Our girl is 5.5 months old and rolling all over the place and starting to try and get on her hands and knees in a crawling position. I am starting to think about our options for a playpen.
Our living room is on the smaller side, right now we have a pack n play in a little nook and we set her in there if we need to leave the room for a minute. Depending on her mood, she is sometimes happy to be in there with a couple small toys for 10-15 minutes, but I’m assuming that will become less interesting for her as she gets more mobile.
Our options are:
Swap out the pack n play for a small playpen in the nook — we could probably fit a 4ft x 3ft one there if I can find one, but it seems like most on Amazon in that size range are only 3ft by 3ft. I’m thinking that will probably seem a little cramped for her within a few months and she probably won’t be happy to hang in there for longer than maybe 5-1/0 minutes at a time? In this scenario, most of her playtime would still be supervised in the main part of our living room, outside the play pen.
Or, we could get a larger playpen and put it in the main part of our living room. We have about 6ft by 8.5ft total floor space, so I think we could fit in a 6ft by 4ft playpen and still be able to access the couch and back door. In this case, pretty much all of her play would take place in the playpen, and me or my husband would sit in the playpen with her during supervised play.
Obviously the use case is going to depend on her personality and willingness to play independently, but it would be great if we could leave her in the play pen for 1-2 20-30ish minute chunks per day. She’ll be starting daycare at 8 months old, so I’m mostly thinking that it would be helpful if we could have her in the playpen while getting ready for work, while prepping dinner (we’re not cooks, so this isn’t a long time, we do a lot of crockpot dump meals and leftovers), and for short periods on the weekends while doing certain chores we wouldn’t want her around for (like cleaning the bathroom).
Any thoughts on which set up would be best?
Our living room is on the smaller side, right now we have a pack n play in a little nook and we set her in there if we need to leave the room for a minute. Depending on her mood, she is sometimes happy to be in there with a couple small toys for 10-15 minutes, but I’m assuming that will become less interesting for her as she gets more mobile.
Our options are:
Swap out the pack n play for a small playpen in the nook — we could probably fit a 4ft x 3ft one there if I can find one, but it seems like most on Amazon in that size range are only 3ft by 3ft. I’m thinking that will probably seem a little cramped for her within a few months and she probably won’t be happy to hang in there for longer than maybe 5-1/0 minutes at a time? In this scenario, most of her playtime would still be supervised in the main part of our living room, outside the play pen.
Or, we could get a larger playpen and put it in the main part of our living room. We have about 6ft by 8.5ft total floor space, so I think we could fit in a 6ft by 4ft playpen and still be able to access the couch and back door. In this case, pretty much all of her play would take place in the playpen, and me or my husband would sit in the playpen with her during supervised play.
Obviously the use case is going to depend on her personality and willingness to play independently, but it would be great if we could leave her in the play pen for 1-2 20-30ish minute chunks per day. She’ll be starting daycare at 8 months old, so I’m mostly thinking that it would be helpful if we could have her in the playpen while getting ready for work, while prepping dinner (we’re not cooks, so this isn’t a long time, we do a lot of crockpot dump meals and leftovers), and for short periods on the weekends while doing certain chores we wouldn’t want her around for (like cleaning the bathroom).
Any thoughts on which set up would be best?
it really has been his own personal gym. Also, the best part is I can sit or lay down inside and watch tv while he plays around me. He is super attached to me and always wants me close by, so that’s been a lifesaver. For months I just laid down with a pillow and let him climb over me.