Is a swing or bouncer necessary for a newborn?

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My husband and I are looking into purchasing a swing or bouncer for our daughter (I’m currently 36 weeks along). He doesn’t think it’s necessary to have with a newborn, while I think if we don’t have it with her young then there’s no point in getting one. I’d like to have it here within the first week of her being born.
We’re first time parents! What’s your experience?

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Until my son started walking I would put him into his swing to get him to sleep. Seriously it was the best.

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I didn’t use my swing much until after the first month or so. Now my son is four months old and I have it in the dining room to use while we eat or while I cook.

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Yeah buy it now because the baby will grow out of it fast by like 5 or 6 months

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Our baby doesn’t sleep unless he’s in our arms or a rock n play

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Saved us from many sleeping nights! This time around I got my son a mamaroo

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The swing was a life saver! I didn’t use it right away because it wasn’t necessary the first few weeks. But after that, she was always in it while I did stuff around the house. She loved being rocked to sleep so the swing would rock her to sleep even when she was older. I stopped using it around 1, when she learned how to walk.
I also had a baby bouncer, for when I wanted to shower or use the restroom etc so she could be by me. The swing I had was a 3 in one and detached to be a bouncer but it was bulky and heavy so I never used it for that. FYI

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I definitely think they are

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I have two boys and they each like different swings 😂. So we ended up with several different kinds. But they were an absolute life saver for both of them!

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Our first lived the swing so much! He was in it constantly! It was the best ten bucks I have ever spent at a garage sale

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I could initially decide between a swing or a bouncer, so I decided to wait until the baby was born so that I could get a better sense of what he liked. I ended up buying neither. I just put the baby in the car seat whenever needed.

Is a swing or bouncer necessary for a newborn?

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