So my brother-in-law's wife is expecting end of April. At a recent family get together they shared with the family a picture of the crib they ordered. They said that by the time they buy the crib, mattress, and conversion kit the crib will cost more than $1000.00! The crib alone costs $650.00. I think that's a little steep. My DH said to them that we were looking at a crib around the $250 or less price range at Babies R Us and the wife made a snotty totty face like well that's not good.
Discuss: How much is too much for a crib?
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Re: How much is too much for a crib?
Our crib was $250. I think that I probably would have gone as high as $300, but I also took into account how much the changing table and/or dresser were. At BRU, almost all of the dressers we saw were twice as much as the crib! That was way too steep for me..
For the crib, dresser, changing table with nice storage (can be used when baby is older) and mattress we were in about $950. And that's for a whole room!
I JUST bought our crib.
It, along with a changing table & a dresser (which I was not planning on getting EITHER), were $250. Since I was planning on spending $300 on JUST the crib that I REALLY wanted, I thought this was a better deal for the lot.
But, yeah, I would NEVER spend that much money on a crib. I can't even fathom spending 1,000$ on a sectional, let alone on a crib! (but maybe that's just me...)
Elonah [3], Bentley [1]
You are all making me soooooo jealous!!!! The "going rate" for a crib in canada seems to be $200 - $900 (without conversion kits, and mattresses, etc)....... with dressers in the range $300 - $1800... It's the conversion kits that seem to be the worst as they hover around the $200 mark
I wish things were as cheap as they are down there, not to mention the selection!
No amount is too much. It is a personal choice, and if a couple wants to buy a $200, $1,000 or $10,000 crib - I figure that money they earned and they can spend however they like.
Our crib is $399 , plus the mattress .. were going to be spending about $650.
I agree. However, with our budget we needed to be more economical. We just bought a 4-in-1 crib, dresser/changing table, and infant/toddler mattress for $1000. The set was real wood, and we figured this amount was okay for us to spend since this is going to get our LO all the way to her first apartment.
We spent about $650 for our crib. But then again, it was a special order shipped to Hawaii. I don't regret the decision on spending that much on our crib because its a quality piece of furniture and has held up really well. We used it for our first, our second is in it now and our 3rd will be using it too. Plus it's been put together and taken apart at least 5 times and moved with us twice!
Baby cribs can cost as much as you want it to cost. You can go cheaper and get one off of craigslist or you can be like a celebrity and pay thousands on one. The cost has no bearing on whether or not you're getting a good/better crib.
I think you can spend however much you want on a crib. If you have the money, buy a fancy expensive one. If not, buy one from Target/BRU. Reall...what's the difference?
I really like the Skylar crib from Pottery Barn Kids but it was $700. I found it on Craigslist for sale in "like new" condition. Paid $650 for the crib, converstion and mattress. Very happy with the purchase because if I would have paid for it online it would have been over $1000.
How much is too much for a house? Or for a car?
Judging other people's spending habits doesn't really make sense. If they can afford it and aren't asking to borrow the money, then who cares?
Totally agree. As long as they don't ask me for money to help pay for it, then it really doesn't concern me. I'm sure some friends and family don't agree with the way that DH and I spend our money, but we have never asked anyone for money and our bills are paid. So really, what they think doesn't matter.
FWIW, I would spend $1000 on a crib if it was the crib that I wanted, but I'm also perfectly happy only spending $200-300 or whatever. I love a good deal!
Then perhaps she shouldn't be stuck up and opinionated about us spending less than 300 dollars on our crib...
Baby #1: BFP on 10/12/2011, EDD 6/24/2012 Born: 6/16/2012 Boy!
Baby #2: BFP on 11/11/2016, EDD 7/25/2017 - MC 1/2/2017