Introduction
The playpen is a baby structure that the baby is placed in for so many purposes.
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The baby needs to be placed where he or she cannot rollover.
The playpen is a life saver for many parents.
It is a structure that is safe to leave baby in, for a short period of time.
In a baby shop you should always question how secure any item you buy is.
The safety of the baby should always come first.
The playpen however, has found favor and it has been vetted and seen fit for the baby to use.
You can use the playpen for several uses.
We have highlighted the several uses of the playpen.
Uses of a playpen
For napping purposes
The playpen is a structure that the baby can comfortably use to sleep in, no matter the time of the day.
The playpen is a big relief to parents when the baby is sleeping in it, because it has restrictions to prevent the baby from rolling over or crawling out, when they wake up and you are not aware.
If your baby is in a noisy room or probably sharing a room with another sibling, you can move the playpen easily into another room that is quiet and away from disturbances.
Here you can put your baby to sleep peacefully.
If you are away from home maybe in a hotel or in a park you can put your baby in his playpen and let him catch his regular nap.
This does not hinder your baby from his usual sleep cycle.
For corralling purposes
Mothers have several things to do.
They have variety of errands to run. At the same time, they have to attend to the baby.
You may want to start preparing dinner or even pick a call but may be difficult to keep eyes on your toddler while doing these things.
Without worrying, you can quickly do these things and still keep your baby safe right there in his playpen.
The playpen keeps the baby busy as you attend to other things, especially when you put your baby in a playpen with toys then you can be sure he will be busy.
For alone playtime purposes and independent character building
The playpen comes in handy here when the baby needs to play.
You can put the baby in the playpen with a few of his toys and monitor his playing, and the baby can bounce and move.
You can be assured that he won’t hit his or her head with the hard floor surface of the room while he is having fun with his toys.
This alone-playtime should always be monitored to prevent the baby even from eating his toy which causes a risk in case he or she swallows it.
The playpen can also be used for character building purposes.
It is favorable when the ability to be independent is built when the baby is still young.
This alone-playtime helps to build his or her character and he or she can learn to depend on herself or himself to accomplish things.
You should always monitor the baby during this time.
Do not overuse this playtime in the playpen since the baby may start feeling restrictive which act as a torment for the baby.
For room sharing
When especially there is a new born in the house you can use the playpen.
You can place the playpen in your room so as to share the room with the baby, for easy monitoring of the baby during the night.
Moms get the need to wake up a couple of times within the night to check how baby is doing, for the night feeds or even for diaper change.
This playpen is of great benefit here since the mother does not need to go to the next room to check on baby.
The playpen being in the same room as the mother makes it easier for moms to check on their babies when they wake up within the night.
It is even safer for both of them to be close by each other.
For visiting, camping and trip purposes
If you take baby with you to go see some friends or even go on a beach trip or even camping, a playpen is quite effective here.
If baby falls asleep during the visits instead of placing him or her on a bed and fear that they may roll over, then this is where the play pen comes in handy.
You can place your toddler on the playpen and be sure that he or she won’t roll over and fall off the bed.
When its camping time or there is a beach trip, then baby should also not be left out.
You can use the playpen to monitor the baby even while having fun.
For multi-purposes
Playpens can be used for so many purposes if the baby is around. Playpens can be converted into a secondary diaper changing station.
These playpens can be used as a baby gate when the toddler becomes mobile while you are changing him or her and you have to go after the little one and place him or her in position, so as to change the diaper.
This whole process can be halted by using the playpen as the baby gate.
This same playpen can be easily broken down and thrown in the car for travel purposes.
Playpens are easy to assemble or disassemble.
You could also use the playpen as a safe storage when the baby is not using the playpen, for example, when its during Christmas and the gifts are nicely wrapped.
When the baby is up and about and he or she is in the crawling stage, then, you can put the gifts in the playpen, to prevent the small adorable human from spoiling the surprise.
Conclusion
The playpen as you have seen has several uses.
It is a structure that has benefits to you as a parent and even to the baby herself.
If you can achieve all the above uses with one structure, then you can be sure that it is worth it.
The playpen should always be used when the baby is just an earshot away just in case of anything.
You can use the playpen for a long time with the baby even as he or she grows up.
It has found favor among several parents.
The uses above can highlight how important and helpful the playpen can be.