So...

mileswithmyles

My husband is building our crib and I'm pretty sure that the F word will be our child's first word after how many times he has heard it today!

RachelCA29

Really? What brand is it? I want to know to avoid it in the future.

Ours was so easy to put together. And one of the pieces even came broken and we had to get a replacement piece shipped. That was frustrating!

mileswithmyles

It is Sorelle. 

RachelCA29

Holy jeez .... that dresser part looks tough. I can see why he needs all the sailor-speak.

madelined633

I will be the one putting together our furniture because my husband is not good at following directions. He is not that kind of thinker and looking at all the pieces overwhelms him i think. im a math teacher so puzzles are right up my ally. I always joke that when our kids need something fixed or put together- instead of "daddy can you..." It will be "mommy can you..." He doesn't like that much but it's the truth!

jjh471

kitchencolors said:

Hey, that's a complex word!  F is a hard letter, and a "ck" sound is hard too.

I like that crib.

This. Very true. I teach Kindergarten and we just learned the ck blend!

mrspopsicle

My husband is horrible at written directions. I don't think he's ever put together anything we've bought with out me having to step in!

ksyknelvr73

Ha!! I totally understand. Putting together nursery furniture has been one of our biggest fights in quite a long time.

spinsoffresonance

LOL. I'm the designated furniture builder in our house. DH doesn't have the patience for it and refuses to read instructions.

Bootsie327

hcorcoran said:

It is Sorelle. 

We got a similar changer combo crib also by Sorelle...the changer part sucked!! But now that it's together, I love it.

FlemDance

Love the crib!

awc1986

That's one complicated looking piece of furniture!

I can't make furniture or DIY with DH. He's impatient and a snatcher, so I just have to leave the house when he embarks on a project. He'll snatch things out of my hand and push me out of the way if I'm not doing it how he wants, so I just leave him to it.

chknma

when DH was putting together DD's big girl bed a few months ago she came stomping into the room yelling "last fucking time"....good job DH

yep.....furniture assembly can really help build a child's vocabulary :-)

BeesKnees181

My husband dropped his fair share of F bombs building the nursery furniture.  The crib was the worst one, though!  Too bad he still has one more still to build   He assures me it will go smoother the second time around.  HA! 

The joys of twins.

NorthernGal248

The crib is so amazing!!!

=((  I want a crib!!

danabsd

Sounds about right. 

When H was putting the crib together Beb and I check on him periodically. At one point I went back and said "It doesn't look like you made any progress I am pretty sure you were on the same step last time." His response: a frustrated "Actually I was a step ahead of this last time." Ha. Opps.

We decided to help from that point on. Toddlers are super good helpers.

 

Not.

HAndrews25

My hubby is putting together the crib, dresser, end table, changing table top, bookshelf, and toy storage cube this weekend. I plan on avoiding the room and just providing enough beer to calm the situation, yet not too much to inebriate him and have the crib clapse on the baby the first time we put him in.  It is a delicate balance. 

Jillzy86

My cousin warned me about how difficult putting the crib together would be. She said it took her and her DH 6hrs. I warned my DH and he just laughed at me. He's a construction manager and has been doing carpentry since he was 9. He put our crib together in 32min, once it was out of the box. I timed him. Felt blessed that I married someone like that. :x
I am a complete rule follower when it comes to those things and it would have taken me two + days.

danabsd

Jillzy86 said:

My cousin warned me about how difficult putting the crib together would be. She said it took her and her DH 6hrs. I warned my DH and he just laughed at me. He's a construction manager and has been doing carpentry since he was 9. He put our crib together in 32min, once it was out of the box. I timed him. Felt blessed that I married someone like that. :x I am a complete rule follower when it comes to those things and it would have taken me two + days.

6 hrs???  @-)  

I don't think it took my H more than an hour. 

You should probably recommend they never get a kid craft kitchen.  Average build time on those suckers is about 4 hours for the average parent.  

flutepharm87

If that crib is giving your DH trouble, do not - I repeat - DO NOT buy your child this kitchen!

This thing was created by demons! There's a special place reserved in hell for my mother, who bought this for our boys for Hanukkah this year and had it shipped out our house so DH and I could put it together. 3.5hrs of my life I'll never get back, worse than IKEA instructions you'd find.

danabsd

flutepharm87 said:

If that crib is giving your DH trouble, do not - I repeat - DO NOT buy your child this kitchen!

This thing was created by demons! There's a special place reserved in hell for my mother, who bought this for our boys for Hanukkah this year and had it shipped out our house so DH and I could put it together. 3.5hrs of my life I'll never get back, worse than IKEA instructions you'd find.

Kidcraft is the debil. Fo real. We have this one. It took H 4.5 hours to put it together. Totally worth it though she loves that thing.

tjkdlhb

danabsd said:

If that crib is giving your DH trouble, do not - I repeat - DO NOT buy your child this kitchen!

This thing was created by demons! There's a special place reserved in hell for my mother, who bought this for our boys for Hanukkah this year and had it shipped out our house so DH and I could put it together. 3.5hrs of my life I'll never get back, worse than IKEA instructions you'd find.

Kidcraft is the debil. Fo real. We have this one. It took H 4.5 hours to put it together. Totally worth it though she loves that thing.

We bought this one from HaPe... It took about 15-20 minutes to assemble and is solid.

JoelleOK

I love Ikea instruction books! But I have to "translate" them for DH.
I've been wanting to get a kitchen for DS. He loves "cooking" soup with his mini dishes from Ikea.

jjones59

flutepharm87 said:

If that crib is giving your DH trouble, do not - I repeat - DO NOT buy your child this kitchen!

This thing was created by demons! There's a special place reserved in hell for my mother, who bought this for our boys for Hanukkah this year and had it shipped out our house so DH and I could put it together. 3.5hrs of my life I'll never get back, worse than IKEA instructions you'd find.

all IKEA instructions are unreal.....I bought a bed there and took it back because it would never ever go together. I only buy stuff there that is easily put together or already made. 

Cupcakes89

My last ikea item I got wasnt too bad... We got a tv stand with drawers and extra stuff on it and put it together in less then an hour. I thought that was a success!  

Emmagk

When we picked up our crib DH had a cold so was obviously dying and couldn't possibly find the energy to build it. I got fed up of waiting for him so did it myself. It probably took about an hour total and I only needed his help with putting the base in since it's a 2 person job. I was quite proud of myself, I usually skip a bunch of steps and completely mess up!