Crib Notes on Crib Building

Checking off another item on the newborn prep bucket list, my wife and I put together the crib.  Trying to buy for the future, we bought a crib that converts to a twin-sized bed after spending $100 for the extra parts.  I just hope we can find the parts when our kid makes it to a real bed.  And if we can’t find the parts, then a sleeping bag on the floor would surely suffice.  It’s just like camping!

Thankfully the instructions weren’t written in the Wingdings font

We purchased a white DaVinci 4-in-1 crib.  Like all buyers we checked the reviews, found the price fair for our budget, and approved of the design touches like curved rails.  It also helped that we could buy its convertible rails at the same time so we wouldn’t have to worry about the company, brand, or model being unavailable in a few years.

Crib building is a teambuilding exercise

Twenty-four hours after finishing the build, the crib is still standing.  We finished with a surplus of four 3” bolts, but after checking the instructions it turns out the bolts were for the convertible parts.  It’d be nice if the instructions included a line assuring us that we’re supposed to have bolts left, instead of making us count them in the drawings.
 
Alas, there are much greater things to worry about than someone not testing the validity of their instructions before publication.  Onto the next nesting project!