Bassinet
noun
A small bed, surrounded by high sides, made for a baby to sleep in.
The baby was peacefully sleeping in the bassinet
Often appears as...
- baby bassinet
- portable bassinet
noun
A small bed, surrounded by high sides, made for a baby to sleep in.
The baby was peacefully sleeping in the bassinet
Often appears as...
- baby bassinet
- portable bassinet
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Infant Usage
A bassinet is specifically for infants, usually newborns up to about six months old.
Once the baby outgrows the bassinet, it's time to use a crib.
Pro Tip 2/3Temporary Bed
A bassinet is often used as a temporary first sleeping place for a baby, not a permanent one.
I set up a bassinet in our room for the first few months after our baby is born.
Pro Tip 3/3Portability
Bassinets are lightweight and often portable, which makes them easy to move around.
We have a portable bassinet so we can easily take it with us when visiting grandparents.
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What I've learned about...
My one-and-a-half-year-old was banging on the bathroom door -- because I locked them out, you know -- crying, tears running down his face. And my newborn was in the bassinet, crying, tears running down his face. I looked at myself in the mirror, and I said "Which friend can you call to call in a bomb threat?
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Deleted Scene: Lee...
girl that one I brought a bassinet it's in the trunk why don't you go out and get milk mom I don't want you here I don't want you meddling in our lives well I can drive you around to look for a job I found a job oh well they can help with the thing I don't want your
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Design for people, not...
actually manufacture so our goal is to study how they work the resources that they have access to so that they can make this product so that's the design for manufacture question when we think about actual use you'll noticed a Firefly has a single bassinet it only
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Elephants Released into...
of previously released elephants roaming the forest hopefully in time bassinet and earn will join up with them
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What I've learned about...
My one-and-a-half-year-old was banging on the bathroom door -- because I locked them out, you know -- crying, tears running down his face. And my newborn was in the bassinet, crying, tears running down his face. I looked at myself in the mirror, and I said "Which friend can you call to call in a bomb threat?
Video examples
Deleted Scene: Lee...
girl that one I brought a bassinet it's in the trunk why don't you go out and get milk mom I don't want you here I don't want you meddling in our lives well I can drive you around to look for a job I found a job oh well they can help with the thing I don't want your
Video examples
Design for people, not...
actually manufacture so our goal is to study how they work the resources that they have access to so that they can make this product so that's the design for manufacture question when we think about actual use you'll noticed a Firefly has a single bassinet it only
Video examples
Elephants Released into...
of previously released elephants roaming the forest hopefully in time bassinet and earn will join up with them
Example 1 of 4
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Haley Joel Osment
American Actor
Actually, 'Die Hard' was the first movie I ever saw in the theater. When I was a newborn, my parents were going stir-crazy in the house, and they put me in the bassinet, and I slept through 'Die Hard' in the theater as an infant.
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Chelsea Cain
American Novelist
I finished 'Heartsick' with my daughter asleep in her bassinet by my desk, a feat that any new mother will tell you cannot be sufficiently praised.
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Haley Joel Osment
American Actor
Actually, 'Die Hard' was the first movie I ever saw in the theater. When I was a newborn, my parents were going stir-crazy in the house, and they put me in the bassinet, and I slept through 'Die Hard' in the theater as an infant.
Quote examples
Chelsea Cain
American Novelist
I finished 'Heartsick' with my daughter asleep in her bassinet by my desk, a feat that any new mother will tell you cannot be sufficiently praised.
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