bassinet
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Shen bought a used bassinet — which retails for $300 new — for $30, for example.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 14, 2026
A young couple strolled with their baby in a bassinet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2024
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
Is the toddler photographed by Peter Magubane with his arms outstretched in a wicker bassinet really preaching, as the title says, to the crowd of babies in a South African orphanage?
From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2024
At night, while I would lie in bed and rehearse the things I was going to say, Raymond slept beside me in a little bassinet.
From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose
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
It requires any product designed for sleeping babies to meet within one year the mandatory federal standards already in place for cribs, bassinets, bedside sleepers and play yards.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 2, 2021
Aaron and Evan slept in their little bassinets.
From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake
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