Our baby has been resting and sleeping in the rocker napper since she came home from the hospital, and at six weeks old, she still loves it! We use it with the Summer Infant Snuzzler to make it a little more cushy and to position her well within the napper.
The rocker napper is small and light enough to be moved from room to room, and I even use it in the bathroom to keep baby nearby while I bathe or shower. It's not built to be pulled around with baby in it; you have to move the napper first and then place baby. But it's so light that I can carry baby in one arm and push or pull the napper with the other hand.
She sleeps in the rocker napper every night, and I love that I can pull it up close to the bed. I can lean over and touch her without having to get up, which allows me to get a little more sleep! We have tried her in the crib, but she wakes immediately. Something about the size of the rocker napper must be more comfy and soothing.
Baby loves the snail toy that hangs down; it was one of the first things she smiled at. So far, she doesn't seem to care about the vibration feature or the light/music show at all, but both do work fine and may interest her later. You will need a C battery for the vibration and AA batteries for the light/music.
I'm not sure about the reviews that said this item doesn't rock. Maybe they assembled it incorrectly? It rocks fine. It's not a big, dramatic rock, but for a baby, it's the kind of gentle rocking you want to soothe them. My husband sits at his desk and rocks the napper with his foot while working on the computer.
One flaw: the mobile arm makes a loud clicking noise and shakes the napper a bit when we rotate it out of the way to pick up the baby. We've tried to figure out if we somehow installed it incorrectly, but we can't find a problem. If this is the norm, it is a flaw that should be corrected when there's a new version. The first time baby fell asleep in there, I rotated the arm to pick her up and move her into the crib, and the noise and shaking startled her awake and made her scream. Since then, we rotate the arm out of the way as soon as she looks sleepy.
Without this flaw, I'd definitely give the napper 5 stars. Even with that one flaw, our baby really loves it, and it's definitely a piece of equipment that we use every day and night!
Update: Baby is now 4.5 months old. She rarely uses the RN now. My little one is a big girl, very long and lean. During her third month, the rocker napper started to seem strained under her weight, even though she hadn't reached the 20 pound limit, so we transitioned her to co-sleeping.
We used it as a seat for about a month, but then she really wanted to sit up straight all the time, so the rocker napper seat, which reclines even at the highest position, was no longer her favorite. She graduated to the Summer Infant positioner seat, which helps her sit up like a big girl (similar to bumbo seat). I am still really glad we had the RN during her newborn months, but just wanted to give you a timeline as far as how long this may be useful.
She never did care much about the mobile or vibration feature. We really could have done without.
I would still 100% recommend this as a purchase for a newborn. It was such a comfort to me to pull her close to my bed so I could touch her in the night, and she slept in it much better than in the crib.
This is my third child and we converted their crib into a full bed where they both sleep now. I wasn't about to buy another stationary crib knowing full well that the baby never uses it baby always sleeps with me let's be honest with myself! I love this lightweight Rocker Napper because you can bring it all around the house so easily and it has so man different positions my baby loves it! I like it because if I'm cleaning in one room or cooking in another I can bring him in his crib so that he can still see me and I can still see him. He loves the mobile(which I was kinda surprised to be honest) it's simplistic but pretty darn cool to my little man! The biggest reason I bought this over similar products in the vibration my baby loves vibration so this was my number one when choosing this product. I also use the mobile to drop a blanket over the top of the napper as a sort of hood to keep light out of his eyes as he sleeps. I super recommend this product. Enjoy!
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We've had this for about 4 days now and think it's pretty great. Assembly was easy, we haven't tried to take it apart yet. The mattress is soft enough for our little one who would otherwise sleep on an even firmer crib mattress so I think she loves the soft and cozy "bassinet". As a matter of fact, she sleeps the best in this thing.
We live in a small 1BR NYC apt, so the size and dual usability of this is great for us. She's too young to sit up yet, but we look forward to using the napper in that way. As the other reviewer said, it doesn't rock too much, but it isn't a complaint for us.
My one complaint is that the toy attachment does not swing out of the way when you try to move the baby in and out of the napper. The toy arm is easily detachable, but would have been great to just move it aside.
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I bought this because I thought it would be a nice portable napper to move around the house. Unfortunately it's a little bulkier than I imagined, and quite cumbersome to get through doors and areas of the house with more furniture. On top of that, we use it as her main bassinet in our room and sometimes getting her from sleeping in our arms down to almost the floor wakes her up. Probably should have purchased something elevated.
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We ordered this for our daughter who will be here in September. Its intended use is as a bassinet in our bedroom for the first few months. The assembly was really easy, and everything is sturdy. We washed the pad, and it held up perfectly.. soft, but not too deep or squishy. It really seems like the perfect blend of cozy but not overly so for safety reasons and I am a super paranoid first-time mom. The arm does make a clicking sound when you swing it out of the wayits not a defect or anything, just don't move it when the baby is asleep. I wish it was a little bit taller, but the plus side is that I will be able to look off the side of the bed and see her face and breathing without getting out of bed.
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