1st -over 15 years old
2nd -less than 10
3rd -unknown, 2nd hand
*all pass the soda can test for the bars
When you have three children under 3 more cribs become essential but how many do you actually need? Our two year old rolled over at a month in a half making her bassinet unsafe for her.
With our 1st child we had 1 crib and 1 bassinet. He slept overnight in the bassinet and took naps in his crib. The problem was where to put him during the day. Son 2 rec. his own crib which he stayed in until age three. Even though we had a convertible crib, he rec. a plastic toddler bed similar to his brother. That left an extra crib. Good thing that crib did not get purged since we are now in the market for a third crib.
Now we are the happy owners of 3 cribs, 1 of which is a convertible crib. I would estimate that we spent about $550 for all 3 cribs realizing that the 1st was passed down.
Conversion beds are helpful but not always practical. I doubt many children will want to admit that their college dorm bed has the bars from their crib as the headboard. I can see using a crib as a toddler bed but beyond that I think the child probably needs an upgrade.
Next step is to find some mattresses. One of the allergist's questions for my son was how old was his mattress. So I guess that is an item that is worth buying new or fairly new.
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2 comments:
We heavily relied on pack n plays. Our 2nd child slept in hers until 3 years old!
We have an extra cradle and extra pack-n-play if needed!
Our first son was past the weight limit (and activity limit) on his crib by age 2, and was out by 26 months. Our second is still in his crib, approaching 4, because a) he sleeps well, and I don't want to mess with that! and b) because I don't want to do the night-potty-training on the "good" mattress this time. Lazy mommy.
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