Reddit reviews Fisher-Price My Little Snugabunny Cradle 'n Swing, One Size

Most automatic infant swings on the market are pretty similar, so I think its more about your budget. If you're generally short on space, I'd recommend a smaller one like the Comfort & Harmony Cozy Kingdom Portable Swing or the Graco Glider Lite Baby Swing. Those are nice because they are space-saving, but the downside is that they both run on batteries. This adds to the overall cost as you directly need to buy batteries, and you run the risk of running out (which of course happens at the most inopportune time). If you're short on space and willing to spend the money, the Graco Glider Elite Baby Swing is a good option, because you can plug it in AND use batteries (so, plug most of the time but keep batteries on hand in case the power goes out).

If you've got the space, the Fischer-Price Snugabunny is nice as well, uses a plug or batteries, and has 2 different swinging motions (back and forth "normal" or side to side).

Lastly, there's the Mamaroo, which is very nice and is basically a swing but has more motions - so there's regular swing, plus kind of a bouncing one that simulates them being held and walked around, a "car ride" one, a "wave" one, and then a "rockaby" one which I think is a side-to-side type swing? not entirely sure. Its pricey at $220, and its possible that your baby may hate it. Its also nice because its very space-saving, and has technology upgrades like being able to connect it to your phone.

My recommendation would be to borrow a swing if you can to see if your baby likes it first.

Electric cradle swing, like http://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Price-Snugabunny-Cradle-Swing-Technology/dp/B00IVNEGLW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1421262806&sr=8-1&keywords=baby+swing

Because you like sleep, right? Long, uninterrupted sleep. It makes you happy, and a happy parent is a better parent.

[this](Fisher-Price Snugabunny Cradle 'N Swing with Smart Swing Technology https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IVNEGLW/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_wsdzzbS1D8NHE) is the swing we have for our 4mo old. Literally a life saver. I hope it helps, and I am so incredibly sorry for what you are going thru. My daughter has nights like that and it is hell, but it is not constant like your LO. Really hope you and your wife make it thru this. You guys really need each other rn.

Haha that's what we said. They are sort of expensive new (120?) but we got one basically new off Craigslist for fifty. It's a fisher price snugapuppy cradle and swing. I'll link in a moment when I can reach the computer. For us it was the best purchase we made.

Edit: here is the swing

Some things that will allow you peace in your time of trials:

Sound machine

Portable sound machine.

[Crazy looking baby swing with a sound machine built in.]
(https://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Price-Snugabunny-Cradle-Swing-Technology/dp/B00IVNEGLW/ref=sr_1_11_s_it?s=baby-products&ie=UTF8&qid=1522351469&sr=1-11&keywords=swing%2Bwith%2Bsound%2Bmachine&th=1) - Trust me on this. When you want to blow your brains out, just put the kid in that and go have a cigarette.

Cigarettes

Nipple cream

Nipple pads

Nipple cooling pads

Heating pads

Lots of gauze

Take as many of those vaginal cooling pads from the hospital as you can get. My wife considered these invaluable for her healing hooha.

A mountain of diapers - do not run out

A mountain of bottles - instead of stressing about washing them just grab a clean one. Wash when you have time.

Boppy Pillow

Formula - Even if you say you "won't need it" you don't know what the production or flow will be like and your baby's nutrition should come first. Breastfeeding is amazing and everyone should do it, but sometimes things don't work out. Nipples get cracked, infections happen, blocked ducts. My wife filled up so fast she was like a cow in the morning and just begging to get milked. Still we needed formula when she had to take some medication for her recovery, and again when she got a blocked duct.

Freezer bags for milk - if you're overproducing you'll be glad.

A MECHANICAL breast pump. The hand shit doesn't work worth a damn. Get the hands free milkers that just tug it out of you while you watch friends. They'll come with a special bra that let's you strap on the bottles like a damn cow. It's awesome.

Pregnancy pillow. This is a pillow that circumnavigates the lady. She'll give you an appreciation beej for this.

one million burp rags

one million wipes

And that'll do ya.

Basically having a newborn is all about 3 things. Feeding it, getting it to go to sleep, and cleaning its shit up. That's it. Those items above will help facilitate all of that.

Holy grail item? This swing. My son slept in it exclusively for 4-5 months. It was the only thing that would stop him from crying.

Edit: Also, these Lansinoh Ultra Soft Disposable Nursing Pads were the only things I could bear at first and they are only sold online.

Magic baby-sleeping machine.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fisher-Price-Snugabunny-Cradle-Swing-Technology/dp/B00IVNEGLW/

There's other kinds available but this kind is the one that worked every time on our very-poor-sleeper baby. The combination of lights, sound, rocking motion and visual movement is like hypnosis. We used ours so much that I took the batteries out and wired it up via a DC power supply to the mains.

The one linked above is expensive but there's likely to be loads on ebay. You want the Fisher Price one with two different directions of swinging and a glowing-mobile-thing in the baby's line of sight. They've given it different graphics and names over the years but the basic 'cradle swing' engineering is the same. You want a "cradle swing" not the inferior "cradle'n'swing".

Get one, it's a lifesaver. We had the aquarium one as shown here: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fisher-Price-Aquarium-Cradle-Swing/223153307195

With a baby it depends how old. My daughter is about 11 months and so is more mobile with crawling. When they are mobile putting them in a jumpy or cruiser is key to getting anything done around the house wether it be gaming, cooking, or even just taking a shower. The little walker/car things that they sit in and scoot around my daughter loves. There's also the stationary jumpers.

I've got 2, one sits on the ground and looks similar to the cars and the other hangs from a door way.


For a newborn they mostly sleep all the time so it's not too bad. A swing/cradle works wonders. But the biggest key is having a mother that breastfeeds haha. That's ALOT of 1on1 mother/baby time.

Another HUGE key through out the first year, and beyond, is keeping them on a schedule. My daughter gets up around 7/8am, takes a nap around 11, naps again around 2/3, takes a bath around 6/7 and is in the crib for bed before 8. She was/is really good and almost always slept through the night. If she wakes up we just put her pacifier back in and she falls back asleep. Structure/routine is key.

Having a laptop would be a huge plus so you can be in any room. Also the first few months of wow will just be leveling and questing so having a druid/rogue or night elf would allow you to stop, stealth, and walk away for a bit. Being a tank or healer in dungeons is more demanding for attention so that might be more difficult during dungeons.

Oh and by the way, congratulations!! Newborns are a weird experience where you get mixed feelings but after a couple months you see their personalities developing and you really fall in love with them and their isn't a single thing you have a second thought about sacrificing for them!