Do you have a crib? What do you use it for? - Page 5

[thefragile7393]

Ours too turns into toddler and then adolescent bed....right now our cat loves to sleep in it!

[barefootpoetry]

Our crib was such a colossal waste of money. I wound up selling it for 1/4 what I paid for it at a yard sale just to get it out of my sight.

We tried sidecarring, and DS always wound up in bed with us anyway. For the ages of about 8 months to 18 months when he frequently rolled out of bed, I put a bedrail up on his side of the bed. He is 3 now and doesn't fall out anymore.

[abharrington]

hehe...great post. we have a crib, although we didn't set it up until dd was about 4 months. before that she slept with us exclusively. now she sometimes naps in the crib and spends her first few hours of nighttime in there, so we can get some stuff done around here. i too am afraid to let her sleep alone in the big bed, because as soon as she wakes up she starts crawling around.

just a side note, i love the idea of a twin mattress on the floor in her room. i may just try it by taking the crib mattress ouf and putting it on the floor. dd always cries when she wakes up in her crib and i wonder if she could just come see me when she wakes up, if she would do better. i can't wait to try it tomorrow.

Thanks mamas!

[grumpybear]

we have a crib that converts into a toddler and a full-sized bed.
we just recently moved it into our bedroom (converted into a toddler bed) in the hopes of putting DS there for naps.
but it hasn't been happening lately since DH comes home around the time that DS naps so they nap together.
so right now, our mini-aussie sleeps in it.
which is great because instead of all 4 of us in the bed, it's now just us 3 (DH, DS and I)

[Yippy!]

all of the matching nursery items that people thought we "must" have were in it I sold them awhile ago and bought wooden toys-in your face inlaws

[1hautemama]

DD2 sleeps in hers. She loves it. And that's what we use our crib for.

[mainesax]

I have to admit my two daughters sleep in their cribs, too.

DH is a heavy sleeper (as in, fire alarms in college didn't wake him up) with no self-awareness when he's asleep, and it was scary to have the kiddos in bed with us. They each spend their fair share, but it's not an all-the-time thing.

They both slept with us a LOT when they were newborns. At that time, the crib was where we threw the clean laundry before we put it away.

[Electra375]

Our crib is in the attic...
This kid is likely going straight to a big boy bed!
Frankly, we co-sleep in the nb period, have a bassinet next to our bed until they are too big and then put them in the crib (baring in mind I have sleeper children, they sleep through the night at an early age).
But right now we don't have a place to put the crib, he is out grown bassinet, yet he still sleeps ther. I don't even have room in our bedroom for a pack n play.
Dh has not had time to finish the rooms he started downstairs last fall. SO, there is no place for baby...
Poor kid he has to be in with his mama and dada ::

[d&xmommy]

DS would sleep in his sometimes then wake and get in bed with us. He is in it now b/c it converts to a toddler bed but it is in our room. We pulled out the play yard for DD to sleep in but if we try to lay her in it and she sees where she is she starts screaming. So it has become the place clothes get thrown into. So at least I am getting some use out of them!

[Isfahel]

My grandparents insisted on buying us a crib which I knew I was never going to use. Now it is a clothes drying rack.