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Mini Cribs

equinechicequinechic member
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So I am really early into my preg but we've been planning to get Pg for almost a year so I've read into alot of things early. 

Since we live in a small cottage our space is very limited so we were thinking of going with a mini crib.  I love the idea that it can be used as a toddler bed and as a twin when LO gets older (I don't understand why a child needs a full size bed that full size cribs convert into).

Well, last night I was reading through the Baby Bargains book and they say that mini cribs are not safe for long term use.  They are fine for an overnight at Grandmoms, but not as a regular crib.  Seriously?  Please tell me this is not true.  I will be super bumbed as a full size crib will eat up a lot of space in our little nusery. 

 TIA!

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  • orangecurlsorangecurls member
    That seems silly to me. A mini crib will be fine, you just may need to transition your child out of the crib a little earlier because it is shorter. But my 2 year old still sleeps in a pack n play at grandmas, and that is about the same size as a mini crib. What crib are you looking at? I never found one that became a toddler bed.
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  • sosophsosoph member
    there's a difference between a mini crib and a portacrib. I wouldn't get one of the folding ones. We have a Davinci, and it's the same construction as their regular cribs.
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  • avalovesartavalovesart member
    What you read about is not talking about a mini crib, it's talking about a portable crib...like a pack n' play. Those are not safe for long term because of poor mattress support. However, the mini crib is just fine. We used the DaVinci Kalani (mini) for the first six months while living in a one bedroom apartment. Then we got a full size because we moved into a 3 bed house, but we kept the mini too because we want to use it as her "big girl" bed once she gets that age.
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  • equinechicequinechic member

    The DaVinci Kalani was actually the one I was looking at.  As far as I understood it becomes a toodler bed.  And this may be a stupid FTM question, but how old/big does LO need to be to transition to a twin bed?  Even if the Kalani doen't actually transition to a toddler bed or if LO grows out of it, could we just switch him/her over to the twin and put up one of those toddler gaurd rails? 

    Thanks for your input girls!

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  • orangecurlsorangecurls member
    There are people that transition their baby very early 18 months or even as early as 13 or 14 months old. You could do a floor bed or a bed with rails.
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