Hammocks

I saw a beautiful hammock in a babyshop. It said on the box that you can use it instead of a bassinet or cot (up to 6-7 months).
Does anyone have experience with this?

It does really appeal to me, but I'd like to know what other people think about it.

I mine (but we had to give it back after a month). We got it at week 2 as Daniel was really struggling to sleep. It, along with swaddling, made a huge difference to his sleep. I know one baby who is in it at 4 months. If we had bought one, then I would plan on using it for a while longer. They seem to recommend stopping using it when they start to roll. It may also depend how big your baby is - Daniel was about 57cm when we gave it back, and there was maybe another 5-6cm at the end of it. We transitioned him back to the cot by initially putting him in the cot for day sleeps, and then after a few days he was back in his cot for all the sleeps. The advantages of the hammock were that it cocooned him (meant to be similar to being in the womb), it gently rocked, so if he needed a bit of help we would just rock it for 5-10 minutes and it would do the trick, and that it was portable. Totally recommend it!

We our hammock too! I bought it in desperation after lil miss had been screaming for days with reflux and she settled in it immediately. She seems to like the security of it, and I like that I can bounce it gently when she's unsettled and she crashes out quickly. I've got the mattress slightly elevated to help with the reflux too.

we are totally getting one too. i really like the idea of them and i know heaps of ppl who have sworn by them. it reduces chances of cot death too which is aweosme. here is a thread on it somewhere 'product reviews' maybe?

Here's a YouTube clip of a Miyo Baby Hammock.

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I've bought one too. First time Mum. Thanks so much for the photos, the babies look so happy and cute! Glad we bought it now.

I would love to get a hammock too but can you still use an apnoea monitor under the mattress?

well i had a hammock for both mine for the first couple of weeks and had a bit of trouble with it. Xavier plain hated it and refused to sleep in it.. and it was easier for me to have him in bed anyway being a single mum... and some general laziness on my behalf.
But i really wanted to do it with Aliana because they are so sweet looking and i love that you can jiggle them back to sleep so easy so we got one again but gave up after a few weeks.
I dont know what was wrong with it, I just felt her feet were higher than her head and with me having a bad back because of pregnancy i found it hard to bend down and put her in it gently.
My Plunket nurse told me off for it too for some reason, apparently their back needs a flat surface after a couple of weeks to straighten it. I dont know how true this is and i tend not to take all the "advice" from the plunket nurses but we chose to start sleeping her in a bassinet. She slept really well in both of them, and i still highly recommend hammocks.

Chiara has a Respisense monitor too, I used them with the gremlins and they are great. I do have an under mattress one as well and it does work under the hammock mattress but it makes the hammock mattress flat so it doesn't cocoon bubs and I found she kept rolling sideways on it so now I just use the Respisense.

That's really good to know about the blanket under the mattress for reflux and babies who don't want to be bendy. I didn't know about that - hopefully it's a trick I can use if I have to to ensure we are hammock successful!!