Armsreach cosleeper

Diamond Member Joined: Dec 05 2005 Posts: 3526

I'm considering getting the armsreach cosleeper. does anyone have it, that can give me more info on it? also, where did you buy it? do you know where I can get the universal (I'm in il)?
tia

Diamond Member Joined: Dec 05 2005 Posts: 3526

anyone? any info? I will keep on bumping this up until I get some answers. I just can't believe that no one here has one or knows someone who has one.

Diamond Member Joined: Apr 27 2006 Age: 30 Posts: 2547

I have it and I love it. when my baby wakes up, I barely need to lift my head up to feed her.
u can get it online at babiesrus.com or target.com. also check out the arms reach website for other places to buy.
good luck!

Diamond Member Joined: Apr 30 2004 Posts: 4367

I think I hve one. bought it 8 yrs ago- its a co sleeper made out of wood and ilove love love it. its the best thing if you want the babies in your bed but have your own space. I love how I put the baby in the cosleeper, and when I wake up a few hours later, they are nuzled next to me.
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Posted: Tue, May 13 2008, 1:20 pm Post subject: re: armsreach cosleeper

You can get them on the armsreach website.

We have the wood "sleigh" style. It works very well for its intended use, about which here are my thoughts from our personal experience:

With first daughter, we were very into "attachment" ideas and used it as a real cosleeper until she grew out of it (took a while - she's small). But -- and I'm NOT blaming cosleeping entirely for this, it is mostly her personality-- she has been a terrible sleeper and needed me all night. I nursed her til 18 mos and she continued night waking all that time, MANY times a night. Even now at 4 1/2 if she happens to get up at night for bathroom, etc., she always ends up waking me.

With our son we tried a different approach. Even as a newborn, though he slept in our room and nursed on demand, we kept the side on the sleeper, like a small crib, and did not put it right against our bed. After I was recovered from the birth,I found that when I got out of bed to nurse him in a rocker, I was more aware of hunger-cry versus going-back-to-sleep-in-a-minute sounds, and also more alert to put him back in the cosleeper as soon as he finished instead of falling asleep next to him.

I think that, along with his different personality, that has contributed to him being a much better sleeper at every stage, as well being able to be comforted as an older infant without nursing if he was not hungry.

I hope we can use this method with the baby we are now expecting, B"H as well. Bottom line is, I would NEVER "cry it out", but still recommend taking Dr Sears with a grain of salt. Its easy to be a bit too swayed by it, but remember not every parenting style works with every child.

Anyway, the cosleeper is now used for toy storage in DD's room (it IS very sturdy) so we need to clean it out and get it ready to use again B"H as a minicrib. (By the way, son did not get much use out of it even as a crib since he outgrew it pretty fast)