Learning to love it
December 28, 2018
I waited a while to leave a review, but my son is 3 months now and I feel I can leave an accurate one. At first I was honestly not impressed. I felt I has wasted my $$ on another overpriced baby product (mamaroo, big fail for us). However, as my son has matured and grown a bit, he now has slept in his dockatot every night for the first 2-4 hrs (longest has been 5 hrs) since about 6 weeks. We started with a nap here and there and worked on getting comfortable with the DAT by using it to lounge until then. But, this has allowed me to lay him down in our bed before my husband and I head to bed, and he is usally pretty comfy until he wakes to nurse a 2-3 hours later (sometimes more just depending on his nursing). My first child slept on my chest for the first 5 months, as he wanted to held, naturally, all the time, disliked any kind of bassinet, and I was too afraid to just lay him down in our bed alone. So having the DAT this time around has ended up being very helpful. It is a safe, comfortable place for him to sleep in. He probably would sleep all night in it aside from nursing, but we lay on our sides to nurse at night and drift off to sleep together most times during feeds. But moral of the story is, this had been a great investment for us. So my advice is, if your LO doesnt take to it right home from the hospital, give it a few weeks and keep trying, try for naps or just lounging at first. While it is not a miracle worker, it is certainly very functional, gives me peace of mind, and eventually I think your LO will associate it as a safe and comfy place to sleep like mine did!
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