Valco Baby Rico Bassinet

With a baby born at the end of December, we bought this bassinet as a travel one that could easily go with us to Grandma's house. Because it's a great, compact size, we ended up using it… Read more

With a baby born at the end of December, we bought this bassinet as a travel one that could easily go with us to Grandma's house. Because it's a great, compact size, we ended up using it in our living room, so baby could nap in there during the day, with the noise and light to help with the day-night confusion.
Things we loved
- The ease in folding and transporting
- Mesh sides made it easy to see bub and allow airflow in the NT heat
-"Shelf" underneath was great for keeping burp cloths, and the pockets on the side are great for pacifiers etc.
- light weight enough to move around the room easily.
We didn't love
- the mattress it came with; we ended up getting a different on that was a bit thicker and didn't fold but felt firmer.
- we have a very long baby, and I can't see her fitting in this bassinet longer than three months (she's a month now). That said, it is longer and wider than a lot of "basket style" bassinets.
- very lightweight; so older siblings could easily pull it over.

If you are looking for a travel bassinet or have limited space, I would 10/10 recommend it, but unsure if I would commit as the main bassinet.
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We bought this bassinet for our first born (she’s 5 & 1/2 now) and used it for all three of our bubs, but we never used the mattress that bassinet came with. A definite plus was that… Read more

We bought this bassinet for our first born (she’s 5 & 1/2 now) and used it for all three of our bubs, but we never used the mattress that bassinet came with. A definite plus was that is was easily transportable, with an included travel bag. Took maybe a minute each time to assemble/collapse bassinet. Definite value for money, even if it is only used for nap times or travelling
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We loved this bassinet. We used it in our lounge room for the first couple of months with our daughter. Loved that it could fold down back into a bag to take anywhere with us. The Zip… Read more

We loved this bassinet. We used it in our lounge room for the first couple of months with our daughter.
Loved that it could fold down back into a bag to take anywhere with us. The Zip up fly screen was a great bonus. Being able to use the bassinet outside while we were away.
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