Arm's Reach Mini Co-Sleeper Bassinet - Natural

by Arm's Reach

Product Features

• This model converts to a changing table, bassinet, or playard
• New streamline size fits in smaller bedrooms.
• Wheels on one end makes moving around the house and through doorways much easier.
• One large storage space underneath the mattress offers secure zipper closing
• The liner inside the sleeping nest is built in

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 32.6 x 9.4 x 9 inches ; 26.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 27 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000HKY1GM
• UPC: 883413369403 648357041118
• Item model number: 4111-N
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #934 in Baby (See Top 100 in Baby)
  • #1 in Baby > Furniture > Cribs & Nursery Beds > Bassinets
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (73 customer reviews)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Mini Co-Sleeper Bassinet from Arm's Reach offers a safe and comfortable way for you and your baby to sleep next to each other. The Co-Sleeper Bassinet attaches securely to the side of an adult bed to provide a secure sleeping environment for baby while offering the many benefits of co-sleeping. This closeness results in increased bonding time and easier nighttime feedings.

The Arm's Reach Mini Co-Sleeper offers: A safe environment for baby. Easy nighttime feedings. Increased bonding time for parents and baby.

The Mini Co-Sleeper features a streamlined design that's great for smaller bedrooms.

The Mini Co-Sleeper Bassinet lets you and your baby sleep safely and comfortably next to each other. View larger.

Benefits of the Arm's Reach Co-Sleeper System
With the Mini Co-Sleeper Bassinet, adults can sleep comfortably with baby only an arm's length away. This allows new mothers to breast feed during the night without getting up. It also lets parents more easily comfort and reassure a restless child during the night. Sleeping near their infant allows parents increased bonding time during the early stages of baby's development. As an added benefit, using a Co-Sleeper system allows the new mother additional time to rest and recover by letting her care for baby from the comfort of her own bed.

The Arm's Reach Co-Sleeper system is recommended by leading pediatricians and sleep research experts Dr. James J. McKenna Ph. D and Dr. William Sears as a way for parents to connect with their infants. With the Co-Sleeper Bassinet, you can say good-bye to those middle-of-the-night walks to baby's room for feeding. The bassinet is designed to let you simply turn over toward your baby without having to get up.

Practical Design
The easy-to-assemble Co-Sleeper Bassinet attaches securely under the top mattress of an adult bed and can support up to 23-pounds in the co-sleeping position, making it sturdy and reliable. It's designed to work with any bed that has a height of 24 inches, regardless of size. A separate leg extension kit can be used to adjust the height, making this bassinet compatible with a wide range of contemporary beds.

The Mini Co-Sleeper Bassinet features a streamlined size of 34x20x31-inches (HxDxW) that fits comfortably in smaller bedrooms. Wheels on one end make moving this bassinet around your home easy, and at just 24 pounds including the case, its incredibly portable. You'll value the ability to take your Mini Co-Sleeper Bassinet with you on your next family trip.

Also, the sleeper includes four side pockets and a large storage space under the mattress with a secure zipper closure provide plenty of easily accessed storage.

What's in the Box
Co-Sleeper Bassinet with built-in fabric lining, fitted 100-percent cotton sheet, and a mattress.

Product Description

Arm's Reach Mini Convertible Co-Sleeper BassinetThe same wonderful benefits of the Original Arms Reach Co-sleeper in a new streamlined size (34 x 20 x 31 inches) to fit smaller bedrooms. This model converts to a changing table or bassinet. An added bonus with this Convertible Co-Sleeper is its ability to convert into a playard. Wheels on one end of this co-sleeper make it ideal for naptime because it can be moved to the room you are in with ease. Very portable at 24 lbs. including case, it is great for sleeping away at grandparent's or hotels. The frame is made of steel tubing and the liner is made of cotton blend twill. Comes with one 100% cotton fitted sheet.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

228 of 228 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars So Nice During Those First Few Months!, January 4, 2008

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J. Nielsen "fargowifeandmom" (Fargo, ND USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Arm's Reach Mini Co-Sleeper Bassinet - Natural (Baby Product)

We just retired our co-sleeper after 7 months of use with our first baby. I wanted to write a review because when I was pregnant and as a new mom it was so hard to decide if it would be worth the money.

We found the co-sleeper to be a life... rather, sleep-saver, for the first few months. It made exclusively breastfeeding soooo much easier because I didn't even have to get out of bed. I could breastfeed in a semi-awake state and then fall back asleep easily (priceless when you are waking up every 2 hours). We also had our changing table at the foot of our bed so I went back to sleep after feeding and my hubbie took his turn to change the diaper and lay our little one back down without having to make a trek to the nursery.

As new parents, we naturally felt anxious about leaving our baby alone for even a second. We slept with a night light on so we could look over and actually see her whenever we wanted. We didn't lose any sleep worrying if she was ok.

We found the co-sleeper a little tricky to set up and take down but unless you will be doing that daily it isn't that big of a deal. We like the portability of the co-sleeper. We moved it into the living room for our daughters naps so we could clean or just spend some alone time cuddling in our bed (by the way, co-sleeping does NOT ruin *good* marriages). We also took it out of town with us and didn't have to worry about those scarey hotel cribs. It traveled very nicely!

My only disappointment with the co-sleeper is that I wanted to use it longer. We got the mini to fit our small 2 bedroom apartment but I was worried that the weight limit was only 23lbs. Well, at 7 months our little one is starting to pull herself up on the sides which means she could easily topple over the edge. Thus, we have moved on to a full size crib at just shy of 15lbs. Interestingly, the co-sleeper warns that it should not be used with babies over 3 months or those that can roll over. Hmm, I feel sorry for the parents with the 23lb 3 month old!!

So, was it worth it? Yes. However, a standard bassinet that you can probably find easier and cheaper would probably do just as well. The nice thing is that gently used co-sleepers have a great re-sale value online so even if you find it is not worth your money you can get most of it back by selling it.

WARNING TO PARENTS: If I can stress one thing it would be to follow the directions and ATTACH IT TO THE BED. We didn't at first until one night when I fell asleep in our bed while nursing and our daughter slid off my lap. I awoke to find her wedged between our mattress and the co-sleeper with just her little head peaking out!! OMG!! Thankfully her little feet caught the frame of our bed so she didn't slide all the way down. Had we attached it to the bed as the directions say there would not have been a big enough gap for that to happen. So ATTACH IT! - it easily dettaches and reattaches for portability anyway so there is no reason not to.

64 of 64 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent breastfeeding aide and product, June 5, 2008

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Nicki Heskin "Editor, Early Childhood and Bre... (Southern California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Arm's Reach Mini Co-Sleeper Bassinet - Natural (Baby Product)

I used this product for about 7 months with my second daughter, and I have to say that I liked it so much that I am only sorry that I didn't have it around for my first.

For my first daughter, we slept her in a graco portable crib/playpen with the bassinet insert next to the bed. It was fine, but it was huge - we had to rearrange our room to make it fit next to the bed, and when I got her to nurse at night, I had to get up and get her in and out. Being an anxious first-time mother, I was also constantly sitting up to check on her whenever I awoke to her movements in the night.

The mini cosleeper fit easily right next to my bed and attached tightly and safely to it with the included bedplate and strap (attaches to the cosleeper and runs under the mattress and pulls firmly against the far side with a plastic plate). I could see her while I was lying down, which was great, and when she woke up, I was able to just bring her to me and lay her back down without actually getting out of bed. It was wonderful.

The mini cosleeper has its own special sheets (additional can be purchased) with lots of Velcro to attach the mattress firmly on the underside of the mattress to the frame. This is what is recommended for safety purposes by Arm's Reach. Standard elastic bassinet sheets do fit the mattress as well, and we chose to use these even though it is not recommended by the manufacturer. Height extenders are also available for the legs, so that you can make the product fit a higher mattress.

We got our mini cosleeper mainly because I expected my older daughter to want to come back in our bed, at least temporarily, when the baby was born (I figured, who wants be the only one sleeping alone!). Since it's not safe to cosleep with a baby and an older sibling (the heavily sleeping child can overlay the baby), and big sister was too young to sleep between my husband and the edge of the bed, I thought this would be perfect. Also, I believe heavily in swaddling (see my article on Swaddling Your Breastfed Baby), and I'm not personally wild about cosleeping with a swaddled baby. Ironically, our older daughter never did return to our bed, but the baby slept SO well swaddled in the cosleeper (a 6-8 hour stretch, almost right away), we stuck with it. It was great having her so close with the feeling of being with me in my bed, while still having some space to stretch out and roll around.

The mini cosleeper comes in a range of colors and patterns and range in price from about $130 to $160, although more expensive styles are available. You can get them in the traditional fabric/netting style, or splurge for natural wood slat or other more custom looks. They are even now making a product that converts to a lower crib, rather than having the storage underneath. If that had always been available, I would have never bought a full-sized portable crib, since the playpen function is not important to me. The mini provides more than enough room to sleep until your child is old enough to sleep in a regular bed, or alternately a mat, cot or sleeping bag of some kind.

Additional features and benefits of the mini cosleeper include the easy transition from the lowered side to a regular bassinet (seems tricky to figure out, but easy once you've got it down). It's also easy to disconnect from the bedplate (two squeeze latches) and then you can roll it from room to room since (unlike its full-sized counterparts), it's small enough to fit through standard doorways. It's so much smaller and lighter than the full-size portable cribs, that after years of traveling with those, it was a delight to travel with the mini. They also have pretty good resale value, selling at the time of this article, between $50 and $100 on ebay and Craigslist - neutral colors are a better buy for this purpose than a pink or patterned look.

After using a range of products, and finally coming to the mini cosleeper, I can't recommend this product highly enough.

48 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy on Baby and on the Eyes, July 14, 2007

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Katherine Turner "The Great Kathalfa" (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Arm's Reach Mini Co-Sleeper Bassinet - Natural (Baby Product)

I used this co-sleeper for both of my sons and it held up beautifully - so well, in fact that our friends' newborn girl is now having a go! As said by the other reviewers, it is very easy to pop up, attach and fold away. It is also the best set-up for night feedings and attachment-sleeping. All three babies have enjoyed sleeping in it, and the beauty of the natural style is that it goes with just about any adult decor (no trying to coordinate your duvet to teddy bears and rainbows) without being uncuddly and is completely ungendered. The various pockets and cubbies are perfect for keeping diapering supplies handy and hidden. As for being cumbersome in the bedroom, I found that it helps to put it as close to the head of the bed as possible (if you can, do without a nightstand for the duration) and then your legs are clear for getting in and out. Also, it makes looking over at each other that much easier.