Graco Suite Solutions Portable Playard Birkshire reviews

Comments about Graco Suite Solutions Portable Playard Birkshire:
This product is adorable. So mature and gender neutral. I love the storage, the changing table, the design.. love it all.

But...

It is a nightmare to assemble. The canopy STILL won't stay up. The changing table piece literally took me 90 minutes to figure out (with help for from friends). Only the pen and liner fit in the carry case.. sure with the infant liner (for the storage unit) or the music box fit in there too.

---

Comments about Graco Suite Solutions Portable Playard Birkshire:
This serves as a basinet and changing table in my living room. I use this every day and love it. My baby sleeps well in it and it has great storage space!

---

Comments about Graco Suite Solutions Portable Playard Birkshire:
I bought this for my son and his wife who are expecting their first child. They are very pleased with it and we have had pack and plays before for other children and they are wonderful. This one is very eye appealing and goes with the nursery theme and colors.

---

Comments about Graco Suite Solutions Portable Playard Birkshire:
Love Love Love this pattern Very cute for boy or girl! Im having a girl and we purchased the matchin carseat its all very precious and gets tons of compliments! Hard to assembly right outta the box but easy once you know where everything goes and how its suppose to fit together! Little bigger than what expected but still love it! Cant wait for our lil girl to try it out!

---

Comments about Graco Suite Solutions Portable Playard Birkshire:
When my son was born, we had this playard in our room and it was very useful, and practical. This product has a storage on the bottom and thats where i had the diapers, wipes, exta clothes i didn't have to get up and walk to his closet, everything was there, having a csection, this was great for me, it even has music.My son used it until he was one. I can't wait to use it again for my second baby.

---

Comments about Graco Suite Solutions Portable Playard Birkshire:
We are using the playard in our bedroom to keep the baby close to us in the first few months. It is great because it has a changing table and shelves.

---

Comments about Graco Suite Solutions Portable Playard Birkshire:
Great changing table. This play yard holds everything. Love design and pattern. We got it for our baby girl, but would be good for boy too. I do wish the dome canopy worked better. I like to keep the ceiling fan on in our bedroom at night and thought the canopy would keep the air directly off our baby girl but the thing would never stay up. I even used two-sided sticky foam tape to try to hold it up and it would still fall down. Other reviews say the same thing and you would think that Gracco would fix this. The music and night light worked fine, but the vibration under the bassinet didn't work. Too busy with a newborn to worry about contacting Graco to get it replaced. The playard is beautiful and has plenty of room to play in, but it's a little too wide if you want to move it from one room to another without folding it down (through standard interior door). I also wished the bassinet weight limit was more. It's only 15 pounds. This might be typical of other 3 in 1 pack in plays- I'm not sure. Just when my daughter got to where she would sleep in it well we had to take it out and just use the play yard part. There are parts of the pack in play I love and other parts that were really disappointing. Conflicted on whether or not I would buy it again. Daughter is now 6 mos old so will see how much use she gets out of of it now.

---

Comments about Graco Suite Solutions Portable Playard Birkshire:
It was purchased for several reasons: (1) smaller than a conventional crib for space saving (2)has built in diaper changing station (3) has organizer/storage space (4) no need to buy much in the way of bedding.

As the oldest of 13 kids, a mom of 2 and a soon-to-be nonna, I want to break this down...in some ways it sounds better than it is, but can be used the same as most play yards that are less expensive.

It is pretty and easy to assemble. It will be ideal as a bassinet when my grand daughter arrives. The nicest thing is the look...but the baby will care less...it's a mommy/caregiver thing. Daddy's will like it...its not too frilly.

The "dancing lights" are actually 5 or 6 little pinhole lights on the back of the hand-sized music/vibration console that sits on the side railing of the play yard. They don't really light well and I have yet to see any "dancing" with any of the tunes or nature sounds. An infant on its back with little vision would not see them at all. You could probaby safely attach a mobile...do not attach christmas lights...LOL.

The sounds are pleasant but can be heard best in complete quiet-so if the baby is crying, it won't hear anything. And they only play for a few minutes, like a mobile. Make a playlist on your i-pod or MP3 and put it on speakers....it will put you all to sleep.

The vibration console sits under the "mattress" (and I'll get to that later), and you can feel it well. However, press down on the mattress to simulate a heavier baby, and the wooden or plastic underside of the mattress hits the vibrater console and becomes loud and annoying. Should work for up to about a 10 lb baby. This and the music/lights thing can't be used when you convert to a play yard.

The mattress...well, it's either wood or thick plasticon the bottom and minimal padding on the top, covered by vinyl on the bottom and that special quilting they mention on th

---

Comments about Graco Suite Solutions Portable Playard Birkshire:
Got as a gift and love so much! Looks so great for a
boy or girl and has lots of storage!

---

Comments about Graco Suite Solutions Portable Playard Birkshire:
Less than a month ago, my daughter gave birth to my first grandchild. She and the baby spend a lot of time at my house (she does her laundry at my house and, as we all know, babies generate a *lot* of laundry!) I was attracted to the play yard because it provided a bassinet, changing table and storage all wrapped up in one convenient package. It has worked out perfectly! I would highly recommend it to other grandparent's and also to parent's who want an alternate baby station in their house (like downstairs versus upstairs).

---

Comments about Graco Suite Solutions Portable Playard Birkshire:
I purchased this for our second daughter because it's more easily moved than a regular baby bed and because the shelves with a zipper front was necessary to keep my 16 month old from getting into the new babies things. I have only used this for a week but I really like it. It's very well made and it easy to put together. I did read a couple of reviews that said the changing table allowed baby to shift to one side until it was heavy enough to weigh it down and keep it even...this is true but it isn't a big deal, baby can't roll out at all or anything terrible like that. My newborn sleeps well in it. Great product, would buy again and recommend to friends.

---

Comments about Graco Suite Solutions Portable Playard Birkshire:
I love the pattern, so I got the whole suite. It compliments my living room decor and I can use it with all future children, boys or girls. The extra storage is geat, the basinet is perfect for daytime naps and the changing table is great to have(but true that it is slanted-very annoying with a tiny newborn, but it's not so bad now that my son is 2 months old). Overall, I am satisfied with the purchase.

---

Comments about Graco Suite Solutions Portable Playard Birkshire:
This is a gorgeous pack-n-play and I have no regrets registering for it. Our 6mo old daughter has used it exclusively since we brought her home. I agree with the other comments that the changing table feature is tilted (so we don't use that, we use our bed instead), that it was a challenge to assemble, and that we probably won't use it as a true "pack it up" item- too heavy and too many frills to fuss with. One problem we have had that I haven't search to see if others have is that the canopy won't stay up. We liked it to make it extra dark for our baby. Also it would be nice to have the music controll to be put on either side. BUT- very pretty and the storage is great!!

---

Comments about Graco Suite Solutions Portable Playard Birkshire:
This product is a lot bigger than I had anticipated so we use it in the family room instead of the bedroom and it was a real pain to pack up so we have yet to use it as a travel play yard, but rather a stationary play yard. The product, however is beautiful and extremely functional from newborn on up. I would recommend this product to anyone who has a lot of space.

---

Comments about Graco Suite Solutions Portable Playard Birkshire:
This is a really great product. It's attractive and useful and packed with features.

I used the bassinet for months! The changing table that flips down is handy, but not good to try to use as a main changing station. It's spot clean only and slightly tilted. But the product access attachment is neat. The canopy is nice. I never really used the hanging shelves.

It was an ordeal to get it set up with all the features the first time, but after that I can break it down and set it up in 30 seconds. It's VERY easy, but heavy.

As a playpen it's handy too. We use it as a portable crib for her now that she's older.

I would recommend getting the Pack N Play sheets/blankets to go with it.

---

Comments about Graco Suite Solutions Portable Playard Birkshire:
My son and daughter-in-law are thrilled with this item. It is strategically placed on Daddy's side of the bed! It is rugged and versatile and will hold all their babies. So perfect.

---

Comments about Graco Suite Solutions Portable Playard Birkshire:
I have been so happy with this purchase. I wanted something multifunctional that wouldn't be used for a few months and then stored away for years. My baby is not quite a month and sleeps great in this bassinet. The vibration soothes him to sleep so quickly and I love the variety of sounds it has. I haven't used it as a play pen yet so I have no comment on it in that aspect but I LOVE the design/color scheme and it's been adored by everyone who has seen it. I love the storage space and it was Very Simple to assemble. The only issue I've had is that until he weighed about 10 lbs the changing table tended to let him roll onto his side because he didn't weigh it down enough yet. Also, I wish that the controller was able to be put on either side of the unit.

---

Comments about Graco Suite Solutions Portable Playard Birkshire:
I love this Pack-N-Play! I had an earlier model with my first daughter and definitely got plenty of use out of it. I gave it away two weeks before I found out that I was pregnant again so I had to purchase another one. I am so glad that I did! Graco really improved this product with the additional storage! It is great for apartment living and It makes late night changing so much more convenient. I store pampers, onesies, blankets, burp towels, hats, socks, washcloths... I could go on!!! There is a place for everything so I never have to leave my bedside! The only things that could improve this product is to make the storage for baby wipes deeper (not a huge deal) and to offer it in more colors!!!

---

Comments about Graco Suite Solutions Portable Playard Birkshire:
My daughter lives in Hawaii and she loves this product it comes in handy in their two story home.

---

Comments about Graco Suite Solutions Portable Playard Birkshire:
I've been using this pack and play since my one month old daughter came home from the hospital and she loves it. It was easy for my husband and me to assemble and it looks great. Everyone, especially experienced parents, who has visited has been so impressed by its beauty and convenience. The changing table area has convenient pockets for all the necessities and extras and the storage below is roomy. One slight (maybe) negative is that I'm not sure how easily this playard would actually pack and go. We haven't needed to yet, and may not need to, but that may be a consideration if your main goal is looking for an easy breezy travel playard.

As other reviewers have pointed out, there is a lot more green on this than the picture shows which I personally love, but others might not. Also, the changing table is at an angle, but my baby was never even close to rolling off even after the time I took my hands off her to grab my nephew who was going to run right into the playard.