When to adjust the mattress?

unaveragejane · February 2013

When do you adjust the mattress down in the crib? DS can roll over, but he's not crawling or pulling up on anything except me right now. I don't want to wait too late and cause an accident, but it is such a pain to change the crib sheets already that I don't want to make it any harder before I have to.

Katie829 · February 2013

I did it before she was 7 months and a full time sitter. I'm glad I did because within 2 weeks of doing it she was able to pull herself to standing position, crawl, sit up on own.

A tip I learned on TB was to put two crib sheets on the mattress so if there was a need to change the sheet suddenly you would have another in its place.

unaveragejane · February 2013

Katie829:
I did it before she was 7 months and a full time sitter. I'm glad I did because within 2 weeks of doing it she was able to pull herself to standing position, crawl, sit up on own. A tip I learned on TB was to put two crib sheets on the mattress so if there was a need to change the sheet suddenly you would have another in its place.

The only times I have had to change the sheet quickly so far are when his diaper has leaked a lot or if he has spit up a big puddle. In this case, wouldn't both sheets get soaked? It sounds like a good idea, but I can't figure out how it would work for us.

aylafsu88 · February 2013

I just adjusted mine today. LO has started to scoot around and tries to pull up on things. This morning I caught her hanging on the crib railing trying to pull up. I figure it is better to adjust it a little early than to late.

seunrine · February 2013

Good question!! DS is 8 months and we haven't yet. He's just starting to crawl and hasn't yet pulled up on anything. But my nephew who is 2 weeks older has been crawling since 5 months, is already starting to take steps and pulls himself up. So they moved his mattress down at 6 months. I think (like everything) it depends on the baby.

tjkdlhb · February 2013

I'd do it now. If he's pulling up on you, it won't be long before he's pulling up on everything. They learn so quick.

We always had it down... mostly because we got it from nephew and it was already in that position, so after she was out of the bassinet we didn't see the point of putting it up and then down again shortly after.

kpearse99 · February 2013

We just adjusted ours to the next level, not all the way down. We have a scoop front crib, so he was able to raise his head passed the top and able to put his hand on it! He's not pulling up yet, but I didn't want to chance it, so we just lowered it 2 days ago, I think.

khill86 · February 2013

I did it within a day or two of DS pulling up. That was around 6.5 months. I had planned to do it once he could crawl well and get himself to sitting. That all happened within about a week's time.

mommasqueak · February 2013

we were going to do it when DD started to sit up unassisted, but we actually did it when she start learning to stand up on stuff, like the couch. she can now pick herself up on something, like the edge of the crib. so it was a good thing we did it when we did, or else something could have happened.

unaveragejane · February 2013

We went ahead and adjusted it today, but after everyone's posts, I feel like DS is so behind. He has been sitting unassisted for a while now, but he still is not close to crawling. He lifts the upper half of his body, but he kicks his feet instead of keeping them planted. He's not army crawling or creeping. He just spins in a circle on his belly, screaming b/c he's mad that I won't hand him a toy since I'm trying to get him to attempt to crawl to it. I feel like everyone sees these overnight changes, and we've been stuck on a loop for a month and a half. Oh, well. I know they're all different, and it will all be changing faster than I can keep track of eventually.

tjkdlhb · February 2013

unaveragejane:
We went ahead and adjusted it today, but after everyone's posts, I feel like DS is so behind. He has been sitting unassisted for a while now, but he still is not close to crawling. He lifts the upper half of his body, but he kicks his feet instead of keeping them planted. He's not army crawling or creeping. He just spins in a circle on his belly, screaming b/c he's mad that I won't hand him a toy since I'm trying to get him to attempt to crawl to it. I feel like everyone sees these overnight changes, and we've been stuck on a loop for a month and a half. Oh, well. I know they're all different, and it will all be changing faster than I can keep track of eventually.

It was like that before DD crawled... it seemed like forever that she was 'about to crawl anyday'. Soon enough it'll be an 'overnight change' for your LO

jennyelf · February 2013

@about 7 months when LO figured out how to roll over and get into a seated position by himself. The next day I warned daycare that he could put himself in a seated position, that afternoon they told me he had pulled up in the crib. We lowered our crib that night.

526SadieSadie · February 2013

We lowered the mattress right after Olivia was able to pull herself up to stand on her own.

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