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Originally posted by robustpuppy
I've started looking at cribs and have noticed that many are convertible into toddler beds. Since I only plan for now on having the one, I'd like to get as much use out of the crib I buy as I can. Are there safety issues with the convertible cribs? Has anybody here bought one?
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It was our experience while shopping that anything that converted from one thing to another performed neither job very well, especially from an aesthetic standpoint. We went directly from crib to twin. Twin-sized sheets have all sorts of thematic shit that kids between 2 and 5 are interested in. Race cars and ponies and such. I don't know as much about crib-sized sheets. Caveat --- we knew we were planning to have at least two, so we were going to be living with the crib
qua crib for seven or so years.
I strongly recommend
Baby Bargains and
Toddler Bargains for all consumer product decisions. Cuts through a lot of the bullshit about strollers, cribs, etc. Make sure you have the most recent edition --- they update annually. Based on their rec, we went with a
Ragazzi crib and changing table, since it was described as heirloom quality if you can afford it, and at the time we could.
Other bit of advice --- if you haven't gotten a stroller/travel system yet, don't buy the fancy European brands if either you or your SO is over 5'10". The European strollers are built for statistically smaller people, and there's no agony like a long walk where you're stooped and kicking the rear wheels of your kid's stroller.
