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Big beds for the kids
Seth Jackson wrote:
We left our kids in cribs till they were almost 3. I cannot fathom that concept because mine absolutely hated their cribs. I switched them to toddler beds (the cribs converted) at 19 months. -- Brigitte aa #2145 edd #3 February 15, 2004 http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/j/joshuaandkaterina/ "Readers are plentiful; thinkers are rare." ~ Harriet Martineau |
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Big beds for the kids
Gotta disagree with y'all. The number of nosebleeds we suffered just from
them rolling off the toddler beds, I hate to think how dangerous big beds would have been at first or at a younger age. We kept ours in cribs til 2y 10m (only transferred them then to save my back); then toddler beds til they were 4.5 ... by which time C was getting too long. Then we went for full size beds not twins because we figured the boys will be big as teenagers and in the meantime we wanted them to have every chance of not falling off every night. The old carpet had numerous irremediable blood stains around Elliot's bed in particular. Squirmy sleepers I guess. Anyhow, the argument for toddler beds is more or less sound depending on your room size, bedroom count, family size, finances and squirminess of babies. Guard rails are fine until you need six and then no-frills toddler beds are actually cheaper (got mine on sale in TRUs and used my 4% TRUs Visa card rebate to pay for them) *and* they help you defer the cost of those expensive big beds and mattresses if that's an issue. Plus resale was pretty good on mine so I think the eighteen months usage cost me about $10 per bed. So in short, as usual in baby-rearing, no one answer fits all situations. --Janet Elliot, Hanna, Connor (10/21/96) and Holly (4/4/01) "DeliciousTruffles" wrote in message ... erika wrote: so if you're considering a toddler bed, my suggestion is to skip it. We originally purchased cribs that converted to toddler beds so we didn't really spend any extra money, just extra time converting things. But, yes, I would have to agree with your statement if you were thinking of purchasing a separate toddler bed in between the crib and the regular bed. -- Brigitte aa #2145 edd #3 February 15, 2004 http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/j/joshuaandkaterina/ "Readers are plentiful; thinkers are rare." ~ Harriet Martineau |
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Big beds for the kids
Gotta disagree with y'all. The number of nosebleeds we suffered just from
them rolling off the toddler beds, I hate to think how dangerous big beds would have been at first or at a younger age. We kept ours in cribs til 2y 10m (only transferred them then to save my back); then toddler beds til they were 4.5 ... by which time C was getting too long. Then we went for full size beds not twins because we figured the boys will be big as teenagers and in the meantime we wanted them to have every chance of not falling off every night. The old carpet had numerous irremediable blood stains around Elliot's bed in particular. Squirmy sleepers I guess. Anyhow, the argument for toddler beds is more or less sound depending on your room size, bedroom count, family size, finances and squirminess of babies. Guard rails are fine until you need six and then no-frills toddler beds are actually cheaper (got mine on sale in TRUs and used my 4% TRUs Visa card rebate to pay for them) *and* they help you defer the cost of those expensive big beds and mattresses if that's an issue. Plus resale was pretty good on mine so I think the eighteen months usage cost me about $10 per bed. So in short, as usual in baby-rearing, no one answer fits all situations. --Janet Elliot, Hanna, Connor (10/21/96) and Holly (4/4/01) "DeliciousTruffles" wrote in message ... erika wrote: so if you're considering a toddler bed, my suggestion is to skip it. We originally purchased cribs that converted to toddler beds so we didn't really spend any extra money, just extra time converting things. But, yes, I would have to agree with your statement if you were thinking of purchasing a separate toddler bed in between the crib and the regular bed. -- Brigitte aa #2145 edd #3 February 15, 2004 http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/j/joshuaandkaterina/ "Readers are plentiful; thinkers are rare." ~ Harriet Martineau |
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Big beds for the kids
multimom4 wrote:
Gotta disagree with y'all. The number of nosebleeds we suffered just from them rolling off the toddler beds, I hate to think how dangerous big beds would have been at first or at a younger age. The beds we got were from Ikea and they have 3 different levels. We set them up on the lowest level (about the same height as a toddler bed). When they are a couple of years older we can raise them to about 4' high so there is a space underneath to play. When they are 6 yo or older, we can raise them to the top to make a loft bed so there is room underneath for a desk. We also bought medium-soft foam mattresses (instead of the coiled ones). I figure these will see them through the potty training years and if they end up in not too bad of shape, we can always keep them around for sleepovers. You can roll them up and they were only CDN$89 each. Another nice thing about the Ikea beds is that you don't need box spring mattresses because of the design of the beds. Plus we have the guard rails from the toddler beds, so in all, the beds are quite low and safe. -- Brigitte aa #2145 edd #3 February 15, 2004 http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/j/joshuaandkaterina/ "Readers are plentiful; thinkers are rare." ~ Harriet Martineau |
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Big beds for the kids
multimom4 wrote:
Gotta disagree with y'all. The number of nosebleeds we suffered just from them rolling off the toddler beds, I hate to think how dangerous big beds would have been at first or at a younger age. The beds we got were from Ikea and they have 3 different levels. We set them up on the lowest level (about the same height as a toddler bed). When they are a couple of years older we can raise them to about 4' high so there is a space underneath to play. When they are 6 yo or older, we can raise them to the top to make a loft bed so there is room underneath for a desk. We also bought medium-soft foam mattresses (instead of the coiled ones). I figure these will see them through the potty training years and if they end up in not too bad of shape, we can always keep them around for sleepovers. You can roll them up and they were only CDN$89 each. Another nice thing about the Ikea beds is that you don't need box spring mattresses because of the design of the beds. Plus we have the guard rails from the toddler beds, so in all, the beds are quite low and safe. -- Brigitte aa #2145 edd #3 February 15, 2004 http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/j/joshuaandkaterina/ "Readers are plentiful; thinkers are rare." ~ Harriet Martineau |
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