What's the best infant sleep solutions?

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Hello all. First time mom here. Currently 12 weeks pregnant and starting to think about infant sleep solutions that are in line with current recommendations (for room sharing until at least 6 months and against cosleeping (due to risk of suffocation). I know everyone has to do what works best for them and their families and respect these differences completely and ask that you also respect my wishes to pursue solutions in line with what my husband and I are most comfortable.
I am interested in hearing from people who have been able to successfully refrain from cosleeping with their newborns and how they were able to do this? Specific info on types of bassinets/cribs/pack n play/etc as well as swaddles or anything else you have found helpful, is greatly appreciated. My current comfort level is to allow my baby to have supervised daytime napping in something like a dock a tot or rock n play, but not to allow these for night/unsupervised sleeping. For nighttime, my plan is for baby to sleep in our bedroom but not in the bed. Any tips would be most appreciated!

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SwaddleMe Pod 2-PK, Dino Trucks (NB)
Get some hip friendly double zipper swaddles. These saved our sanity and helped my daughter get 4 hours of consecutive sleep when we started using them at 3 weeks old. The love to dream is one of the top brands backed by the international hip dysplasia institute. 
We started as early as 3 weeks to try and establish a night time routine. Calming bath, clean diaper, calming lotion, swaddle, room as dark as possible, bottle, bed. 
We have the dreamegg white noise machine on the thunderstorms sounds but they've got a ton to pick from. We also have a portable hooked to her bassinet for the heartbeat sounds. She didn't wake up at all when the neighbors were setting off fireworks from 8pm to 12:30am!
She prefers room temperature bottles. Now that she's pretty consistent with her night time feedings I just prefill bottles and use a travel formula container. Before this though I just kept every thing (water pitcher, bottles, formula) in my room so I could get to it fast and not have her go into a full blown meltdown! 
She's 12 weeks and has had her days and nights right since 3 weeks when we started the swaddles and having started a night time routine early it's that much easier for her to get to sleep at night. At least that's what I tell myself. I may have simply lucked out. 🤷

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Love To Dream Swaddle UP, Gray, Small, 7-13 lbs., Dramatically better sleep, Allow baby to sleep in
Love to Dream swaddles are my favorite. They allow the baby's arms to be up since a lot of babys break free from other swaddles. Also they have an easy zipper, no Velcro. They have transition ones where the arms can zip off too. My son used these at night for almost the first 3 months.

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HALO Bassinest Swivel Sleeper Premiere Series Bassinet, Luna
Halo Bassinet next to your bed, it twists and swivels and moves easily and allows easy access to baby while in bed. Also, swaddle me swaddles are great and easy to use! All Velcro, no zippers which can be cold or harsh on the skin and can be strapped into pretty much any swing or bouncer still allowing access to the safety belts

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Graco Pack 'n Play On the Go Playard | Includes Full-Size Infant Bassinet, Push Button Compact Fold,
I just skipped the bassinet and used a pack n play, with it’s own bassinet layer. We’ve used it for 2 years now. My son sleeps anywhere though. He goes back and forth in our bed because I’m pregnant. 
We got this one used. No sleeper or changing table attachments. Perfect for travel. Now that second baby will come soon we are getting another one because we will be traveling soon after she’s born.

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Ingenuity Smart and Simple Packable Portable Playard with Changing Table - Ridgedale
I bought something similar to this due to a studio apartment for my son. It is very sturdy And has two levels and grows with the baby ! Can’t wait to use it once his here ! But I have heard Good things about pack & plays !

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Zen Sack Classic - Adjustable Cotton Wearable Blanket | Baby Sleeping Bag
This has been the best for our baby. He didn’t like being swaddled so we went right to the sleep sack. He’s one month and sleeps 3-5 hour at a time with this

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Graco Pack 'n Play On the Go Playard | Includes Full-Size Infant Bassinet, Push Button Compact Fold,
We used a pack n play with the bassinet attachment in our room. I had it pushed against a far wall to force myself to stand up and really wake up so I could avoid falling asleep with my baby, which was a huge fear of mine. We swaddled and used a pacifier so he was a pretty good sleeper after the first few weeks.

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We've always done a bassinet next to the bed for the first 6 mo.  With my first wet moved get slightly before 6mo, into her room and crib.  For my second, we actually moved him closer to 5mo and we all slept better.  We were really struggling with sleep, so moved him just a little earlier.  He knew when I was closer and would wake just to snack bc I was close.  His room is right across the hall and we left doors open so I could hear him easily and had a video monitor.  My kids are both excellent sleepers now.  For our third, I plan so to the bassinet until roughly 6mo again.  For my first two they only liked being swaddled until about 2 weeks, but I only used swaddle blankets.  This time I bought an actual swaddler that I'll try to see if he'll like being swaddled longer.  It's a aden and anais kind that has a zipper on the bottom so I can change diapers without unswaddling.

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2018 UPPAbaby Bassinet -Gregory (Blue Melange/Silver)
We used the uppababy bassinet right next to my side of the bed until he outgrew it a few weeks ago. The bonus with it (or any that click onto the stroller) is that you can go out for a walk and if they have fallen asleep, there is no transfer into bed. You just unblock the whole thing and click it onto the stand. It's awesome! He is 3 months now and we just moved him to a larger bedside bassinet that has a side that can fold down for easy access. It is good up to 35lbs or when he starts to pull himself up, so hopefully it will last a little while. 
We tried swaddling and he kept breaking out of blankets, or just being really fidgety in any of the commercial options except the woombie with his arms out. I stopped completely at 2 months and I think we are both much happier. Good luck!

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I cannot stress enough how much this has saved our lives lol when we brought baby home we had a Fisher Price Smooth Motions bassinet in our bedroom and our baby HATED it. We tried everything to make it more comfortable for him and nothing worked. Unfortunately our baby is a motion junkie and we spent the first 3 weeks of his life sleeping in the living room where our swing was. We were gifted this after complaining for weeks of not being able to sleep in our bed.

What's the best infant sleep solutions?

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