we bought this crib and mattress from rob and amy withem for $150.00 about five years ago, right before levi was born. WOW! is levi really going to be 5!?! anyway, it totally made his room a "nursery." however, it didn't get much use. we basically had the whole "family bed" thing going on. i'd put him in the crib for naps occasionally. then abraham came along and while we had talked about not doing the family bed with him, it didn't work out so well. in fact, some nights still, all four of us end up waking up in our bed even if it just started out with only joshua and i. abe still wakes up sometimes between 1:00 and 3:00 am and i bring him to our bed. and, on occasion, levi will wake up in the middle of the night and crawl in with us too. though more often then not, he sleeps through the night in his own bed. yay!
the crib had a drop down front, but you'd still have to lean into it to put a sleeping child in when the mattress was set to the lowest setting. and a las, after so many years, it cracked!!!
we were bummed because we had hoped to sell it, but no such luck now.
it was no longer suitable to have abe in the crib, plus he was just passed the 36" tall mark where a child should no longer be in one.
just split:(
the good news: abraham was so excited to be getting rid of the crib and have a "big boy bed" like levi.
abe talking on his "phone." big bro levi was pretty excited about the whole idea as well.
abe checking it out.
and liking it!!!
we used the cribs spring base and mattress and laid them on top of the three wheeled toy bins that we'd always stored under the crib.
then the boys helped me disassemble the rest of the crib;)
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ta da...abe's toddler bed.
we'll see how it goes tonight!
my super duper helper.
abe checking it out again.
levi picking out a book to read to abe. how sweet is that?
levi reading while abe pretends to be asleep.
then it was back to disassembling for abe.
sweet face.
and more reading for levi.
:))) i love that he loves books.
abraham still working away.
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falling asleep while watching a movie.
conked out!
sleepy brothers.
i moved each of them into their big boy beds. we'll see how it goes.
