Baby's Fly Crib

Baby's 1st Furniture did not capture my heart right away. For one thing I don't like that they didn't spell out the word "First". It's like they couldn't afford all the letters, so they just went with the number. Secondly, the salespeople are really weird ("Uh, ma'am, nobody buys changing tables anymore"). Many of the cribs they carry are exclusively static side or have this weird brass fixtured hinge on them. Although the store has a really upscale, boutique feel to it, all the furniture prices are advertised on really cheesy looking colored printer paper.

One of the biggest decisions I struggled with was drop side vs static side. Drop side style cribs are the most popular and pervasive style available. Drop side allows you to coordinate your hand with your leg to move the drop side up and down to easily access the baby.

From what I've read, even on high quality, name brand, expensive drop side cribs the track mechanism this drop side operates on can be squeaky (wake the baby) and get jammed. The problem with static side cribs is the shorter Mom and Dad are, the harder it is to put down a sleeping infant/toddler over the static rail, when the mattress position is low. Drop side cribs will convert to a toddler bed, while static side cribs will make not only a toddler bed, but a daybed, and with a rail conversion kit, a full size adult bed.

Appearance-wise static side style cribs seem to be sturdier and of better quality. They look more like a permanent piece of furniture, while all the open spaces of the drop side crib make it look flimsy. I stress that this is all perception, as both styles meet JPMA standards and are well researched and tested.

We weighed the options and ultimately chose a static side convertible crib.

After the crib we decided on at Babies R Us was discontinued, we decided to give Baby's 1st Furniture another chance, and decided on this gorgeous crib from Baby's Dream called the Infinity Crib which economically can be transformed into the Infinity Bed. The color we chose is Chestnut which is what is depicted in these pictures.



This crib has 3 mattress positions, non-toxic stain and lacquer finish, and complies with the safety requirements of the U. S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and the Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association (JPMA). The front rail can be removed to transform it into a day bed (middle mattress position) or a toddler bed (lowest mattress position).

Voila!



The Infinity Changing Table/Dresser with Hutch. We opted no hutch. We will affix a contoured changing pad to the dresser so baby can be changed safely and stylishly.