son. The mini co sleeper is perfect on the other hand, and the storage space underneath is also a really great feature (can hold lots of extra diapers, nightgowns, sheets, and blankets). The pockets on the top can fit 10-15 diapers and the bottom pockets can hold one of the big size tubs of Aquaphor plus other essentials. It's easy to assemble and break-down for travel. The only down side I can see to it (particularly for those with a small bedroom like ours) is that once the baby outgrows the bassinet stage you will lose the storage space underneath. Regardless of the size of your bedroom, though, I highly recommend this for use for breastfeeding moms or parents who want to safely co-sleep with baby!!

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