Sorelle Dondola Gliding Cradle - Cherry (Discontinued by Manufacturer)

This cradle is very cute, and will have lots of room for baby to grow in... my average sized almost three year old can fit in it. Putting this together was a huge headache, you will definitely need two people, i actually broke one of the wooden dowels trying to put it together on my lonesome (quick trip to lowes put us back on track) I really thought the gliding action was going to be great, but it seems way to fast for baby, and is hard to control, and now i wish i would have gotten a swinging cradle rather than a gliding one. The casters were super difficult to "plug in" as the directions say, and they are poor quality, leaving black marks all over my hardwood floors. but the cradle does seem sturdy enough for me to roll around with baby in it, though the warnings say to never do that. The mattress that it comes with is good in my opinion, it is thin but firm enough that i think baby will be comfortable.**UPDATE** after using the cradle for a month now with my new baby, i am in love with it. we replaced the casters, and now can easily roll the cradle around, the gliding is actually really great, baby seems to enjoy it very much! It is so convenient to have baby at arms reach in the cradle at night and in the living area during the day, out of reach from the dog and my other children! My baby is quite large and he still has plenty of room to grow, wear as a basinet wouldnt work anymore.

We have been using this cradle for a while since late April, since our Son's birth. On the 3rd of July, as I was moving the cradle from a carpeted room to another room with hardwood floor one of the legs broke and that side of the cradle hit the ground. We rarely moved this cradle around and always used this gently. Thankfully, nothing happened to my son since I was paying attention. Please investigate this, identify the root-cause and fix it as soon as possible.

The cradle came in yesterday. It looks good, however, there is a big scratch on one of the sides and some screws are missing, so we couldnt finish putting it together. Since we put together almost 80% of it, the only way forward we imagine is to wait until Sorelle sends us missing screws so we can finish putting it together. We still have a couple of weeks before baby arrives, hopefully, we will get the screws by then (talked to Sorelle today, they are promising we should get the missing screws sometime next week). Overall, it is disappointing. It is a nice looking cradle. However, even with the lock in, it still rocks a little bit and it is hard to get it to stay still (almost impossible, it keeps moving even after the slightest touch). Plus, the missing screws really presented a problem. It is unfortunate that even if the item itself is not bad, there is something that prevents you from enjoying it. I dont think I would recommend this item since the manufacturer doesnt seem to be a realible one (scratched, missing parts, impossible to keep still).

This is a solid and well made crib. We love the look and the smooth glide. However, the instructions are more pictures than words. Also, they put the entire assembly in 3-4 steps. Please look carefully at every little detail in the pictures, otherwise will be disassembling and reassembling when you realize a part is on backwards. This happened specifically when orienting the small hole where the locking pin fits into.

This is a quality product but the assembly instructions were poor. The instructions had pictures/diagrams, but they were difficult to follow. This caused me to make several mistakes and then redo the assembly process two times at some parts. The next issue is that one of the wooden dowels did not entirely fit into the frame of the cradle. I had to trim the dowel to make it fit. I think I could have assembled the product in about 1 hour but because the diagrams in the instructions were difficult to understand it took close to two hours. However, once the product was assembled, it worked well and looked great. It does not look cheap and glides effortlessly. I would give this product 4 stars but for the poor assembly instructions I am giving it 3 or 3.5 stars. As several people have commented, the mattress is thin, so you can buy another, thicker mattress, or use some baby blankets to make the mattress softer. Using baby blankets will save you the additional cost of purchasing another mattress.

I've used this cradle for 15 weeks with my son. It's wonderful. It is well made, sturdy, beautiful. The gliding motion is great. it's the perfect size next to my bed. I highly recommend it!

We bought this cradle for our new granddaughter. She was pretty little and was way too and for a crib. Our daughter loves this cradle and it is just the right size not only for our granddaughter but for their house. Our granddaughter is now 4 months old and still in the cradle. This was a great buy and i would recommend it to everyone!

This cradle is really bad finished. The packaging was awful so some pieces came damaged.Given the quality of this product, I recommend getting a cheaper one.