[harmstrong]

Is anyone else planning on using a mini crib for the baby? We live in a 2 bedroom(pretty big) apartment. My older 2 share a room and the baby will share a room with us for a while. I'm really liking the idea of a mini crib for the baby rather than a full sized one since it will take up less space. My husband is hopefully going to be buying one from his coworker for a GREAT price. I haven't seen it yet but I'm hoping I'll like it. For the price he's selling it to us for I'll MAKE myself like it! haha.

[laurabelle]

i havent seen any or ever used one, but sounds like a good idea to me. i'm picturing like one of those mini portable ones? and i think those would be just fine and sounds like it will help your situation quite a bit!

[harmstrong]

Similar. The ones I have been looking at don't fold up though. They're just a smaller version of a crib. I usually switch our kids out of the crib at about 18 months so the kiddo should be fine in that til then!

[MommaLee]

I looked at one....it had an attach attached drawers/changer table, but it was expensive and it was 1 inch bigger than a regular crib (regular 53" / mini combo 54"). Since the fullsize crib was half the cost of the mini, I went with the fullsize.

[Gaby&Emmy'sMama]

I think if it is going to make things easier for you guys - as far as space goes - then why not. the main thing with having a smaller crib, is that the babe grows out of them faster - but if you put your kids in 'proper' beds @ 18mo, I can't see why it'd be a problem

[harmstrong]

That's so crazy that it was more expensive! The ones we are looking at are pretty nice. hopefully the one his coworker has is too. They have pretty good taste so I am sure it is. Most of the ones I'm looking at say you can use them up to 2 yrs. So it shoudl work out ok. My son is still in a toddler bed which is the same size as a crib and he has TONS of room left. So I doubt the little one will outgrow it before he is out of it. If he does, then we'll just have to move him sooner!