partial drop gate cribs?

Bitsybelle

The whole side doesn't drop on this just a small portion of it.  There is a lever on each side of the crib that have to be pushed at the same time to get it to lower. 

WDYT?

https://www.babysdream.com/Products/GenerationNext/Default.htm 

sweetie645

I actually have that crib for DS2.  We didn't buy it though...a friend of a friend was trying to donate it and found out we could use another one, so they "donated" it to us. 

It's a beautiful crib and seems better made than the DaVinci Emily crib we bought for DS1.  I don't really love the partial drop gate though.  I'm short, but I found that it wasn't that hard to reach down into DS1's crib to get him.  The drop gate is noisy when closing it and I've read in baby bargains that the inside part of the drop gate, the hinge, can be used as a step for climbing out when the baby gets bigger. 

All in all, I'd probably just stick to a stationary-side crib.

HTH!

M2PeanutNGummi

I have the Kathryn Crib from that company. My son is 2 1/2 and we moved him into the toddler bed already... which was free to do since the drop-gate comes down to be the guard rail.

I've never been disappointed in the crib (or now toddler bed). It looks great and holds up really well to my rambunctious boy!

ecleptic

Eh. We decided to go with the Baby's Dream Crib 2 College which also has a partial drop gate.

I spend a lot of time around stationary side cribs (I have 8mo triplet nephews with three different stationary side cribs and a 7mo niece also with a stationary side crib- that I babysit once a week all day long) and I have a hard time getting a fighting (Sleep training sucks!) baby over the stationary rail with my short height. It's not the weight (although that's in the baby's favor too) so much as the baby's strength to fight arms flailing, backs arching, feet kicking- I just don't feel as safe raising them as far above my own center of gravity as I need to do to get the child safely into the crib.

So when we were buying our own we went with a partial drop side for me. Yes there's a risk that the child will use the gate to leverage an escape but I'm willing to take that chance.

M2PeanutNGummi

ecleptic:

Eh. We decided to go with the Baby's Dream Crib 2 College which also has a partial drop gate.

I spend a lot of time around stationary side cribs (I have 8mo triplet nephews with three different stationary side cribs and a 7mo niece also with a stationary side crib- that I babysit once a week all day long) and I have a hard time getting a fighting (Sleep training sucks!) baby over the stationary rail with my short height. It's not the weight (although that's in the baby's favor too) so much as the baby's strength to fight arms flailing, backs arching, feet kicking- I just don't feel as safe raising them as far above my own center of gravity as I need to do to get the child safely into the crib.

So when we were buying our own we went with a partial drop side for me. Yes there's a risk that the child will use the gate to leverage an escape but I'm willing to take that chance.

I wouldn't worry too much about your kid using the safety-gate as leverage. My boy is a climber and never tried it... My SIL however has a fully stationary side crib and her daughter (who is much shorter than my son and not as big of a climber) was able to climb out... So, really... if your kid is going to climb out, they will... having a stationary side doesn't prevent that and having a safety-gate doesn't cause it to happen either.