Convertible cribs are just as comfortable and fine-crafted as your classic crib design but they offer one significant advantage over the classic crib: they can grow with your baby. As your baby grows up from newborn infant to one year old to toddler the convertable crib designs can be altered to fit the increase in size. It is the adaptable nature of convertible cribs that make them more sound investments. Instead of buying an expensive crib and only using it for half a year to a year you can buy a convertible crib and use it for twice or three times as long.

A black convertible crib.

Baby Convertible Cribs Adapt to Fit Your Child’s Growing Size

The regular crib models, like the rockable cribs and the portable cribs, offer a rigid frame with a set of crib bedding. Though they may be extremely useful to new parents and incredibly comfortable to the newborn child they force them to make a decision once the child grows too big. Should we throw the baby crib away, donate it, or keep it as an heirloom to give to our children?

Convertible cribs provide the same great comfort and bedding options of the classic crib types but when the baby becomes too large or too clever for the basic bed and bars feel of a crib there is another choice for parents. Rather than get rid of their convertible crib they can choose to adapt it to their child’s new needs.

When you first buy a convertible crib you will notice that there is a ton of seemingly extra mattress and bedding. The extra mattresses are used to spread out as the child grows. You can dismantle the convertible crib, lowering the side panels and extending the head and foot boards, to turn it into a modified toddler sized bed.  These will fit either the mattresses that came with original crib or standard twin mattresses.

The Emily Da Vinci Convertible Crib.

Decorate the Nursery with Your Toddler in Mind

One of the major benefits to having a convertible bed is that when you decide on the decorative theme of your nursery you are also deciding on the theme for your toddler’s bedroom. Cribs like the 4 in 1 convertible crib can turn into a miniature bed so you can use the same bedding, sheets, and color schemes throughout the entire room for a longer period of time.

If you’re using a normal crib, one that doesn’t transform into a bed later on, you will have to not only get rid of the crib when the child outgrows it but you will also have to redesign the layout and décor of your child’s room. That can get pretty expensive.

Another popular one is the 3 in 1 convertible crib.

Convertible Cribs are the Cost-Effective Choice

In today’s economy it’s tough to spend so much money on the baby. You’ve already got tons of diapers, baby clothes, baby toys, and baby food to buy and you’re going to have a hard time finding extra time to make up for the lost funds so you really need to consider the cost benefits of the convertible crib.

Convertible cribs may be expensive at first but if you think about them as a long term investment the cost is reduced to almost nothing. Just the ability to turn your crib into a bed alone saves you a ton of money on a brand new bed when your child comes to that age.