Lowering crib mattress

livinirie84 · July 2012

Just lowered my son's crib to the middle setting and today he sat himself up on his own in there. He's days away from crawling and pulling himself up on things.

What is the next indicator that I should lower it to the lowest setting? Should I just do it now? Would it prevent him from being able to reach until he's had more time to practice?

awesnap · July 2012

DD figured how to stand up in her crib pretty quickly. I never used the middle setting, she was a late roller and once she could sit herself up we just lowered it to the lowest setting.

The NP asked if she had attempted to jump ship from her crib. I guess some babies take to gymnastics early and figure out how to get over the edge if you are not careful.

I would do it now. I don't think it deterred DD from standing in her crib but at least the top rail is at her shoulders and I don't worry about her jumping out (yet).

Leinistar · July 2012

If you're going to take the effort to lower it, just put it all the way down and save yourself the hassle later. Honestly, you never know when your DS may decide to learn how to do something and that just might be in the middle of the night when you don't see it until its too late. We lowered our all the way down as soon as he was sitting up - mainly to avoid doing it twice.

memali26 · July 2012

We never bothered with the middle setting, just went straight to the lowest. My girls are monkeys, and I didn't want to chance them toppling out before I decided it was time to go even lower.

chance13 · July 2012

I so agree, move it to the bottom now...most likely they'll be standing it next week!!!

blu-eyedwife · July 2012

Our crib was already really low - lower than most at the high setting, so we also skipped the middle setting. As soon as he started to crawl we lowered it to the lowest setting.

katie4253 · July 2012

We went from the top setting to the lowest setting. The medium setting seemed like a lot of work and I knew I might have to lower it again soon. A lot of work to do once, so I didn't want to do it twice.