amby problems - UPDATE RECALL

just fyi, there's no recall (yet). but the company that makes Amby baby hammocks seems to have shut down.

Edited by ambrose - 08 Dec 2009 at 6:21pm

That is scary! I have an Amby. DS hardly slept in it, but I was hoping to use it in the future. It's the only bassinet approved by the JMPA so I assumed it was safe!

It's official now. It's been recalled.

I have a Kanoe hammock, but it has no cushion and the fabric is breathable so I feel okay about it.

I have a Happy Hangup with no cushion, I'm pretty comfortable with it.  As comfortable as I am with her anywhere.

If you check the Amby website, they are offering a free repair kit. Not sure what it's supposed to do, exactly, but I ordered mine. I was hoping to use the bed again for our next LO. I still think I would use it with a newborn, we put rolled up receiving blankets on each side of DS so he couldn't move at all. I don't think I would use it for an older baby. The babies that died were 4 & 5 months old, so they were able to roll over.

anricat wrote: I almost got the Happy Hangup, but the Kanoe had a rental plan so I could basically try it out before buying it. Also, the Kanoe has a higher weight limit, I think.

I bought mine used, so got a steal on it.  Never could have done it otherwise.  I love it!  Also, weight limit hasn't been an issue with any of my miniature kids.

Mine couldn't roll over at 4-5 months. She didn't roll over until well after she was crawling. It was a little odd. Well, she could roll front to back, but not back to front. I didn't really encourage it because she was sleeping in the bed and I liked not having to worry about her rolling all over!

Kris, I love the Kanoe! It's the only place DD will sleep that's not on me! Although, she won't do it during nap but at night DH and I get an hour before we head to bed so it's been worth it for that. I didn't get it until she was maybe 10-11 months old, I think? So I can't speak to having a teeny babe in it. It's really big though. It's still plenty big for her at 17 months. She's not a huge girl, by any stretch, but she's not teeny either. Average for height.

Initially I had some adjustment issues with it. It was really high off the ground (it anchors to the ceiling). I just didn't expand all the straps, but once I did, it's perfect. Uhm. That's all I can think of. Feel free to ask questions.

Here are some pics. That's a pillowcase (dirty, from the bed so it would smell like where she was used to sleeping) under her head. Otherwise, there's no cushion and no bedding. I added the little butterfly, obviously. Oh, also, she can't really stand up in it. I've come up when she's woken up and she's gotten onto all fours and she tries to stand, but it doesn't work. And when I've put her in it in a standing position, the rails come up under her armpits and she can't really move about in it. It's sort of like if you tried standing in a regular hammock - it really doesn't work. So I'm not really worried about her going overboard. (And if she did, it's just not that high off the ground.

and that would be hooK in the ceiling, not hood