When to stop Moses basket

Hi all just wondering when people stopped using a Moses basket? We have one downstairs and a next2me upstairs, my LO has started napping in her cot through the day but we were still keeping her downstairs on an evening until we went to bed. Have noticed she’s starting to outgrow the Moses basket now, she’s not rolling just yet but it’s definitely any day and she was looking like she could potentially tip it over yesterday if she pushed hard enough! She’ll be 4 months next week

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We got a monitor at that stage and had him nap and go to bed at night using that (in the next to me). As a first time mum myself I had the same question but soon realised from peanut that most mums were using one around 3-4 months!

Why are you not just putting her to bed? Rather than disrupting her to move her again when you decide to go to bed

I’ve never heard of a baby in a Moses basket older than 4 months maybe size depending. If you are saying she looks like she could tip it over then I think that’s your answer that it’s time to ditch it. This age is definitely when they start being a bit more mobile and moving so I’d make the transition now x

because the advise is to have them sleeping in the same room as you until at least 6months to reduce the chance of SIDS

My LB outgrew his Moses basket at just over 3 months old. I’ve kept both my children downstairs with me in the evening until I’ve went to bed until they are 6 months old and following safe sleep guidance that all sleep is done with you in the room until 6 months old. We have an L shape corner sofa so once he was in his sleeping bag and asleep, I’d just lay him in the corner of the sofa. Obviously either myself or my partner was always sat close to him. Once he was 6 months old, we started putting him in his cot upstairs with the monitor on.

yeah she’s still in the same room as us when we go to bed, we have the baby monitor on if she has a nap - she’ll only sleep for around 20 mins at a time. On an evening she’s currently in the Moses basket in the same room as us

I guess it was just routine that we had before but we have discussed doing this now. Although we do wake her for a last feed before we go to bed anyway

3 months

sorry my reply was to the other Laura who asked why you weren't putting them to bed by themselves 🤣

ah that makes more sense 🤣

Around 3-4 months

We moved our daughter out of it and got a co-sleeper for downstairs when she was about 12 weeks. She doesn't nap or sleep in a different room to us and she's just turned 6 months

My boy was out of his moses basket by 10 weeks and into his crib. I put him in his crib to bed in my room at 10 weeks and used a monitor as I was only a room away and sleeping in the lounge was more of a distraction. He's now 7 months and puts himself to sleep in his cot for all naps and bedtime and I use a monitor - he's still in my room though

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