Cariboo: Customizable, changeable bassinets

From the very first night we brought our baby home, he has been sleeping in a gorgeous classic bassinet from Cariboo ($359.95). I have only one regret about this bassinet — that I did not have it for my other three kids.

Cariboo makes a high quality product. Their pieces are hand crafted in New Zealand from sustainable radiata wood, with a lead-free finish, PBDE-free mattress and formaldehyde-free bassinet board. You can choose from one of three finishes. We chose the mahogany finish; It blends perfectly with our bedroom furniture, making it so much easier to keep the baby in the room with us. No cringing at ugly baby gear here! The design of the Cariboo Bassinet is simple but still so much nicer than anything I had for my poor, neglected other kids. We kicked them all out of our room by the time they were two-months-old, but little Leo will be enjoying the infant version of "late check out" from the master-suite hotel.

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Because the size of the Cariboo bassinet is so generous (depth and lengthwise) we know we will get far more use out of this bassinet than smaller bassinets. It will serve a purpose even once Leo has finally outgrown it as a sleep place, because we plan to use it as an elevated toy chest. It’s just too lovely to relegate to an attic.

I love the simple off white cotton cover that came with the bassinet, but when we move the ensemble to the nursery, I’m looking forward to switching the fabric portion of the bassinet to one of these gorgeous designs from babystar (for Cariboo). I’m partial to the dots in Tag Blue, which is the same pattern Christina Aguillera has for baby Max Liron, turning 4-months-old on Monday. Other celebrities who own a Cariboo Bassinet include Mariska Hargitay, Tori Spelling, Jennifer Garner, and Jessica Alba .

The Cariboo Bassinet is available with accessories including an attachment that lets you use it as a changing table ($119) as well as a play-gym ($159.95) that can be used to suspend toys over the bassinet, or when removed, to place over your baby on the floor.

I’m such a huge Cariboo fan that I would be remiss if I did not mention their luxurious Puretec Earth Blanket by Cariboo. This blanket is not cheap, at $99 it’s a splurge, but it is truly special and reminds me of the blankets I had as a baby. I must say — I’m aiming for a ‘less is more’ approach this time around and only buying things I really love. Sometimes it costs a little more, but in the end it costs less because instead of buying five so-so "eh" items and still feeling unfulfilled, we buy just the one item we love.

We tuck one of these fabulous Earth Blankets around our baby’s toes, in his Cariboo Bassinet every night, and he actually seems to have a preference for it, even at 7-weeks of age. The perfect-for-any-climate weight, warmth, and quality of this blanket make it our consistent go-to. It’s non-itchy, dries in a flash and like all other Cariboo products, is earth-friendly and formaldehyde-free.

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