Our daughter slept in this for her first four months of life right next to our bed. The mesh all the way around made it easy to keep an eye on her during the night without having to sit up. It was easy to find bedding to fit it and she was comfortable with a mattress pad and sheet on the provide mattress. I loved that it was light weight enough that it wasn't a problem to carry from room to room. The height was also perfect that, set at the highest setting, we could easily put her in and lift her out, but our large dog couldn't get his head in.