Cribs

Last week I called Babies R Us to find out if the crib we ordered had come in. It had, so Marcus and I went to pick it up. At the time Mom and I went to the store to order it, we were assured that there was no way in Utah that the box would fit into our modestly sized Rav. But after looking up the box measurements online, and taking a tape measure to the car, we figured (hoped) that if angled just right, we could make it fit. Sure enough, Marcus and the very same girl who told me weeks before that I would need a truck, pretty effortlessly slid the box right into the back of the Rav. I helped by watching from the store window. Yayz! When we got it home, Marcus assembled it while I reclined on the bed and watched TV. We decided to set it up in our master bedroom and keep it there for the first few months, so that I can stare at the baby while I (don’t) sleep.

The mattress was sold separately, and yes, the plastic cover is still on it. We’re not going to take it off and replace it with a crib sheet until the baby comes.

I picked this particular crib after weeks of online research: safety ratings, extensive customer reviews, plus a good jostling of the store display. Initially I thought I wanted a modern style crib, but most of the ones I saw online that I liked either felt flimsy when I went to examine them in the store, or they were not on display in any store at all and thus were not subject to a vigorous jostling!… And some were just too expensive ($950 for the Oeuf Classic — D’oh!).

But when I saw that the crib above got lots and lots of good reviews from customers (one of whom specifically mentioned that the crib is great for short moms), felt very sturdy in the store, looked pretty in person, and was very reasonably priced, I made my decision. And after seeing it at home, assembled, I like it even more than I did in the store. Mom and Dad were kind enough to make this crib their baby gift to us. Thanks, Mom and Dad!

The crib mattress is one I picked after reading that Consumer Reports identified it as the absolute safest mattress your baby can sleep on. I don’t remember the exact wording of the report, but I think it was something like, “If you use this mattress, nothing bad will ever happen to your baby, for his whole life.” SOLD!

Anyway, the next crib pics will feature a baby in them. Just ten weeks to go!