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Hmm. Looks nice enough, but unnecessary. A carseat also has the "contours of a carseat" and if you put a blanket or one of those snuggly carseat attachments on it, it will also have "the comfort of a blanket". I guess the carseat still lacks "the stability of a mattress", but I found that if you put the back of it against the sofa or something, it really didn't go anywhere (at least, my daughter grew out of her bucket seat when she was pretty young, so she wasn't really powerful enough to move it around too much while she fit in it). We used her carseat for naps a lot when she was that age.

Many babies do not like car seats....mine did not! This looks far more comfortable and much more safe then a bouncer seat!

What's unsafe about a bouncy seat? My son slept in his until about 4 months and he doesn't even have reflux, he just liked it better than being flat on his back.

Um, can I have one for myself? That looks pretty good about now.

It's nice enough, but it's $130, and you really don't need one.

We would have loved this the first 8-9 months of my son's little life! He had reflux and a constant runny nose/congestion, and as such he slept with his mattress propped up for most of his first year. However, he'd always slide down and it would lose it effectiveness. I hated the idea of him sleeping constrained in a car seat and he actually rolled out of one once when he slept unstrapped for a nap once. In this, he would be safe, but not totally strapped in and immobilized.
He also seemed to like the feeling of being "tucked" in or snuggled - it looks like the raised sides would give that effect.
I definitely would have bought this for him if it were out a year ago.

My son had pretty bad reflux and the Seattle Children's Hospital gave is a huge foam wedge with a seat and a double strap. We put that in his crib and he slept on it for about 7 months. I fashioned a sheet around it (cut holes in a crib sheet) and although it was ugly, it was covered by insurance and worked very well. No need for the $130 one! If you child really needs one won't the hospital provide one, or were we just lucky?

The site recommends that baby not be left unattended in the seat. Hmmm.....

More stuff you don't need ... but what a beautiful picture of that wee one.

The $130 price tag is too high, but I can see it being VERY useful.

I didn't like having my son constrained in his car seat all the time and he too slipped to the bottom of his crib when it was elevated. He liked the swing some times, but got fussy in it too. Another option would have been great - one that looked soft, safe, and gave soem freedom of movement as well.

You may think you don't need one of these until you really do. I have friends with preemies with severe reflux who need these and swear by them. And they've tried everything else.

Yes $130 is a lot of money but what is the health of your child worth? My son had reflux and could not sleep unless he was in an inclined position. All the wedges and other gadgets we tried left him at the bottom of the wedge crumpled into a ball. Not exactly safe. What is wrong with a bouncer? The positioning is not correct for sleep and the babies can end up with their neck too far forward cutting off their airway. The nap nanny was worth every penny for us. Our son slept better the very first night we had him in it. It significantly helped with his reflux and he was a much happier and healthier baby.

We used our bouncy seat for a while and then moved to the Amby hammock. If I'd known about this maybe we would have done it. It's cheaper than the Amby and we could have used it in the pack'n play. But to be honest the strapping in thing was a pain considering the baby also liked to be swaddled. Straps and swaddles are a pain in the ass.

The nap nanny is great. My son was born at 28 weeks. When he came home he needed to wear a monitor and sleep on an incline. The reflux pillows sold at most baby stores are not at enough of an incline. I had him in his car seat, but he was starting to not sleep as well. The nap nanny was a huge relief. He no longer sleeps in it. I took him out once he started to move around more in his sleep. Plus, he was able to sleep flat.

He uses it as a seat now or to take shorter, supervised naps. This is not just for the look and well worth the money. My freind recently had preemie twins. She also used the carseat and then switched to the nap nanny. Both she and her husband recommend it to everyone.

Sleep in car seats has been implicated in SIDS - I think some theories are that it compresses the lungs too much when babies are sleeping. I think some bouncy seats could work - I have one that is almost reclining, at a very similar angle to this nap nanny. But many bouncy seats incline too much. My babies all hated sleeping flat. At the last hospital the nurses actually tilted the bassinet to be at an angle - and baby liked it. And if it's protocol at the hopital I feel a lot more comfortable about it than I did before.

Anyhow, it might be expensive, but if you can afford it, then it mightbe worth it for a good night's sleep. I know plenty of people who would pay that - for a hotel one night. This you get to keep.

My baby has reflux and we have to give her medicine and keep her upright for 10-20 minutes after her feedings. As a newborn she preferred to sleep in her carseat. We also tried to prop her up using blankets with a sheet over them. She's 7 months now and has no trouble sleep on her back.

for a mom that didnt have reflux this seems super cute and something simular to what our kid used but the price for a peice of foam is a shocker. but to the mommas that truly need it for the function i suppose its not so bad. couldnt they use it as a chair as they get older???

sticker shock, but it does look comfy and great for preventing plagio...