Kolcraft Cuddle n' Care Bassinet

by Kolcraft

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 22.4 pounds
• ASIN: B0002TQ8SW
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #63,894 in Baby (See Top 100 in Baby)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)

Customer Reviews

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52 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars AWESOME BASSINET!!, September 4, 2006

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Book Guru "RD" (Chicago, IL, United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kolcraft Cuddle n' Care Bassinet (Baby Product)

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

Excellent Bassinet !!!, July 28, 2006

This is an excellent bassinet.
Positives are:
1) Very sturdy (important to us because we have a wild 2-year-old boy running around the house) and very difficult to knock over.

2) The mobile is awesome!! It has lights, sounds from nature, nursery rhymes, classical music and the vibration feature. If you install the mobile snugly and correctly, the vibration does not give a loud sound. Also, if you don't like the teddy bears, you can replace them with any other toys since they are looped in with velcro.

3)We liked the option of either having the base on a rocker or steady casters.

4) The storage basket underneath is handy for diapers, blankets and toys.

5) The bassinet basket comes off the base. This is a handy feature for travel. Our baby still has a familiar place to sleep when we go out of town.

6) On the whole the bassinet was very easy to put together. We almost bought the Simplicity 4-in-1 bassinet, but after reading the terrible reviews it had, we picked this one. I'm so glad we did. It was the right choice.

7) The mobile is also portable i.e. you can use it on a crib once you no longer use the bassinet.

Only drawbacks are:
1) the superthin mattress pad (what makes it worse is that there are two thin metal bars just below the pad, and I can feel the bars thru the mattress pad). You can fix this by either getting a better pad or putting a quilt under this mattress.

2) The color. White is beautiful, but it has a tendency to look dirty very fast, and cleaning can be a hassle because the fabric on the canopy is not detachable. The fabric around the bassinet does come off, but is attached to the plastic base, so it would need to be hand-washed. I fixed this problem by adding a colored fabric border along the edges of the cloth.

3) The mobile teddy bears are white. Rather boring. I fixed this by drawing a black shape on each bear (drew a triange, square and circle with a black permanent marker and colored the paws black as well). It takes 5 mins to do , and makes the mobile much more interesting for a newborn since they like black and white images.

4) The rocker option is nice, but if you plan to move this bassinet often from room to room, it is a pain to keep switching back and forth between casters and rocker.

5) If the mobile is not installed properly, it makes a loud sound when you enable the vibration.

6) The batteries on the mobile run out fairly quickly.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Best Quality Rocking Bassinet at the price, January 31, 2005

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Nicole Virden - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kolcraft Cuddle n' Care Bassinet (Baby Product)

My son loved to rock when he was little and would only sleep in his swing for those first few months. I knew for this second baby I wanted either a rocking bassinet or a cradle to make my "nightlife" a little easier. Up until a week ago I thought I was getting a cradle simply because none of the bassinets I had found looked like they were really well made, could rock well, and be locked securely in place. I really liked the Eddie Bauer bassinet, but when I tried it at the store it would still rock a bit when locked which didn't seem real safe. Then I took a look at this new Kolcraft bassinet, and I must say that I was impressed. Although it doesn't look exactly like the picture here (the fabric color isn't quite as "rich" looking)it is the first bassinet I have seen other than the Eddie Bauer that did not seem flimsy, was well padded around the inside, and had a nice padded mattress that came with it. Not only that, but when I flipped the wheels up it rocked very nicely. This new model has all the other bells and whistles, but I would have bought it plain just because it is that nice! This model is also...cheaper than the Eddie Bauer, and lets face it, you can only keep the baby in a bassinet or cradle for a few months at most so why spend over this price??? I gave this four stars because I haven't had the baby in it yet, but I'm really looking forward to using it. If you're thinking about a rocking bassinet, take the time to look at this one.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Super sturdy/ well-made, January 20, 2007

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Erica "Erica" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kolcraft Cuddle n' Care Bassinet (Baby Product)

This thing was easy for me to put together while alone with the baby and I don't think I used any tools. It works really well and seems to be really well thought out. There are little wheels at the bottom that will pop inside to make it into a rocker. There's a mesh basket at the bottom for storage. It takes regular bassinet sheets. I bought a 2-pack of another brand and it works perfect. Everything is washable too.