Another crib?

sarahmsall

As soon as I found out I was pregnant again, my mom and MIL's first question was "What are you going to do about a bed?'  Now that the pregnancy is starting to feel more real, I've been wondering too.

My daughter will be 21 months when the new baby arrives, and I think that's too young to transition to a twin or toddler bed.  I also don't want to bump her from her crib when the baby comes because I'm afraid she might feel replaced.  Another reason is that I don't want to train her to sleep in a big girl bed when I'm already going to be up with baby #2.  I'm thinking we just need to buy or borrow another crib.  My husband thinks the new baby can sleep in the bassinet attachment to our pack-n-play or that Hannah can move out of the crib.  He's thinking about the $ we'll have to spend on another crib (which isn't a whole lot, but he's a saver). 

What did you do, or what are you going to do? Any advice?

memali26

DD1 will be just shy of 19 months when DD2 is born. DD1 is still in the crib in the nursery right now, so we'll put DD2 in the bassinet of the pack and play in our room for a few months. Sometime after Christmas, when DD1 is a little closer to 2 years, we'll move her into a toddler bed in her big girl room so DD2 can have the crib. 

That's the plan, anyway - we'll see if the girls let us follow it :P 

meredith anastasia

We just went with another crib. I don't want to mess with DS's 7pm-7am sleep schedule right now and there will be a lot of other transitions so I wasn't going to push the toddler bed yet.  He's never shown any interest in trying to climb out, so while it's working, I'm not going to mess with a good thing!

DS is in a Pottery Barn Kids Kendall crib, and the new one we bought it just a cheapie IKEA one for $99.  When DS is ready for a toddler bed, we will convert the IKEA bed, and put the baby in the sturdier PBK crib.

jgoo

Mine were about 16.5 months apart & we went with getting another crib.

DD slept in a bassinet for the first 2 months & then we transitioned her to her crib. We JUST transitioned DS' bed to a toddler bed. 

If you get a convertible one, I think it's worth it.

mlf625

DS was only 17 months, so we bought another crib.  But even if he'd been 2+, I would've bought another crib.  I think it's best to keep a toddler in their crib as long as possible, especially after seeing how awfully hard the transition was for DS this summer (and he's almost 3!)  I know some kids take to the bed easily, but I don't think it's wise to mess with kid #1's sleep just when you'll need her to sleep well the most!

Mereou12

We got a second crib.

We bought a full set for DS1 that we intended to be his for a long while -- dresser, changing tower with hutch, and convertible crib. He's almost 21 months now and is perfectly content staying in his crib...we didn't want to mess with that.

For DS2, we bought a less expensive crib (Graco Lauren) that is also convertible. So hopefully he'll be in it for the long haul, too.

I don't think there's necessarily a "right" way...just do what works for you. We felt that we didn't want to rock DS1's world any more than necessary, so we just got another crib.

maramarrie

We bought a second crib. DS used his as a crib until 28 months, and now is using his crib with the toddler rail (converted to toddler bed). DD has her own crib that is the same as his, so when he's ready to move beyond the toddler bed, she can use the same toddler rail.

juliane2004

My two are 14 months apart so we definitely have two cribs. But I also wanted to say that DD is 22.5 months and is still in a crib. I might transition her to a big kid bed around 24 months, but right now there's no reason to (she's not climbing out and she sleeps great in her crib).

mayowife

We also got another crib. DS has a nice Bonavita set, but for DD we just got a Graco Lauren crib. Both their cribs are convertible, so I don't feel like we wasted money. I don't want to rush DS out of his crib. We'll probably reuse a crib when we have a third child.

PenWedding

Essentially this!

meredith anastasia:

We just went with another crib. I don't want to mess with DS's 7pm-7am sleep schedule right now and there will be a lot of other transitions so I wasn't going to push the toddler bed yet.  He's never shown any interest in trying to climb out, so while it's working, I'm not going to mess with a good thing!

DS is in a Pottery Barn Kids Kendall crib, and the new one we bought it just a cheapie IKEA one for $99.  When DS is ready for a toddler bed, we will convert the IKEA bed, and put the baby in the sturdier PBK crib.

MAMAxB

memali26:

DD1 will be just shy of 19 months when DD2 is born. DD1 is still in the crib in the nursery right now, so we'll put DD2 in the bassinet of the pack and play in our room for a few months. Sometime after Christmas, when DD1 is a little closer to 2 years, we'll move her into a toddler bed in her big girl room so DD2 can have the crib. 

That's the plan, anyway - we'll see if the girls let us follow it :P 

This is almost us exactly too. DD1 will be 20 months when LO2 comes. 

Only difference is that I plan to move DD into a twin bed - it just makes more sense to me than transitioning her AGAIN later.

She is a CLIMBER so I'm not sure how long until she figures that out... but either way if we have LO2 in a bassinet for 4ish months she'll be at least two before we have to start thinking about it. 

nypdrwj

My boys are 11 1/2 months apart and a second crib was a better option. I thought the same thing about keeping ds2 in the pnp. But decided there was going to be a lot of change for the older one. We ended up buying a graco shelby from walmart and the mattress from amazon. It was expensive at all. Both cribs we have can be converted so it isnt a waste but an investment. At least thats what i told my husband.

nypdrwj

nypdrwj:

My boys are 11 1/2 months apart and a second crib was a better option. I thought the same thing about keeping ds2 in the pnp. But decided there was going to be a lot of change for the older one. We ended up buying a graco shelby from walmart and the mattress from amazon. It was expensive at all. Both cribs we have can be converted so it isnt a waste but an investment. At least thats what i told my husband.

I meant to say WASN'T expensive. Lol. Sorry but i am a little tired.

SouthFloridaMommy

We went with another crib and I'm so glad we did.  DD1 was 23 months when DD2 was born and we debated this for a long time.  The pedi told us not to make any changes 3 months before/after DD2 was born.  At 20 months DD1's sleep was erratic (at best) and there was no way we could move her.  DD1 is still in her crib and isn't ready for a toddler bed yet, so another crib was the right decision for us.