We got a Graco Pack N' Play that has a bassinet and a changing table on top, similar to this one. It seems stable to me. I put it together a couple weeks ago. So that's what we're going to use. If she ever decides to show up!

You haven't popped yet, girl?? When is/was your due date?

My first one I put right into the crib. I am SOOOOOO glad I did. Night time was never a fight as he got older, he didnt want to sleep with me and he gained a sense of belonging ang grew comfortable to him room. I have never had a problem getting him to go to bed.

I put my crib in my bedroom and my daughter slept there for about the first year. Once she got where she could walk (and more importantly, escape from the crib) I put it in the nursery. I had a very small house so there was no need for baby monitors. I could hear my daughter cry in the nursery very easily.

The first couple nights my daughter got out of bed and cried at my locked bedroom door, demanding entry. But I stood fast, and eventually she figured out that she was simply going to HAVE to learn to sleep in her own room.  Same thing happened when my son reached that age.

The one exception was thunder storms. We are all Midwesterners, originally, and the rule of my childhood, which I passed on to my kids, was you could always sleep with Mommy in a scary thunder storm. This made for much comical negotiation at times. A big truck would roll by the busy street behind our back yard and my daughter would insist it was thunder and ask to crawl in bed with me. I'd open the curtains and show her it wasn't raining, and she would reluctantly return to her room.

When we moved to California, and I told the kids there were almost never thunder storms here, my son was relieved but my daughter was deeply disappointed because it meant she couldn't sleep with me anymore.

We used a cradle, and just kept it in the locked position. By the time they started moving around a lot at night (3-4 months), they were sleeping longer at night and we transitioned to a crib in their own room.

I used a bassinette with my son and really liked it. It wasn't too frilly and the size was perfect. He learned how to calm himself early on by kicking his legs against the sides and when I transitioned him to a crib at about 4 months, I just made sure to put him against on the the bumpers on the side... worked like a charm.

I also enjoyed turning on my side and watching his little legs move while he didn't realize I was watching him. :-) One of my favorite tiny baby quiet memories. He was my best sleeper, too. Could be the magical basinette! LOL.

Well, the crib you are considering is just about like the crib we had, which also made into a toddler bed and is now a full size big-boy bed.  I loved it then and really like the versatility now!  When #1 son was born, we also had a bassinet (in the locked position) in our bedroom.  BIG MISTAKE!  From day one our firstborn would fight sleep unless he was being rocked or in bed with us...would never sleep in his crib.  So, with #2 on the way, we vowed not to make the same mistake again!  We brought #2 son home from the hospital and he went straight to sleep in the crib.  To this day, our #2 son will fall asleep on his own, and has never fought falling asleep like #1 son.

Another lesson learned with both sons, don't be afraid to make noise while they are sleeping.  While we kept the house church quiet when it was nap time with #1, at the time of #2 son's arrival, #1 son was definitely the noise maker extraordinaire!  So, #1 son wakes up with the slightest noise, at least until he reached 6 years old....and #2 son can sleep through anything - and I mean ANYTHING!

BTW, if you plan on traveling, doing yard work outside, or enjoy camping with your little one...the pack and plays by Graco are nice, not too expensive, and are lightweight and easy to cart around.  I would recommend the crib and the pack and play with the works.   

Nope, still haven't popped. I'm 5 days overdue. Ugh!