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Quick crib question; for you parents out there
Topic Started: Apr 4 2009, 04:09 PM (336 Views)
jon-nyc
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Dropside or fixed?

Dropside seems convenient but some people consider them dangerous - Consumer reports won't even rate them. Is that overblown?

Anyway, the fixed ones definitely seem sturdier, but the dropside would be hella convenient, especially for Rachel.
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sue
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Too long ago for my experience to be relevant. We had a drop side crib, but ended up not using that option much. It made enought noise when putting the side back 'up', that the kid would wake up. :dead: So I just did the stretch and bend routine.

I'm sure they are better now. :)
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Jane D'Oh
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I hadn't heard of any safety issues w dropsides, but a couple of thoughts.

You don't need a crib initially, probably for the first 6 to 12 weeks it can sleep in some kind of a cradle (or laundry basket if it happens to be closer :whome: )

Crib mattresses can be set to two heights, so until the baby can sit, you can have the mattress much higher and Rachel won't have to lean down as far. So you probably wont have to put a teeny-tiny baby way down in a fixed side crib.

Drop side will make the sheets easier to change.

I don't know what to recommend though.


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We use a fixed crib that is designed so that the front and back will eventually become the header and footer of his regular bed.

Right now we have his mattress right on the floor and the back of crib turned to the middle of the room. We had three night time escapes beginning mid February but reversing the higher back to the room seems to have bought us a bit of time before going out and getting an inexpensive toddler bed.
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I remember the switch from crib to toddler bed as being a very intense week of arguments about staying in bed, but then life got a lot easier without the crib - bedtime stories are much more fun etc.

It's the end of the enforceable naps though unless you're prepared to drive for miles and miles.
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Yes, were it not for intense opposition from my spouse, I would construct a floor to ceiling chain link enclosure with outside locking gate. We are not looking forward to the transition toddler bed sometime in next month or two.
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Well, just image the noise that he'd make when he grabbed that chain and rattled, all the while shrieking. Overall it's for the best.
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MrsCT is about 5'1". Fixed sides would have been a royal pain in the arse.

Just make sure it's well built, and properly assembled, you should be fine.

(unless baby nyc is like our oldest, who would climb up, and jump out @ around 9 months...)
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Janet is 5'2" and we did just fine with a fixed-side crib.
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A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...drop sides...
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We had a drop side crib, but ended up not using that option much. It made enought noise when putting the side back 'up', that the kid would wake up. So I just did the stretch and bend routine.


Exact same experience here. And Mrs. Dewey is 5'2".
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Apr 4 2009, 05:02 PM
Yes, were it not for intense opposition from my spouse, I would construct a floor to ceiling chain link enclosure with outside locking gate. We are not looking forward to the transition toddler bed sometime in next month or two.
My transition to toddler bed was very easy ... not too much of an issue with either kidlet.
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We had a drop side, but never bothered dropping the side. If you're planning on having more kids, or want the crib to be passed on within the family, definitely get the fixed. If not, a good dropped side will be fine.
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We had drop sides. No issues with safety and noise was rarely a problem. This was 6 years ago though; don't know how they are now.

We never used a toddler bed. Instead there was a futon in the nursery that I used to nap on when the babies were sick. When they got too big for the crib, we opened up the futon for them to sleep on. It was low enough to the ground that I never worried about them getting hurt.
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Apr 4 2009, 08:16 PM
Renauda
Apr 4 2009, 05:02 PM
Yes, were it not for intense opposition from my spouse, I would construct a floor to ceiling chain link enclosure with outside locking gate. We are not looking forward to the transition toddler bed sometime in next month or two.
My transition to toddler bed was very easy ... not too much of an issue with either kidlet.
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We had a drop side. I hadn't heard of any safety issues, but I remember rigging something to make it a little more secure because I was worried about it.
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Drop side here too, but that was back in the last century.
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We ended ordering a fixed convertible crib - like Ren describes.

Thanks for the tips, everyone!
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You know, we had a "Pack 'n' Play." It comes with a bassinet in the top, so when Little Bit was tiny, she slept in the bassinet. When she got older, she slept in the bottom of it, because it has a mattress like a crib.

There was no bulky furniture to get rid of later, and it was very portable for when we went to friends' places, etc.

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