Baby Crib

Your baby crib is likely one of your first major purchases given that it is an essential product and it may take anywhere from 2-12 weeks to receive. ORDER IT EARLY. Books like Baby Bargains, 7th Editionoffer a good insight to the features that are important and safe for your newborn. Here are some key points:

General features
  • Check the sturdiness of the platform that holds the mattress. Stronger quality cribs will have metal mesh. One lower end crib had particle-board. Buyer beware.

  • Some cribs have drawers at the base of the crib. Note that dust may collect on the items placed in the drawer unless the drawer is well covered by the platform under the mattress (a crib skirt may help too).

  • Cribs often convert to daybeds, toddler beds or even full beds. This typically requires the purchase of an optional conversion kit that would include the rails. It may make sense to buy this when you are buying the crib in case the crib is later discontinued.

Cost
About 98% of the market for cribs falls in the $100 to $1000 range. On the low end are brands like Ikea and on the high-end are brands like Munire and Natart. There is an entire spectrum of brands in between, with most in the $300-$600 range. Unless you purchase a minicrib or variant thereof, the size of the space for the mattress is standard. You are buying basically on the quality of wood, the aesthetics, the customer service and the brand.

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