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Explain crib sets to me

bre87bre87
in March 2011 Moms

yesterday we got the crib and crib mattress.  in november bf's sister got us the crib set. so last night me and the bf put the crib together with minimal problems/name calling and now i need to clean it and put the mattress in and dress it up with the crib set.

i open it up and throw it in the wash. 4 piece set. fitted sheet. quilt. non-breathable bumpers. crib skirt.  im not up for a  debate on the bumpers because for picture purposes and probably until march they will be on the empty crib because its cute.  my question is the skirt.  on my grown up bed i have a mattress and a box frame.  the skirt goes between the two.  but in this crib its just a mattress.  where does the skirt go?! am i supposed to have to mattress in the crib? do they make baby box frames? someone tell me what to do please. i promise i wont have a breakdown till after everything dries, so yall have until then to tell me.

thanks girls :)

Bre Wrties
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Re: Explain crib sets to me

  • TwinkzTwinkz
    I'd have to see your crib to tell you.  Usually it goes under the mattress on whatever holds the mattress, likely the frame itself.
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  • jessicaeakrightjessicaeakright

    it goes under the mattress, between the wire thing that holds the mattress and the mattress. There should be room to slide teh skirt down between the rails so it falls and you can see it.

    hope that helps it is kind of hard to explain.

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  • mrsbmw09mrsbmw09
    You put it under the mattress on top of the metal frame part that holds the mattress up. HTH!
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  • voeuxvoeux
    My crib had a spring platform that attached directly to the crib that the mattress sits on top of.  I put the crib skirt on that and then put the mattress on top.  What kind of crib do you have?
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  • skioskio member

    The mattress has to lay on top of something - usually it is a platform loosely described as the box spring, but it's not like a box spring on a normal bed. The skirt goes over the platform, mattress on top.

    I couldn't find a great pic, but here is one of a skirt over the platform, before the mattress is added:

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  • YouandMe912YouandMe912
    The crib skirt goes under the mattress. On the metal that holds the mattress in the crib. There's no baby box spring lol
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  • bre87bre87

    ahhh haaa!

    we got a Graco Sarah Convertible. and yeah it has the metal platform that adjust for how high we want the mattress to lay. 

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    thanks so much girls. i'll post pics when i'm done with everything and tell the baby the crib set up is dedicated to the love laides of the bump!

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  • whynot7193whynot7193
    We have also always put it on the metal frame and then put the mattress on top of that - it worked like a charm the first time.  The only problem we had was when the crib was at its highest point the skirt would be about 4-5 inches off the ground...as we lowered the bed it got closer to touching the ground.
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  • bre87bre87
    i like how none of yall mentioned that the skirt is a pain in the ass to get straight through those slats lol.
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  • bre87bre87

    annnnnd scene.

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  • voeuxvoeux
    Very cute!
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  • YouandMe912YouandMe912

    imagebre87:
    i like how none of yall mentioned that the skirt is a pain in the ass to get straight through those slats lol.

     

    Lol, did you iron it first. I thought it wasn't that hard because it kind of just fell right into place once ironed. 

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    imagebre87:
    i like how none of yall mentioned that the skirt is a pain in the ass to get straight through those slats lol.

     

    Lol, did you iron it first. I thought it wasn't that hard because it kind of just fell right into place once ironed. 

    i-ron??? what is that?? lol. now i took it right out the dryer and that was just going to have to work. ill say the wrinkles give it character.

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    imagebre87:
    imagetgoff248:

    imagebre87:
    i like how none of yall mentioned that the skirt is a pain in the ass to get straight through those slats lol.

     

    Lol, did you iron it first. I thought it wasn't that hard because it kind of just fell right into place once ironed. 

    i-ron??? what is that?? lol. now i took it right out the dryer and that was just going to have to work. ill say the wrinkles give it character.

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