I didn’t know it’s so hard to make sleeping arrangement for my baby.
So I went crib shopping with JY the other day. There were so many to choose from. We found more than 5 brands/15 models of cribs at Baby Depot just the other day. I mentioned that I live the Baby Bargain book a great deal, and use it mostly as my shopping guide. Now their coverage of cribs is truly extensive. I looked around Baby Depot, and finally settled on Child Craft as the brand of choice. The other brands are either too expensive (eg. C&T, Bassett) or too cheaply made (eg. Delta, Storkcraft).
The next decision is to have either a vanilla flavor crib, or a convertible one, which can be converted to a day-bed, a toddler bed, and full-size bed or all of the above (Delta has a model that can do all four).
After weighing things, I thought convertible crib makes sense for me because we simply don’t have space to store the crib if our baby moves to full-size bed because I have a rather smallish house.
So I took out my ruler and made some measurement. After I went back to my house, I measured the dimension of my room, and low-and-behold, I found the fully assembled crib won’t clear the nursery’s door or our bedroom’s. Now, that’s a problem for us. We don’t the baby to live alone in the nursery for the first three months, but if we put the crib inside our bedroom, then moving it to the nursery after 6 months presents a challenge.
So I went home and did a bit more research and re-read the chapter of the Baby Bargains book on Bassinet. I wanted to get a Moses’ Basket for my baby first, then I looked at the basket stands selection, and didn’t like them much, too shaky for comfort. I then looked at a bunch of pretty bassinet on-line, some of them are real nice. However, I hate to just add a piece of nursery further because of this one problem with my crib.
Again, the Baby Bargains books came to my rescue. In it, the author actually advised against a bassinet, they were saying a playpen with a bassinet is the way to go. They actually recommended Pack ‘n Play – Mocha. So I went to the baby depot again the day after thanksgiving, and got my baby a Pack ‘n Play – Mocha. Setup was a snap, took no more than 15 minutes.
I’m going to get a convertible crib for my baby a bit later, no need to hurry now since the Pack’n Play will hold her for 3-4 months after her birth. I’m a happy man again.
Check back often to find my quests to acquire other nursery furniture.