How old is 2 old for a baby to be sleeping in a play pen. We have a new play pen / sleeper. She sleeps okay in it. When does she need to be switched to a crib for the mattress support?
How Long Can A Baby Sleep In A Play Pen?
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My son is sleeping in his pack and play and he’s almost 2. He’s only 20 pounds, though, and the weight limit is 40 pounds. He’s obviously sleeping in the bottom and not in a bassinet part.
We have a twin bed for him, but I don’t think he’s quite ready for it, so he’s in the pack and play for now.
I would imagine about the same time that you would move your baby from a bassinet to a crib, as the mattress is almost the same between the two (the bassinet and the play pen)
I want to say that’s about 2 months, but could be 3-4 too.
A friend of mine had her daughter sleeping in one until she was about 4 months old – but starting around 3 months she was transitioning to the crib so some nights and/or nap times would be spent in the crib rather than the play pen.
I guess I would say at the very latest to make the switch at around 4 months.
Hope this helps.
well, we bought a playyard with the best mattress we could find; my dd’s crib is in her room, but she still sleeps in our room right now in her play yard; we recently had to drop the bassinet part…she’s 8 mos; she sleeps in her crib for naps and seems very comfortable, but she still feels comfy in the playyard….as long as you find one with a decent mattress and good support for that mattress, you can use it for a while, we are going to get a video monitor this week or next and let her sleep all night in her room…mostly my paranoia has kept her in our room, but she’s always slept in her own sleeping area….i don’t think the transition will be hard, as she will go down at night in her crib and i get her up for a bottle and then she goes into our room…
if your baby can get out of the play pen then he is too old. i have twins that are 11 months old and they sleep in one but my 2 1/2 year old can climb out of it so he doesnt. i know people that leave thier kids in playpens without buying a crib. we have a crib for night time sleeping though.
if she is 2 yrs old she should almost be ready to be going into a bed and not a crib. playpens are fine for a nap but to ensure proper sleep a baby should be in a crib by 1 month old. before that a bassinet is fine.
I think it depends on the play pen. Check to see what the weight limit is… I think they’re all different.
my little one was sleeping in hers as well, at 3 months we had to get her in her crib because her weight was to heavy for it, i believe she was 12 pounds.
My son has slept in a play pen since he was about four months old and now he is about to turn 2 now. He can not climb out of it but he does rock the h*** out of it. He is so hard to put to sleep.