wwbotb do? re: hand-me-down crib

Melaneigh1

We have been offered a crib by my MIL's church.  It's several years old (but probably not more than 5-7 years).  It has a drop side.  We will go look at it to check it out, but is it terrible of me to even consider a drop side crib?  We would fix the side, assuming that's possible.  So, what do you think?

N&G 5_26_07

We have a hand me down crib from BIL.I was happy when we received it - its  a nice PB crib that they still sell.

That being said - I wish we had bought our own.

Manalyzer

I *probably* wouldn't do it, simply because so much has changed even in just 5 years. If you do decide to do it, I'd research the crib and make sure it hasn't been in on the recall.

bancbev

Nope.  Not in a million years.  Who knows how many times it's been taken down and put back together.

weelass24

No.  Never ever.  Especially a drop side. I wouldn't buy a new drop side.  Several counties here have banned the sales of them altogether,

roshybride

Because of the drop side, I probably wouldn't, unless money was a huge issue. Although we are still using our dropside crib (that we got new), I am pretty sure we will be getting a new crib for the next baby.

pinkpear

I usually lurk but wanted to tell you that if this crib was in your church's nursery, don't take it!  I work full time in the Children's Ministry at my church and can't even begin to tell you about the abuse that those cribs take.  I would be very concerned about it holding up.  I finally got rid of our crib in our nursery at church because people would allow their 5 year olds in there who weighed way too much.  I have nothing against hand-me-down stuff, but not if it came from the nursery (or cry room if that is what your church calls it)

Melaneigh1

Thanks, ya'll.  You confirmed what I already knew.  I got excited about not having to buy a crib, at first.  But when I can get a crib for about$150 that's totally up to safety standards, I can't really whine about the money thing.

Thanks, PinkPear for pointing that out about the church nursery.  I guess it will be a thanks, but no thanks on this one.