bassinet
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Shen bought a used bassinet — which retails for $300 new — for $30, for example.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 14, 2026
These infants were typically found in an adult bed, chair or couch instead of the crib or bassinet recommended by sleep experts.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 22, 2024
“I was already buying their stuff, like the automatic rocker and the bassinet so the fact that they reached out was pretty cool,” she said in a telephone interview before heading to a studio session.
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2024
"The tip of the tornado came down and picked up the bassinet with my baby, Lord, in it," Ms Moore told a local news station.
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2023
I looked over at Raymond, fast asleep in his bassinet, and I said, “I think I might have done us some good today.”
From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose
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These tend to be the people buying $1,700 bassinets that rock their babies to sleep, artisanal food for their dogs, pricey gym memberships, luxury cruises and spots on business-class airplane cabins.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
They also should sleep in cribs or bassinets — not on beds with siblings or in parents' arms.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2023
The Baby Industrial Complex will convince you that you need six different kinds of bassinets, co-sleepers, etc.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2023
“We had bassinets in the back of the tour bus,” James said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2023
Aaron and Evan slept in their little bassinets.
From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake
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