Having a baby is an exciting time in your life! Bringing home a tiny little bundle of warmth and love should be the happiest moment of our lives. When you finally bring your baby home for the first time you want everything to be absolutely perfect. To achieve this, it is important to have the house prepared a few months before your due date. Things like getting the nursery ready by putting together the crib, and changing table, and gathering supplies like diapers, wipes, etc. Having their space ready to use is important so you can feel prepared and comfortable for their arrival.

For first-time parents, having a good and reliable crib that you can trust to lay your precious newborn in is most important. Having a place you can leave your sleeping baby while you catch a few hours of sleep and listen to the baby monitor is the key to staying healthy and rested. There are a few things you should look at before buying a crib, so you know that it is safe and trusted to hold your baby.

Things to Look for in a Baby Bed

The safest cribs and baby beds are those without a detailed design. Basic style and design is actually safest because an infant’s clothes could get stuck on detailed woodwork. Dropside cribs are no longer considered safe, as of 2011, and should not be sold or bought. Dropside cribs were popular for a long time and allow parents to drop the one side of the crib to get the baby in and out. These cribs have been connected to 32 infant deaths and are no longer considered safe for a newborn. A standard basic design crib is the best way to keep your child safe.

If you find yourself searching “baby beds for sale” please consider, if you have the funds to do so, not buying a used crib for your newborn. Although it is great to reuse furniture and other things whenever you can, a crib should be something you buy new. A used crib could be a few years old and not up to code on current safety standards.

As far as the actual crib goes, there are a few things you should look out for when purchasing a crib. The slats or bars on the crib to hold the mattress should be no wider than 2 ⅜ inches apart. The mattress should be firm and not sink under your baby’s weight. The mattress should also reach all corners of the crib and there should be no spaces between the crib’s walls and the mattress. After you assemble the crib, make sure that you feel it and try to rattle it a little bit, as your child grows they will be rattling it themselves! Make sure the crib feels sturdy and ready for use.

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