PNP mattress?

[gilder40]

Alright. We have a Graco PNP, and little one is sleeping in that right now. We will be moving her to her crib once she's out of this sleep regression mess and over the cold and sleeping better through the night. Lol, if only. The pad that came with the PNP is SO HARD and it seems super uncomfortable.

Do any of you have a mattress for your PNPs? What brand do you recommend? I've been looking on Amazon, and I'm a little overwhelmed. Some say the Dream on Me foam mattress is very hard and their babies hate it. Some say it's great. I figured we will need one eventually for when we travel and have to take the PNP, so any insight is appreciated!!

[erbear]

I've heard to not use one because it can create a gap LO can get stuck in.

[gilder40]

That's what I'm seeing. It looks like it depends on your PNP and the mattress you get. Some reviews say they fit snugly in their PNP and have zero gaps, some say they have a 1" gap, and so on so forth. Just wondering if anyone had one.

[silv3rlining]

As erbear said general rule is not to put a mattress that didn't come with it in there. We didn't have any issues with DS sleeping on the pad until 1+ at that point what we did was fold a think blanket and tuck to cushion it some. Eventually he got pissed being "caged" so now we have a travel cot for him. So far LO has done ok with the PnP but we haven't used it much. Next week will be the 1st time we use it with the pad on the bottom instead of raised (which is only supposed to be used until 4 months)

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Dec 17, 2015 14:35:54 GMT -5 @bubbs119 said:

I bought the graco quilted sheet and I think it makes a big difference. It's soft, a little cushy, and fits perfectly.

We use a quilted flannel sheet that I bought at babies r us. It makes it way softer

[baytosa2013]

C still sleeps in her PNP on the thin mattress. We've tried the crib during naps and so far she's not liking it. She sleeps fine on the PNP mattress though. When we've had her in bed with us she gets pissed because the mattress is too squishy and she has a harder time moving herself around...she's a busy sleeper.

[billyhorrible]

LBB slept in the PnP for trips for years. Benefit of having a shorty! He never seemed to mind the lack of mattress. We did get flannel fitted sheets for it from bobbleroos.

[islandgirl14]

We have the Dream on Me Mattress, which I believe is the foam one. We haven't used it with J yet, but used it with DS1, and it worked great. I thought it was way better than having him sleep on the regular pnp "mattress". It didn't feel entirely too hard that it was uncomfortable, no. It is firm, but at such a young age, I don't think firm is a bad thing so that they don't squish into it. We also put a quilted fitted sheet over it to help make it a little bit softer. I vote go for it!