
I wish I had known this product existed before registering for and receiving a Graco Pack N Play!
Like the video on the Baby Bjorn website shows, this travel crib really is "that easy" to set up. I had it set up in about 25 seconds, and it took maybe 90 seconds to fold back up for storage. It is lightweight (only 11 lbs) and comes with its own sleek black travel case.
Clueless, when I was pregnant I registered for a Graco Pack N Play as I thought that was all that existed. I thought I would need this right away for my baby! (I'm a first-time mom).
My mother purchased the pack n play as a shower gift for me and had it set up at my baby shower. She scared me when she said she struggled to get it set up and didn't add all the proper pieces to it. When we got it home, I bugged my husband to set it up for me as there were so many parts and pieces and things to assemble in a specific order that I didn't want to deal with it. When he finally set it up for me, I was relieved that it was ready to use when we came home from the hospital. He also said it was a "PITA."
After my baby was born, we tried to use the bassinet feature on the pack n play but our baby hated it and screamed at the top of her lungs. It felt very uncomfortable to the touch so after a few times, I stopped even trying to use the bassinet feature. I wouldn't want to lay in there either if I was her! Since babies don't crawl for several months, "penning" them up in a playpen doesn't become necessary for awhile after baby is born. So our playpen sat unused in our bedroom for three months before I finally decided it needed to be "packed up" and put away.
So.. Back to bugging my husband to disassemble the Graco Pack N Play.. and bugging him and bugging him. He never ended up doing it, which told me he knew it was too much of a PITA to want to deal with it. After several weeks of him ignoring it, and me ignoring it because like him I didn't want to deal with it either, I ended up disassembling it myself and struggling to put it away properly, I never did get it right. Then my husband wanted to go away for a weekend, and I declined going anywhere because I Dreaded the assembly and disassembly of the darn pack n play! That's when I realized the Graco Pack n Play was not the right choice for our family. All we wanted to do was avoid it.
By chance I came across the Baby Bjorn travel crib and researched all the reviews. I ordered it online without seeing it in person, and I couldn't be happier with the super light weight, the EASE of use and how swiftly and easily it just pops open. I will be keeping this travel crib for years (it's good for kids up to 3 years - the Graco only goes up to 12 months) and selling the other heavy behemoth online.
At first the price seems daunting, but after reading all the 5 star reviews on two different websites, I was sold (plus I got a great deal on Amazon.com!). Once I received my Baby Bjorn travel crib, the ease of use, light weight, and portability make this travel crib Priceless! Get more detail about
BABYBJÖRN Travel Crib, Light Blue.