Amby Baby Hammock

Look, I loved the idea of the hammock. I bought one when my son was 3 months old and too big for the moses basket. He was a more wakeful baby, and I hoped it would help after reading all the glowing reviews. Well, within a month he was sleeping 6-8 hours at a time and we thought, amazing! It totally works. Well, spoke too soon on that one. At 5 months almost to the day, he began waking every hour despite the hammock, which persisted. He had no reflux, no medical issues, just a wakeful baby. After three weeks of getting up a stupid number of tim...Read more

We loved our Amby hammock. I (and many people I know) was a little sceptical at first because it's so different from the traditional bassinet, but knew we'd made the right decision when a midwife visited our house a few days post-birth, and she commented that she recommended the Amby hammock to anyone having difficulty with colic or reflux (we were lucky enough to not experience either) - she knew many parents who had benefited from it. A CHN also told me she thinks hammocks are a great way for babies to sleep.

My little girl slept soundly...Read more

I thought I'd write this review for parents such as myself who are struggling with a challenging baby that doesn't sleep well and looking for something that will help. We were pretty desperate when we decided to purchase the Amby air baby hammock - at 3 months of age bub was still waking every 1 or 2 hours through the night and never sleeping more than 40 minutes (but often much less) during the day. Silent reflux had been diagnosed at 11 weeks, which explained her excessive crying, and the medication stopped the crying, but the sleeplessness r...Read more

I loved the idea of a hammock, but was a little unsure at first. My babyboy looked so tiny in it! - and all the fear mongering around me didn't help. However, as my son settled in happily, my confidence grew. A few months later and we are both absolutely loving the Amby Baby Hammock experience. He bounces himself to sleep and settles in easily - or at least must easier than he has on the few occasions when I put him into his cot. At almost six months it's getting a little snug, but I'm definitely keen to continue using the hammock for as long a...Read more

DS1 was a difficult day-sleeper, so when I was pregnant with DS2, we decided to buy an Amby hammock. We love, love, love this hammock. He slept in it for day sleeps from birth - 12/13 months (when he no longer wanted to be confined by the hammock). He learnt to self-settle by wiggling a little, which bounces the hammock. It is very easily to set-up/dismantle too - so we have taken it to playgroup, parties, on holidays, etc to ensure DS2 could have a good sleep. We have just started using it for DD1. She will sleep less than an hour in the cot, ...Read more

The Amby is the most worthwhile investment we made for our daughter. She slept in it from birth to 9 months. She is a big baby weighing almost 12kgs by the time we transitioned her to her cot. She never once tried to roll in it, and I believe that she was such a settled baby primarily because of this fantastic product. The Amby is just so beautifully snug around them. I have often commented on how great it would be in an adult size.
I have now passed it on to my best friend who's previous babies have been difficult to settle (as were my previo...Read more

This is one fantastic bit of kit! Our little one has been sleeping in it since he came home from hospital at 4 days, and he is now 3 months old. He sleeps in it day and night, and seems to love it. In fact, even when he wakes up after a nap, he will sit in it for a while without crying - I think the bouncing motion when he kicks keeps him happy. I have the hammock set up next to my bed, and so can rock/ bounce bubs to sleep after his night feed whilst lying down myself. Result: both bubs and I get more sleep every night! The only worry I have i...Read more

We originally bought a Miyo Baby Hammock for when our daughter was first born (as it looked much nicer than the Amby one) but she grew out of this by 4 months and so we bought the Amby hammock instead.
Now 13 months old, our daughter still sleeps in her hammock and loves it. When she was smaller we used to swaddle her before putting her into it but even now she still has never tried rolling onto her tummy in it (and she is a very active baby in general). When she wakes up we go into her room to find her using her tummy muscles to bounce hers...Read more

Overall I think it was a very worthwhile purchase for us. We also have the old style wooden rocking cradle, but feel that the hammock is safer as bub starts to move and roll more. Again wished I got more use out of it with my 2 older kids.
Has been great for my 3rd bub. Wished I had bought it for my 1st child.
It's so easy to get baby to sleep in and also a great space saver if you don't have room for a cot next to your bed. I just swing bub in it at night sometimes when she wakes up to get her back to sleep. It's also so portable, something y...Read more

- Cheaper than a cot @ $298.00 inc. mattress.
- Easy to clean - throw it in the washing machine.
- Mattress fits in "King" size pillow case.
- Comes with a carry bag.
- Frame fits through door frames so can be moved easily from one room to another.
- Child is able to self settle due to the motion.
- Cool and airy in Summer (We have an average temp of 42C and she sleeps in it day and night).

At the hospital I used the crib they provide and my baby screamed and screamed. At 4 days old, she started sleeping in her hammock and would only ...Read more

This is honestly the best baby thing we brought (I think I've raved about it so much that everyone in my Mother's Group is buying one for their next baby!). Our daughter slept in hers from day one until she was about 10 months old (in a sleeping bag) and swapped to her cot really easily.
Excellent concept. It's fantastic when bub is very young and learning to sleep as you can settle them in their own bed rather than picking them up to rock them. And it's small enough to have next to your bed. You can take it everywhere with you - it's really s...Read more

I loved the hammock when my baby was a newborn and up to about 4 months. He slept really well and quickly slept long stretches through the night. When he did wake up, it was easy to 'bounce' him back to sleep without breaking your back. The manufacturer claims that the hammock can be used until the baby is 2, which I find hard to believe. Several of my friends also used this hammock, and none of us got more than 6 months' use out of it as babies just get frustrated in it once they are a little more mobile. I would use it again, but move my...Read more

We loved it was the best baby purchase we made by far, both babies have slept in it from birth till they were around 1 and then transferred easily to the cot. it was great as they were able to resettle themselves a lot of the time with the rocking and bouncing once they woke up, and if we had to go in and settle them we rarely had to take them out of it just bounce them back to sleep, Our first baby slept through at least 10 hours a night in the hammock from 6 weeks old even with bad colic, our second baby had more severe colic but only woke on...Read more