Moses or next to me

First time mum here and not sure if it’s useful to have both a Moses basket and a next to me crib?

Also what ones do you recommend as we have no idea what is actually good value for money? TIA 🙏🏻

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The only beings using our Moses basket are the cats! Although I’m sure he would have slept in it had we put him in there in a rare moment when it wasn’t occupied, & useful for mobility. We have the SnuzPod bedside crib which is decent.

We had a Moses downstairs and next to me upstairs, so we didn’t have to carry something up and down the stairs every day and there was somewhere safe to put him if the door went etc as well as for daytime naps. We got both on FB marketplace and just changed the mattresses x

I had my baby in a cot from newborn

We had both - he didn’t like the next to me for the first couple of months and preferred the Moses x

Personally wouldn't bother with a moses basket as they're so small they don't last long at all. We just used a next2me in the bedroom and either a bouncer seat or pram downstairs if we needed to put baby down. Second baby also spent a lot of time in the sling so I had my hands free

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