We have a romina crib. We bought the conversion set and now my son is in it as a full-size bed. I envision he'll be in this bed through high school.

Anonymous wrote:+1 on posters who say don't spend $800 on a crib. Once you hit basic safety needs, it is NOT worth the money. My DC only slept in crib for 2 years (3 years if you count toddler bed conversion). 3 years is nothing. Save that $$ for their big kid furniture. Even with DC #2 on the way, I learned the hard way....EVERYTHING baby related is used for so little time. And I am neither cheap nor lacking for money....

PP here, also, while I of course get the off gassing concerns, and agree real wood is better, I wonder how much of this sentiment comes from first time parents. I've 100% mellowed out in my need to create the perfect environment for my DC over the years because, well, reality set in. My 5 year old's breakfast this morning: M and Ms. Am I happy about that? no. Is that how things go down? Yeah.

+1 on posters who say don't spend $800 on a crib. Once you hit basic safety needs, it is NOT worth the money. My DC only slept in crib for 2 years (3 years if you count toddler bed conversion). 3 years is nothing. Save that $$ for their big kid furniture. Even with DC #2 on the way, I learned the hard way....EVERYTHING baby related is used for so little time. And I am neither cheap nor lacking for money....

OP here: Yeah this is the most confusing thing for me. And people on DCUM are definitely split on the topic. I won't get an IKEA crib PERIOD because they are way way too low profile and my husband and I are tall. So that is not an option. I am tempted to go with the Franklin and Ben crib but know that all the others listed above are safer in terms of chemicals used and where they are made. It's basically a matter of spending $400 vs. $800.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow, those are expensive. We didn't have any experience with off gassing from our non-bulky convertible crib from Ikea.

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Some people have more money than sense.

-1 We wanted a sturdy crib and good car seats. We value safety. Other ways to save money but safety is not one.

Please explain to me in detail why your $800 crib is cheaper than my $100 IKEA crib tested to European standards?

Sorry, meant to say SAFER. I don't get how any crib is safer than another unless you're comparing to one of the recalled drop side cribs?

I am not the poster above, but will say it has to do with formaldehyde, off gassing, chemicals, etc. also, softer woods like pine (which cribs like graco, fisher price, etc are made of) are easily scratched, chipped, chewed.

Anonymous wrote:We have a Graco for 200. It works great.

Made in China. No thanks, not for my baby.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow, those are expensive. We didn't have any experience with off gassing from our non-bulky convertible crib from Ikea.

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Some people have more money than sense.

-1 We wanted a sturdy crib and good car seats. We value safety. Other ways to save money but safety is not one.

Please explain to me in detail why your $800 crib is cheaper than my $100 IKEA crib tested to European standards?

Sorry, meant to say SAFER. I don't get how any crib is safer than another unless you're comparing to one of the recalled drop side cribs?

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Anonymous wrote:Wow, those are expensive. We didn't have any experience with off gassing from our non-bulky convertible crib from Ikea.

+1
Some people have more money than sense.

-1 We wanted a sturdy crib and good car seats. We value safety. Other ways to save money but safety is not one.

Please explain to me in detail why your $800 crib is cheaper than my $100 IKEA crib tested to European standards?

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Anonymous wrote:We had a restoration hardware crib and I'd vote for it. They often go on sale and you can find coupon codes. I loved ours. The wood was far more sturdy then the basic graco my mom had.

Which one did you get?

We got ours five years ago - it was made by Bassett and really sturdy. It was an espresso one. I forget the name of it but I really liked it and the quality difference is huge. Its true you only use it for a few years but we will use it eventually as a headboard when we trade up to a full. It was one of the few that wasn't caught in the recalls though they did make a kit to stop the drop down side..

It will be a chewed on, scratched up headboard, trust me

Um, IKEA Gulliver all the way. Those cribs are a huge waste of money, OP, don't give in to the sales pressure.

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Anonymous wrote:We had a restoration hardware crib and I'd vote for it. They often go on sale and you can find coupon codes. I loved ours. The wood was far more sturdy then the basic graco my mom had.

Which one did you get?

We got ours five years ago - it was made by Bassett and really sturdy. It was an espresso one. I forget the name of it but I really liked it and the quality difference is huge. Its true you only use it for a few years but we will use it eventually as a headboard when we trade up to a full. It was one of the few that wasn't caught in the recalls though they did make a kit to stop the drop down side..

We have a Graco for 200. It works great.

We have the Nest crib in Walnut. It is beautiful, simple, solid wood and made in the USA! While it is more expensive than what many on this board seem to think is reasonable, I am very happy with the crib.

i would get an ikea or babyletto one. Of the ones you linked, the R&B one looks most lovely to my taste, and you know it's made in USA.

Anonymous wrote:We had a restoration hardware crib and I'd vote for it. They often go on sale and you can find coupon codes. I loved ours. The wood was far more sturdy then the basic graco my mom had.

Which one did you get?