Maverick's Baby Bed

Things have changed slightly since Chandler and Brighton were born. We have always kept the boys in our room for at least the first three months (for Brighton it was 6!) to facilitate nursing. They would sleep in a pack'n'play bassinet next to our bed. At the start of this pregnancy I declared that I could not manage another pregnancy in our 14 + year old queen size mattress. We needed a new one. While we were at it, why not upgrade to King size?

Well we did, and as Derek says, we are now bed-snobs and MUST have a King. How did we ever do without? Needless to say, fitting the pack'n'play next to the King size bed in our room would be rather snug. We decided to get a small bassinet that would go in the bed with us instead. Here's the boys posing as us with their "baby brother"

We are very happy with the new bed and it will surely come in handy for the few trips that we plan on taking this summer. Obviously it is much smaller to pack than the huge pack'n'play. Thank you Mimi and Granddaddy Bob!

Here the boys are checking on the sleeping baby. How cute! We decided to make a few adjustments to the baby bed after testing out the features. The light on the side works great, but the sound and the vibration are not ideal. The sound is WAY TOO loud even on the lowest setting. Did they even test this out on a baby? The baby's head will be only inches away from this unit. Why did they think it needed to be at mosh-pit level? Also, the vibration doesn't really vibrate the bed, but the frame. It is also very loud.

Luckily, we were able to remove the sound and vibration unit from the pack'n'play and attach it to the new baby bed with no problems. The best of both worlds! Now all we need is our baby...