Graco Suite Solutions Portable Play Yard - Birkshire

Comments about Graco Suite Solutions Portable Play Yard - Birkshire:

Purchased this product for my daughter in law. Baby will be sharing a room with her. Needed something smaller that would be multipurpose. The baby will be sleeping in it. Has a diaper changing station and is nice and compact. This product works perfect! Has lots of bells and whistles!!

Comments about Graco Suite Solutions Portable Play Yard - Birkshire:

really practical and beautiful

Comments about Graco Suite Solutions Portable Play Yard - Birkshire:

Love this playpen/bassinet colors are great. Can't wait until my baby gets to enjoy it... Just a few more weeks

Comments about Graco Suite Solutions Portable Play Yard - Birkshire:

I love this play yard.. I was not ready to put my new born in a crib and the first few weeks she did not like to sleep in the bassinett top of the play yard.. she was cery fussy and i used a swing and a smaller bassinett by my bed but now can almost sleep a full night.. the music and vibration are great.. I wish the plug was at a higher point because I have found her reaching up and pulling it out of the brown base on the side..I have added a mobile on to it..She loves to look up at it..
I love the storage in the lower part.. I did not realize the benefit of having this until it was set up and i was able to put extra wipes and stuff in the shelfs..I love the color.. Great space saver to have the changing table be apart of the play yard..BAD PART.._ Very had to put together...does not fit through door way ...The diaper holder on the side is heldup with weak 2 sided tape and now has fallen off..

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Horrible service!! I ordered a items July 7 and still today July 29 haven't recieved one of the items which is the only important item!!

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I just got this play yard and I really like it. I researched several diff ones and found that many had features I wanted but lacked in other areas, however when I finally settled on this one, it had all the features I was looking for. The changing table is above waist height and easily flips out of the way so that is a plus and it seems to be sturdy. I will say that it takes a little time to assemble the changing station...but it does snap off easily if you were going to travel with this I would recommend only using the bassinet and the play yard and leaving the rest at home as it would be bulky. I bought this for a second nursery space so I have no intentions of using it for travel. One thing about it is the vibration underneath makes an awful noise when pressure is placed on the mattress..it rattles very loud..but if you put a burp rag or something over the vibration piece it solves the problem...EASY fix (thank goodness)..I know several mentioned it was difficult to set up but I had no trouble as I have several children and have assembled many play yards...the extras are the time consuming parts..but the play yard and bassinet themselves set up easily...just have to spend extra time with the add ons. All in all I am very happy with it and I am excited to use it soon on our new baby. :) Graco is the only way to go in my opinion (crazy as it sounds I actually own 6 play yards because we travel and I have twins so I have some that I leave at the grandparents as we travel out of state and don't have room to haul them...so I will say this is def the fanciest play yard I've seen.) I considered the ones with the nappers but figured baby would grow out of it quickly and it would be kinda useless and in the way...so I went with this one.

Comments about Graco Suite Solutions Portable Play Yard - Birkshire:

I fell head over heels in LOVE with this pack and play when I saw it online over a year ago when we started trying for baby. Shortly after I saw this pack and play I saw the black version of it at a resale shop and almost purchased it but I really really wanted the Birkshire.. we were not sure if we would be able to get pregnant so I waited to purchase this. We we're given another pack and play at our baby shower but it was broken/defective out of the box and had a rip in the fabric. I had thought about just exchanging that one for the same one since this one was a lot more money but it being broken/defective and ripped out of the box made up my mind for me the Birkshire was THE ONE for us! I returned the other and used store credit and gift cards from baby shower to purchase this one. It arrived yesterday and I think I scared the UPS man because I was screaming "MY PACK AND PLAY! HONEY GET THE DOOR!! ITS MY PACK AND PLAY!" the UPS man laughed at my excitement and ask the usual bump questions after I swore he had made my day! My man and I eagerly dug into the box and both of us just oohed and awed over how gorgeous the fabric was! My sweet man hauled it down the stairs to our bedroom ( He said it IS heavy!! ) and the fabric matches our bedroom suit perfectly! We started setting it up and we really liked how the sides of this pack and play ,where on other pack and plays there is normally a button to let the sides down, this one has a push handle on the underside that is contoured to fit fingers perfectly! Make sure that you have the middle up when you are going to snap the sides into place, my honey tried to do it with the bottom pushed down, it doesn't work that way! The bottom has to be raised up and yes it is a bit awkward but no big deal. First impression of the pack and play in general is ITS BIG! That is okay for us since we wont be moving it from room to room and our bedroom is downstairs while baby's room is upstairs. (she will be sleeping in our room for the first 6 months so a bigger pack and play works for us) The directions tell you to put the mattress in first, STOP! that is for when they are older, you have to put the storage compartment/bassinet part on first. It is held on by 8 clips (4 on each of the short sides) that are VERY sturdy and secure. Then you insert poles into the bottom of the bassinet part (that's what you clipped onto the sides, that makes the baby closer to the top and has the storage underneath! make sure you put it on to where the storage compartments are facing the mesh with the zipper part) After you insert those poles then you lay the mattress down. It isn't very soft but at the same time it isn't very hard either which is good because you WANT a somewhat FIRM surface for your child to sleep on to reduce S.I.D.S. ( I worked in a nursery for 3 years and was a contracted nanny for a year, learned all about S.I.D.S. during my certifications so if you are rolling your eyes STOP and google S.I.D.S. It is a VERY serious thing and something you NEVER want to happen to your infant) and it will support your child's weight later when you use it as a regular pack and play. After we put the mattress in I put the canopy on, its a little difficult to get the clips to go on the side over the fabric but no big deal. I was NOT impressed with the Velcro that connects the back of the canopy (the clips connect the front) the Velcro looks kind of ugly and there should be more of it if that's what they are going to use instead of 4 small squares of it. We had no problems with it staying up though. While I was fooling with the canopy my love was working on putting the changing table part together and he was having some issues (mainly because he was being impatient I think and he was tired after working 12 hours) I got him to calm down and let me do it, which I easily did. We snapped it on even without a baby in it the thing did tilt forward. The instructions told us to put it on backwards from all the pictures.. we just went by pictures. We have not touched the vibrating feature yet because we didn't have batteries. Will do that soon though :) and we hope that this pack and play will be worth the money and last us with this baby and the next! It looks beautiful, it seems VERY sturdy and it IS larger than most pack and plays so we can use it for a while. It is heavy, the canopy part could be better executed. I do wish that the mesh had the zipper part on either side so you could use the space behind the storage compartments but mainly I wish that there were 2 zipper entrances because my side of the bed where the pack and play will be is on the right side! I want the pack and play next to the bed but that blocks the storage area.. if I put the canopy part near the head of the bed.. I don't really want the changing table part next to my face while I sleep. I will still put things in the storage area but they wont be easy access for me. I would switch sides of the bed with my man but the way our room is his side has less room because of closet and bathroom doors. If we put the pack and play over there it would block the doors, oh well. I can just wheel the pack and play a few feet if I need to access the storage. It does wheel VERY easily! I kept looking at the pack and play all night and thinking should we have spent so much money?? The answer is yes because I love all things beautiful and this one is stunning! The answer is yes because it is made very sturdy compared to the other pack and play we were given and returned (it was also a graco though). Over all I am very pleased with it and am so happy we got it! I hope I am just as happy after our little one is here in just 5 weeks!

Comments about Graco Suite Solutions Portable Play Yard - Birkshire:

Awesome and Huge

Comments about Graco Suite Solutions Portable Play Yard - Birkshire:

We used this from the day we brought our baby home and it is awesome. For one, it is gorgeous and actually fit in our room as nice "decor". The changing table is stable and just the right size. The small cubbies below came in extra handy for blankets, extra diapers, etc.

My only complaint is that after 5 months the hood part will not stay up, after about an hour it slowly falls down. Not a huge deal, but rather annoying as it keeps a lot of light out when up. And, two...the diaper holder came off. Again, not a big deal because we just put diapers in a big wicker basket to the side. Not the best to travel with also being that it is large and a little time consuming to put together.

Overall, great looking playard!

Comments about Graco Suite Solutions Portable Play Yard - Birkshire:

Convenience at its best! Storage is a great feature, changing table has made life much easier and my child loves taking naps in it. The vibration feature along with the music puts him right out. I would definitely recommend this product!