Recall on Rock N' Play and Transitioning to the Crib

I'm sure everyone has heard by now about the recall on Fisher Price Rock N' Plays. I am torn on this recall personally.

With H, we used our Rock N' Play after the first couple days home from the hospital. She LOVED it. It fit perfectly beside our bed and was so easy to travel with. It was easy to move from room to room, wherever we were. I loved it.

I will admit, it saved my sanity. She hated sleeping in the pack n play and her crib, she hated flat, hard surfaces, and she hated being swaddled. She would fall asleep in one of our arms and trying to put her down in a bed, was like a ticking time bomb. Until we finally started using the Rock N Play.

In the beginning we used all the features. The automatic rocker, the vibrations, and the music...she loved it all. Eventually we got to the point where we didn't use all the features, she would just sleep in the rock n' play herself.

Once we started hearing about the issues people were having with the rock n' play, we got a little nervous using ours, but H couldn't roll over from back to belly yet and she was always right beside our bed or in the same room that we were in, so we felt confident in the way we were using it to be able continue using it.

Once they officially recalled the product, we decided we wouldn't continue to use it and transition into her crib. This was not as easy as we had hoped for, but also not as hard as we imagined.

The first few nights in the crib as soon as she would move, she woke herself up. We had a few rough nights the first week, but we got through that week and didn't give up. When she would wake up and cry, we comforted her and gave her the pacifier. Very rarely we would take her out and rock her, we tried to keep her in the crib as much as possible so she would get used it. We also used the crib for nap time as well.

I'm not happy with the recall, because I still believe the Rock N' Play is an awesome product..the recall did force us into the crib transition earlier than we had planned. I have sympathy for anyone who experienced one of the incidents that lead to the recall and I am thankful that nothing happen during our time of using it.

**I still believe it is very important to pay attention to every product you use and follow all the safety directions and precautions.


Until the Next Dash,

Momma Spice