Graco Pack 'n Play Newborn Seat DLX Playard, Manor

Truth be told, I hate reviewing baby products. For every person you find who loves something and swears it worked for their child, another person will swear the same item is a waste of money. My first son was a horrible sleeper. He only slept in our arms or our bed (still in our arms) for the first 4 months of his life. We had bought him a cute bassinet and couldn't wait for him to sleep in it. He never did. Our second son came along and was, thankfully, a little better. Before he was born, I researched and researched pack-n-plays (we had since chucked that cute bassinet), and came to the conclusion that I would love this one. I did. Even better, HE did. Here's why this pack-n-play worked for us and some features that weren't as great as I wanted them to be.1. The newborn napper is awesome. It's soft and contoured. The little hood over the top blocks overhead light and air. My kiddo, who was big for his size, fit in this until he was 3 months old. The vibrate and music feature are neat. But, it never did anything for him and we only ended up using them a handful of times. We used the light every night during changings. CONS: The napper material is hand wash only! The head pillow comes off and can be tossed in the washing machine (we did this often). But, this does little good for diaper blowouts. I recommend laying a receiving blanket on the napper around where the baby's butt goes, out of hands reach. Also, the hood, when not extended, can rub on the top of the baby's head. I saw no reason not to leave it up all the time, though. The napper cannot be used outside of this unit.2. The table was perfect for bleary eyed, late night changings. All I had to do was roll out of bed, scoop the baby up from the napper, and move him over three inches to the changing table. The shelves underneath were perfect for diapers and ointments and baby clothes. I never had to dig around for anything. The table itself is super stable, unlike other pack-n-plays I've seen reviewed that were made by the same company. CONS: Some people might have to stoop to use this changing table. My husband and I are average height. I'm 5'4" and he's 5'8". This table was a decent height for us. Like the napper, the changing table cannot be used outside of this unit.3. The shelves are nice and deep. I was able to fit all of my baby's clothes, several receiving blankets, a jumbo pack of diapers, toiletries, and two packs of wipes on them. Some people complained that they're a little unsturdy. I never had an issue with them. I wouldn't put a bowling ball on them or anything. But, they seemed to handle the weight of everything listed above just fine. CONS: Once you drop the mattress down, you can no longer use the shelves.4. The pack-n-play itself is stable and well built. I never felt apprehensive that my son was going to get hurt in any way while using it. At 3-months-old, we moved him out of the newborn napper and into the top level of the pack-n-play. He slept in the pack-n-play until he was 6-months-old. CONS: The mattress is very hard and thin on its own. Many people have suggested buying this (http://amzn.com/B004JU0H6O) as a replacement. We simply bought a $7 full-sized mattress pad from Wal-Mart and then cut it to fit the pack-n-play. Then we put it underneath the pack-n-play sheets. I recommend anything by the American Baby Company (https://amzn.com/B001KZH692).

I got this on my registry and the quality is good, nice and sturdy. By the time I got this set up for my mother's place my baby had outgrown the bassinet feature, which is like half of the use of this. The bassinet is rated for 15lbs, this includes the bed bassinet and the storage. The changing table is rated for 30 lbs so that still was able to be used, but without the storage area it did not make sense to have the changing table there anymore. Will make sure to pull out earlier for the next baby. It took a lot of effort to figure out assembly. It is sturdy, the color is nice and neutral, just wish I had known the weight limits on the features. My baby gained weight fast and at 3 months had outgrown the bassinet and storage set up. So keep that in mind when picking this out. If you are using as a primary bassinet this would work really well. There is a vibration feature that can be uses in two locations. There is also an attachable music and multi use thing that just is on the side, really cool.

I love this so much. We ordered it before our baby was born and couldn't be happier. Set up was easy enough once you read the directions all the way through and don't start building ahead (-; . We used the Newborn sleeper day and night until little man turned 3 months . He loved being swaddle and then placed in the cozy newborn sleeper. It helps comfort them and the angle helps with tummy troubles I believe. He's now in the bassinet portion and sleeping great there aswell. I love the changing table feature and use it exclusively for that purpose in our bed room instead of a big changing table area. Also the nightlight and vibration and music are great. Nightlight helps with nightime feedings because it will turn off after 30 minuets or so. Which is nice if your nursing and doze off with the baby and don't have to get up to turn the light off. All and all we couldn't be happier. I recommend this over any other and I did ALOT of research!

This pack n play is amazing. I bought my first pack n play with newborn napper 8 years ago for my first baby and needed a new one this year for my third baby. The updates they have made from the first one I bought are great. I love that there is now support for the changing table and also the foam inserts that go around the newborn napper add great padding. I remember with my first 2 babies the changing table would slump down from their weight after they got up to about 10 pounds and the babies would roll onto their sides, which was not good at all. My baby now is 15 pounds and this changing table doesn't budge. I also love the storage on the bottom. You can fit so much stuff in there. We never have to go to his room to get anything because all his stuff is in our room in the pack n play. My ONLY complaint is the hood on the newborn napper. On the old one, you could remove it and it stayed up better. On this one, the velcro doesn't hold and there is no way to remove it. Since baby is longer now the fabric from the hood would be on his head since it doesn't stay up. I ended up having to cut the whole hood off, and it is much better now. They should make it removable and have it stay up with snaps, not velcro. Either way I 100% recommend this pack n play.

This Pack 'n Play was great for my son, especially as a newborn infant. We were able to keep this in our room, and use the extra storage to house diapers, wipes, and extra clothes. The sound machine and easy-access height was just what we need as new parents to endure the long nights. We could take my son from the bed to the diaper changing station quickly. I highly recommend. The only difficult part was putting the bassinet together, make sure you have the pieces going the correct way! The directions are a little difficult to read.