Although
the sidecar sleeper had no bedding other than a tightly fitted sheet, a parent can roll around and push bedding from the adult bed into the sidecar (or a pillow, or anything else in the adult bed).
Whether you call it a bedside sleeper,
a sidecar sleeper, or a cosleeping bassinet, these products that allow baby to sleep right next to a parent but have their own separate sleep space are fantastic for the first months of baby's life.
There are lots of instructions available online for making a bedside sleeper or
sidecar sleeper out of a crib or some other furniture.
Not exact matches
We started out with a
sidecar cosleeper, but our first night home with my son I swaddled him up, set him in the
sleeper, and promptly felt such a sense of * wrongness * that I lasted maybe twenty minutes before I scooped him up and tucked him up next to me.