| |
|
Found a Problem with the Review Shown Below?
|
|
If you wish to report a review because of offensive or blatantly misleading content, please fill out the form below and submit it for our consideration. When you lodge a complaint it is with the understanding that your action MIGHT lead to our editing or removing this review. However any such result is not guaranteed, and is entirely at our discretion.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Not Worth It, February 8, 2007
|
|
Reviewer: stacylane from Nebraska
|
|
|
|
stacylane
saw things this way
|
|
|
Overall Grade
|
 |
(4) |
|
|
Pros:
it does keep baby closer than a standard bassinet
Cons:
uncomfortable for baby, expensive
|
|
I purchased the Arm's Reach Mini (NOT the sleigh bed style) with the height extensions for about $150 on babycatalog.com. Theoretically, the Arm's Reach is a great idea - the benefits of co-sleeping without the worry. But in practice, it didn't quite work that way for me. First of all, my baby found the "mattress" (really, just a piece of wood with vinyl over it) very uncomfortable. He would sleep fine in his car seat, his swing, even his Pack n Play - but as soon as I put him down in the Arm's Reach, he would thrash and whine. I always ended up pulling him into my own bed by the end of the night.Secondly, this product does not quite offer the convenience of co-sleeping. I still had to sit up to take my baby out of the Arm's Reach, or put him back in. It was no more helpful after my c-section than a regular bassinet pulled up next to the bed.I'm also a little put off by this company's practices. Without the leg extensions, the Arm's Reach is comically short. We have an entirely standard-sized bed, and we needed all of the extensions. You cannot buy this product and use it without making that additonal $20 purchase. And they're surpisingly unstable; the co-sleeper wobbled the whole time we used it, which was not a good thing. Also, the claim that it "converts" to a changing table is hogwash. The instructions for this "conversion" are just to unhook the Arm's Reach from your bed. Even with all of the extensions in, the Arm's Reach is way too short to use as a changing table. It doesn't even come up to my waist, and I am only 5 foot 5. And of course, it still wobbles.The only real advantage of the Arm's Reach is that I could see my baby a little better than if he was in a regular bassinet. It was also a convenient place to store burp cloths, receiving blankets, etc. If that is worth an extra $50+ to you, then get the Arm's Reach. If not...
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
