Big Girl Bed

ready for bed!

What a fiasco. I have been searching for the past two months for the allen key to take the rail off Emme's crib. She is potty trained and I am tired of hoisting her in and out of the crib int he middle of the night when she cries to go "pee pee." I even had bought a crib rail and today, finally I came across the allen key that fits the crib. So of course the rail is off and it's two hours until bedtime. I assemble the bed rail and I was puzzled. When I went to purchase it I had specifically said I wanted to put it on a crib but in teeny tiny print it states that it cannot be used on a crib only an adult bed. Then why was I misinformed. I cannot use it now and I refuse to put the rail back on the bed. So I call around and find out that the crib I have never manufactured a toddler rail even though they were supposed to and the full bed conversion kit is no longer made so I am screwed. Great! So Babies r Us tells me they have a crib rail in stock and I can come and purchase it. ( I decided to keep the other rail because Emme will be getting a twin bed or bunk bed this summer. )

I arrive at the store to pick up the rail and on the box it shows a crib with a rail and it says "Crib Rail" but why on the back of the box does it say Do not use on toddler bed, bunk bed.... Use only on an approved adult bed and adult mattress????? Does this make sense. So I buy it because it is now 1 hour until bedtime and we have no solution. As a last hope I stopped at the consignment shop to see if they had any used bed rails and no luck. BUT ALAS as I was walking out of the shop I noticed a cherry wood toddler bed that matches our furniture. It uses a crib mattress and the owner gladly will disassemble it and put it in my car even though technically they are closing. ( I buy a lot from them so they love me!)



finally put together



So in the end the crib rail from Toys R us was $75 and the cherry wood toddler bed in really good condition ended up costing $55 with my coupon. I suppose we will be going back to Toys r Us tomorrow to make a return! We came home and I assembled it and put the sheets and mattress on and Emme loved it. She was so proud of herself and so are we. Paul came home and disassembled the crib. Jack will eventually end up in it this summer when Emme moves to her new room. Now the true test will she stay in the bed when we say good night and close the door or are we in for a night of visits?? We shall see.