Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I was skeptical about buying this because I always heard to prevent SIDS babies need a hard sleeping surface. But at 8 months old, our daughter would NEVER sleep through the night. She would co-sleep just fine with us and I didn't understand why. Well I did a little test. My daughter would cry as soon as I laid her down in her crib, so I didn't know if she just did not want to be alone or hated her crib. I realized quickly she liked to roll to her side to sleep in bed with me and that she had difficulty sleeping on her side in her crib because of the very tough mattress. So, I put a couple pillows in her crib and laid her down to see if she would cry immediately. She didn't!!! She rolled to her side and actually fell asleep. I woke her up and took the pillows out because I know thats unsafe for a baby to sleep on, but it validated for me that she was just not comfortable enough on that stiff mattress. So, we bought this. Ours did not have a bad smell like other people stated. It had a faint one but really wasn't bad. Now with this in her crib, my daughter routinely sleeps 12 hrs straight. She actually prefers her crib and will not sleep in bed with us anymore. This thing is AMAZING!!!! I wish we had it sooner.