5 Places Our Portable Bassinet Has Been (That Aren’t a Nursery)

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A smiling baby wearing a patterned beige cocoon swaddle bag lies on back inside a cream-colored portable mesh bassinet.The nursery is beautiful. The cot is ready. The sheets are fresh. Everything is perfectly set up for your little one’s arrival.

Until you leave the house.

As lovely as the nursery is, babies don’t always sleep there. Between roaming around the house, living room, home office, or kitchen, babies are always in sight (clingy, we know, but love!).

And when summer rolls around, suddenly your calendar is full of family visits, weekend stays, beach getaways and outdoor adventures that seemed much easier to plan before having a baby.

That’s where a portable bassinet comes in!. Because sometimes nap time happens wherever you happen to be.

Here are five places our portable bassinet has been spotted (in the wild) that definitely aren’t the nursery.

1. Park adventure (Because fresh air counts as family activity)

A little sunshine, a patch of grass and a few baby essentials and suddenly you as a family are heading to the great outdoors every day (because, summer). 

Pack the snacks and settle in for some fresh air and family time. With a familiar, comfortable sleep space close by, your little one can snooze while you enjoy the scenery. 

Ideal for those fam-bams who have bigger kids who love to run around and play. You can take your baby and watch your bigger babes enjoy the great outdoors. Sounds like the perfect day to us.

Side-by-side view showing a mother holding a baby while wearing a beige backpack bassinet, and a young child looking at the baby lying inside the set-up portable bassinet outdoors.

2. Grandparent’s or relative’s house

Nothing quite like a family gathering at Christmas.

Everyone is talking at once. Someone is laughing a little too loudly. Plates are clattering in the kitchen. Children are running around and giggling. Three different relatives have already asked, “Are they asleep?”

Meanwhile, the baby is peacefully snoozing in their Portable Bassinet..

With a portable bassinet, you can create a familiar little sleep space without needing to retreat to a bedroom every nap time rolls around. You don’t wanna miss the fun (while baby is in eyeshot, of course)!

3. Hotel Room

New room. New sounds. New surroundings.

Travelling with a baby can mean saying goodbye to your usual bedtime setup. But bringing along a familiar sleep space can help make those unfamiliar surroundings feel more familiar.

Because the room might be new, a familiar sleep space can help make nap time feel a little more like home.

4. Under a Beach Umbrella

Beach Day with a baby? Of course you can.

You’ve got sunscreen, towels, snacks, a change of clothes, more snacks and enough baby gear to suggest you’re relocating permanently.

Now all you need is somewhere for your little one to rest.

Settle them into their portable bassinet while you enjoy a little sunshine, sea breeze and that rare moment when nobody needs anything from you.

Well… maybe enjoy it quickly.

Side-by-side photo showing a portable mesh bassinet set up on a sandy beach underneath a pink beach umbrella next to a toddler.

5. The backyard

It’s a beautiful summer afternoon. The BBQ is going, everyone’s catching up, and the baby has decided it’s nap o’clock.

Rather than calling it an early night, bring nap time outside.

A portable bassinet gives your little one a dedicated place to rest while you stay part of the action. Because family time doesn’t have to stop because someone needs a sleep.

Side-by-side photos of young children gathered outdoors around a white portable bassinet with a translucent mesh canopy protecting a sleeping baby inside.

Wherever chaos takes you, nap time can still feel familiar

From camping trips and beach days to family gatherings and weekends away, life with a baby rarely goes exactly as planned. And honestly? That’s part of the fun.

A portable bassinet gives you the flexibility to take their familiar sleep space along for the fun, wherever your summer adventures take you.

Because the nursery might be their first sleep space, but it definitely won’t be their only.

Wherever the day takes you, make space for a little rest

Spot our bassinet in the wild

Have you imagined where you will take your portable bassinet? We’d love to see!


With Love,

eP X

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