Baby's First Bed
| One of the biggest purchases when decorating the baby’s nursery was always going to be baby’s first bed. We received ours as a gift from my folks, and while there are a whole bunch of different styles to choose from, we decided to go with the Pod Moses Basket, by Seed Organic |  Pod Moses Basket |
My wife decided she wanted one of these for baby’s first bed because, as it’s our first child, she wanted to keep it in the bedroom with us, at least initially, so we can keep a close eye on baby, and so she’s close by for those late night feedings.
There’s also a practical aspect to it; living in Sydney, Australia we are all too familiar with the fact that “Insulation” seems to have been a four letter word when apartments and houses were built in the old days, and our apartment can get pretty damn cold in the winter (June is winter over here, I know, it’s a crazy upside down land!!). Trying to heat 2 bedrooms sufficiently when the baby arrives would be difficult, and expensive, which is why we decided on the Moses basket.
It has a couple of other neat features too:
It has a couple of other neat features too:
- It’s portable - the whole basket comes off the frame easily, so we can move baby from room to room with no fuss.
- It’s all organic, so baby’s sensitive skin will be fine.
- It’s “cosy and pretty”....yeah, that was my wife’s comment!
If only they were all this easy...
We put it together this week, and while it wasn’t all that difficult to do, let me tell you something...my wife is Swedish, and a true Swedish IKEA fan, so most of our furniture is from IKEA.
Now, once you’ve put together a few dozen pieces of furniture from IKEA, you discover that building furniture with an Allen key that's NOT from IKEA is a bit of an adventure!
The instructions were not the clearest, and I particularly liked how once I finished the task on page 2, page 4 tells me that there was a step missing from that page, "please insert part J into section D now"...which is of course impossible because of the task I just did on page 3!!
SIGH!!!
Now, once you’ve put together a few dozen pieces of furniture from IKEA, you discover that building furniture with an Allen key that's NOT from IKEA is a bit of an adventure!
The instructions were not the clearest, and I particularly liked how once I finished the task on page 2, page 4 tells me that there was a step missing from that page, "please insert part J into section D now"...which is of course impossible because of the task I just did on page 3!!
SIGH!!!
Well, with a minimum amount of fuss (and swearing), baby’s first bed is now complete. It does look quite comfy, but I have been banned from trying it out, apparently I’m too big. So Leonard gets to test it!
| This type of bed is only one option for Baby’s first bed. Some of the other styles of bed you could choose from are:-
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The MOST important thing to consider when you’re buying your baby’s first bed is SAFETY - be sure to check those Safety Standards for wherever you live fellas. Other things to consider are Size, Style, and Price.
Below is an example of choosing the Sturdiest bed you can might be a good idea...I try to be as helpful and informative as I can here people!
- apparently the poor guy was in there for over an hour!
Below is an example of choosing the Sturdiest bed you can might be a good idea...I try to be as helpful and informative as I can here people!
- apparently the poor guy was in there for over an hour!
Baby is due pretty much anytime now, though the midwives say it’s still about 2 weeks to go. I think my wife is pretty much ready to meet this kid now, so I’m betting on D-Day coming sooner rather than later!
Stay tuned...
~ Ryan
Stay tuned...
~ Ryan
