Abstract: A bassinet includes a base, a bassinet frame including a mattress support, a guiding assembly for supporting the bassinet frame on the base for movement in a reciprocal manner along a reciprocal path such that the mattress support is maintained parallel to a ground surface on which the base is supported, and a drive arrangement for driving the bassinet frame in the reciprocal manner along the reciprocal path, the drive arrangement including an electromagnetic pulse generator mounted to the base for generating spaced apart electromagnetic pulses of predetermined intensities, and two spaced apart permanent magnets mounted to the mattress support, with a center line of the electromagnetic pulse generator being offset from a central line between the permanent magnets in an initial position of the bassinet frame.