Bassinet Sheets
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Topic: Bassinet Sheets
Posted By: MissAngel
Subject: Bassinet Sheets
Date Posted: 24 April 2008 at 7:10pm
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Hi Ladies :)
I'm having a real hard time finding fitted oval bassinet sheets. Can anyone suggest where to get them from? I've tried farmers/trademe etc.. If anyone has any they're not using i'm also happy to buy second hand. Please help!! lol |
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Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 24 April 2008 at 7:21pm
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We found the best thing to do was to use a cot top sheet placed under the mattress with even ammounts of sheet sticking out each side and placed down where baby's shoulders will be, then u can fold each side across baby holding them in firmer!
Its great cos u dont need seprate basinnete sheets. We made fitted bottom sheets for the basinette, but another good Idea is just to pop the matress in a pillow case as a bottom sheet. |
Posted By: MrsMojo
Date Posted: 24 April 2008 at 7:53pm
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We just used our square sheets on our oval moses basket mattress. Even the fitted one was fine. If it is too loose you could sew some elastic to 4 corners of the fitted sheet to criss cross across the underside of the mattress and tighten the sheet (does that make sense?) -------------  
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Posted By: michelle87
Date Posted: 24 April 2008 at 8:00pm
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I got a couple of fitted oval sheets from baby city. They should still sell them because they have the same bassinets. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: Mum2ET
Date Posted: 24 April 2008 at 8:03pm
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I just brought some material from spotlight and made my own. worked out heaps cheaper than buying them and you don't use them for that long (Ella was only in her bassinet for 3 months and it was an extra long bassinet). ------------- Mum to Ella (5) and Tom (2) |
Posted By: arohanui
Date Posted: 24 April 2008 at 8:05pm
We just used white pillowcases that we already had in the cupboard  ------------- Mama to DS1 (5 years), DS2 (3 years) and... http://alterna-tickers.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: peachy
Date Posted: 24 April 2008 at 8:28pm
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I got basinett sheets from Baby City for about $12 on sale. The pack came with one flat and one fitted sheet! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: emz
Date Posted: 24 April 2008 at 8:50pm
| I would just use cot sheets or a single pillowcase to save money. The only reason we had bassinet sheets is cos we borrowed the bassinet, but Jack was only in it for 6 weeks before he outgrew it (squirmy child) so I would have wasted about $200 all up if I had actually bought the bassinet and sheets! |
Posted By: MissAngel
Date Posted: 24 April 2008 at 9:09pm
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I'm not worried about spending a bit of money on them - I got the bassinet itself for $20 on trademe! I'm absolute crap at sewing, so making them isnt an option (i actually broke my sewing machine trying to make curtains.) I tried pillowcases, but I thought it looked messy and there was too much overlap.. dunno if it's safe or not, but if you guys have done it maybe i'll just do that instead.
Thanks! |
Posted By: aussiegirl
Date Posted: 25 April 2008 at 9:43am
My SIL uses pillowcases, I only have 1 oval fitted one myself and prob won't buy anymore, rather use pillowcases or cot sheets  -------------  Mum to Hayley **30.6.08
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 25 April 2008 at 9:45am
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i was to scared to use pillowcases too...i just got three sets of sheets from baby factory (12$ each i think on special? ) ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: yummymummy
Date Posted: 25 April 2008 at 9:47am
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The baby factory has cotton ones. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 25 April 2008 at 10:21am
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IMO cot sheets are soooo much easier because they have so much room to tuck etc. Not too different from the hospital bassinettes here in Palmy. (Their sheets are whoppers!) ------------- |
Posted By: Redbedrock
Date Posted: 25 April 2008 at 10:44am
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We were advised to use pillowcases by neonates - we had every intention of Fay going into a cot in her own room straight away, but due to her being prem they advised her to sleep in our room for 3 months. (Safer from a SIDS point of view as you can hear them). Anyway their advise was to buy a washing basket from the Warehouse and a piece of foam then use a pillow case cover and pillow case and tuck the edges in. Worked a treat, except it worked out cheaper to get a bassinet off trade me, but we still did the cover and pillow case thing, and just used our regular sheet and blanket set from the cot on them ------------- http://www.babysfirstsite.com"> 
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Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 25 April 2008 at 11:08am
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we just used the top cot sheet and folded it in a 'short sheet' way. couldn't see the point in spending $$ on bassinette sheets when the cot sheets would do the same. ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com"> 
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Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 25 April 2008 at 10:02pm
| Baby city....we had to tuck a little in so it was tight but otherwise worked fine....I also used a real cloth nappy in desperation at times....perfect size and tucked in beautifully and comfy for bubba to lie on of course |
Posted By: Rackhell
Date Posted: 25 April 2008 at 10:13pm
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We used normal cot sheets in caths moses basket, and did what Kellz did pretty much. We stuffed a pillow case with a towel, and a comfortable cotton blanket and put that on top of mattress. Then put fitted cot sheet over that. Put normal cot sheet underneath the whole mess and used the overhang on either side to 'wrap' her into basket.
Great thing about cot fitted sheet is that when baby older you can line three or so normal pillows up put bedding on that and cover with the fitted cot sheet. Then roll the whole thing up and voila! you have the perfect comfy portable reasonably compact portacot squab. |