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3rd Trimester
pathfindermon
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Ikea crib
pathfindermon
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Does anyone have an Ikea crib? What has your experience been? My husband wants to get one but I'm not sure that I feel comfortable with it.
TIA
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Re: Ikea crib
We adore our Sniglar, It is unfinished, solid wood (albiet with a pressboard mattress platform). Every other solid wood, unfinished or eco-friendly finished crib we looked at was pushing $1k. I'll take under $100, for sure!
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My Ikea furniture has either broken or been EXTREMELY uncomfortable. I wouldn't go with an Ikea crib just to save money. Also, I was checking on their website and it doesn't say anything about them being JPMA certified (although it does say that the cribs comply with US regulations). They just look a little to sketchy to me.
I love how everyone who has replied so far that DOESN'T have one has something negative to say and those who DO have one has something positive to say
we have two cribs - one from ikea and a more expensive one, here's the one we have from ikea - i like the simple, modern lines of it.
https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/20203332/
i like it - it's been great, we've used it for about 1.5 years with my son, and he loved jumping in it, climbing on it and everything else a 2 year old does with and in his crib and it's held up great. I have no complaints.
We just purchased a Sundvik and so I can't comment on the daily use. But I will say that the way it's put together was sooo much more streamlined than my $400+ crib I had for my daughter. And for what it's worth, the more expensive crib had all kinds of issues with screws stripping, the base breaking and more.
My friend has twin boys and has used this Sundvik crib for 2 years now and said they are holding up really well. That's what swayed my decision.
True, it's just that I've just had negative experiences with Ikea furniture in general. Glad your crib is working for you though!
Honestly, any furniture w have purchased from Ikea has broken:(
When I was pregnant with DS we looked at Ikea cribs and I thought they seemed ugly and "shaky", so we went with a lovely, large convertible crib from BRU. We ended up spending close to $600 for crib, mattress, and bedding.
When I was pregnant with DD we decided to keep DS in his crib, converted to a toddler bed, and buy a new one fro DD, but we knew we didn't want to spend that much $ on another crib. We ended up going with an Ikea crib that was super cute, totally stable, and inexpensive. In total for the crib, mattress, and crib sheet (by LO#2 we knew how useless a bedding set was) we probably spent $200.
AND, when we ended up disassembling DSs (much more expensive, 'fancy') crib to put him in a real big boy bed, we realized that it really wasn't in good condition and hadn't held up well at all, even though DS had only used it for 3 years. Now with LO #3 on the way, we'll definitely be re-using DDs Ikea crib for him.
P.S. Ikea sells some solid wood things and some fiberboard things. Fiberboard is cheap, low-quality, and is not able to last a lifetime (plus it does this nasty off-gassing thing). I would be curious if the things that PPs say are breaking are their wood products or fiberboard.
Baby Bargains rated Ikea cribs highly in the last edition that I looked at.
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lurking from 2nd tri: we just picked up the white sundvik yesterday and i'm excited to put it together. we have *a lot* of ikea stuff in our house (we move a bit and i'm still a student so cheap and simple = good) and have never had any of it break. i even have some second-hand ikea stuff that's old enough to be discontinued from ikea now and it's holding up just fine.
We have an Ikea Leksvik crib and LOVE it. It has held up really well, through 2 moves and then we took it apart and put it back together a 3rd time when DD #1 moved to a big girl bed and now that we're expecting DD #2. It is completely sturdy and still in perfect shape. DH even lost all the hardware for the crib and Ikea replaced everything for free.
It takes a normal crib mattress so we purchased a Colgate Classic II and it fits perfect. I love that the crib is small since our bedrooms aren't huge and it is closer to the ground since I'm really short.
Our experience has been similar to others that have replied. We have an Ikea crib that has lasted through two kids, and will be used for DD#3. It has been sturdy and safe, with minimal wear and tear.
Also like other posters, we've has very good experiences with most other things purchased from Ikea. That said, we are usually buying from their mid to upper range lines. When we bought a new dining room table I was between one from Ikea and one from CB2. I decided to go with the one from CB2 since I felt like we had a bit too much Ikea in our house. I have been pretty dissapointed in the quality of the CB2 table relative to what we paid--it has particleboard sides and bottoms, and the finish scratches way too easily. My SIL ended up buying the similar Ikea version and it has held up MUCH better.