So, I spend $20+ (because I forgot to cancel my subscription) on Consumer Reports so that we would have the safest, sturdiest crib.
The first crib I wanted was a crib from Bellini called "Bella". I fell in love with this crib.. but the LA store didn't have it in stock and would have charged $200+ to ship it on top of the $900+ price tag. I still wanted it SO BAD, but after reading less than spectacular reviews on Consumer Reports I decided that spending $1,000+ without even seeing the crib in person would be extremely stupid.
So.. I didn't know where to start.
We looked at Pottery Barn, Buy Buy Baby, and Babies R Us. I didn't like any of the cribs at Buy Buy Baby or Babies R Us. I liked a couple of the cribs at Pottery Barn, but couldn't help but think that we were just paying for the brand name. Was I buying the same Babies R Us crib for the Pottery Barn price??
Again I turned to Consumer Reports. The top rated crib was around $200, but when I went and looked at it I was less than impressed. It just didn't seem to be that sturdy.
Consumer Reports seemed to really like the Pottery Barn crib that they tested out so, we went back to Pottery Barn.
The crib that was tested was the Kendal Crib. It is a very simple, but nice crib. It is made very well and you can tell that the wood used is quality wood. If you set up a registry at Pottery Barn Kids you will get a 10% discount off of your purchase.
The crib that we ended up getting was the Madison Crib in Sun Valley Espresso.
It is extremely sturdy and the wood seems to be of pretty decent quality. Pottery Barn charges a pretty hefty (mandatory) delivery fee for most of their cribs, but they came in and set it up in about 10 minutes. 7 months later, I am still happy with our crib decision! Thanks Grandma for the beautiful crib! :)
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