4 co-sleepers to safely room share with your baby
Setting up a safe sleeping environment for your newborn is vital.
While Red Nose says that co-sleeping in a bed isn’t safe, they do recommend room sharing – this is where the baby sleeps safely in a co-sleeper or cot next to the bed – for the first six to 12 months.
So which co-sleeper is right for you?
The Tell Me Baby community has rated the safest co-sleepers they’ve tried and shared their opinions on what has, or hasn’t, worked for them.
Based on their co-sleeper reviews, we’ve put together a list of the safest co-sleepers our community loves. You can also look at out best baby bassinet comparisons to find the top rated products.
1. Babyhood Australia Co Sleeper Cradle
The Babyhood Australia Co Sleeper Cradle can be used as a cradle, co-sleeper or bassinet – whatever suits you. Featuring mesh sides, wheels and drop-down side, this product comes highly recommended by parents.
“I was looking for two things in a bassinet – wheels and a drop-down side, and there is not currently much like this on the market,” said a parent. “The babyhood bassinet was a great investment and has both of those mentioned above.”
Read Babyhood Australia Co Sleeper Cradle reviews.
2. Childcare Cosy Time Sleeper
Childcare Cosy Time Sleeper is a bassinet and a bedside sleeper in one. Easily attach it to your bed, or leave it as a freestanding bassinet.
One parent wrote: “So great to have baby next to you and so convenient for late-night cuddles. Being able to roll over and have my kids next to me in a safe area has been fantastic.”
Read Childcare Cosy Time Sleeper reviews.
4. Happiest Baby SNOO Smart Sleeper
Happiest Baby SNOO Smart Sleeper is a bassinet that applies Dr Karp’s popular 5 S’s soothing techniques. The SNOO gently rocks to help your baby be a better sleeper (up to 6 months), and features a hip safe 5-second swaddle that keeps baby safety on their back (when used as directed) – among other things.
Parents said the SNOO is worth the hype. “Bub slept so well in this, settled easier, gave me an easier night sleep. It was a plus all around. Expensive but worth it,” one parent wrote in their reivew.
Read Happiest Baby SNOO Smart Sleeper reviews.
5. Love N Care By My Side Co-Sleeper
The Love N Care By My Side Co-Sleeper Baby means baby can sleep safely next to you as a co-sleeper or in the same room using bassinet mode.
One mum shared, “I didn’t want to sleep with my newborn in our bed being a first time mum, so this was honestly so perfect. They were right next to me, and they slept throughout the night because they sensed I was close!”
Read Love N Care By My Side Co-Sleeper reviews.
Safety standards
The most important thing for parents to be aware of when searching for the safest co-sleepers is that there are no Australian safety standards for baby bassinets or bedside sleepers.
CHOICE says that some “products claim compliance with the older standard for rocking cradles AS/NZS 4385:1996. Other standards to look out for that manufacturers tend to have their bassinets tested to include:
- the European standard EN 1130
- the US standard ASTM F2194.”
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