Dream On Me Aden 4-in-1 Convertible Mini Baby Crib in Cherry, GreenGuard Gold & JPMA, Sustainable Pinewood, Non-Toxic Finish, 3 Mattress Heights, Converts to Mini Day & Twin-Size Bed

I'm 6 months pregnant and not particularly handy at building things, or following instruction manuals. However, I received this crib yesterday and was able to assemble it myself in about an hour and a half. Mind you I got the side panels switched and flipped and would have been done much sooner if I had realized this before it was almost completely assembled. My bad no fault of the instructions. Assembled, the crib is very sturdy ( I leaned on it, shook it, tried to rattle it loose) as long as you tighten everything down its a very solid crib. I liked that it wasn't hard to disassemble either ( to fix my mistake and for moving it our of our RV at a later date without ruining it) I ran into some confusion with the bolts. There are three sizes and the instructions call them all the same thing. ( which they are, just different lengths) slightly confusing but easy to figure out. The shortest ones go to holding up the spring mattress support. Middle ones go to the top front and back rails, and the long go everywhere else. There are three height settings for the mattress support, but they are all much lower ( I feel) than that top one you see in the picture. However I'm of average height (5'5") and the highest setting is more than plenty high, without having to bend over much, for a newborn. All in all this crib has a very beautiful, sturdy, simple design. I was looking at buying a 5.5" davinci 50 coil mattress for it, but decided to go with the dream on me 3" as I felt it would fit better. I'm glad I didn't get the thick one. The instructions as well as the outside of the box in big letters both say not to use thicker than a 2" mattress. I can't see why, but I hadn't heard that or read it before I bought the product. I would have liked to take it into consideration. PS yea this crib comes with a thin, maybe 1" mattress pad, this is not a mattress. It just goes between your mattress and the spring mattress support to protect whatever mattress you decide to buy. On another note I was impressed with the wood used. I expected it to ding and dent easily as it is soft pine wood. I assembled the product myself on a tile floor and several times (during my tear down/rebuild session) found myself bracing pieces up with my knees and toes and both hands etc. trying to just move or replace one section at a time. Usually resulting in it all caving in and clattering on the floor. No damage to the wood however which surprised me! Again this was of no fault to the product or instructions. I was just frustrated when I got the sides flipped and backward and was trying to cut corners after that. All in all this is a great crib! If I can assemble it, I feel like anyone can! It's beautiful (I went with the natural wood) and safe! I would definitely recommend it to friends. Especially for the price! Can't beat that! PS I did days of research on mini crib bedding. True, it's hard to find. I ended up buying from carousel designs website. They have a clearance or discontinued section with great prices on bedding sets for mini and standard cribs. I just kept checking back until I found one on sale that I loved.

I love this crib. It is compact, very stylish and sturdy so far. The assembly instructions are printed literally ON THE BED (the bottom of the bed) so you won’t misplace them. I did put some of the wooden pegs in the wrong spot and didn’t realize until the end, so I had to take it apart and start over, so it might be best to have a second set of hands and eyes if you are challenged with assembling things. I would definitely purchase the exact same thing all over again. Purchase a thicker mattress; the included one is quite thin but would work short term.

Just purchased and put together this crib for our upcoming baby, so I'm not able to review its longevity. I'm all about the rest of it, though! This crib is lovely! I purchased it in white to match my current antique bedframe and dresser that I refinished in an arctic white enamel. It's a perfect match, and even goes well with the rest of the bedroom furniture stylistically. I put this crib together alone, at 6mo pregnant, in a space only about a foot larger than the completed crib. It took about an hour, and went together easily with the included allen wrench and a pair of pliers. I purchased the Dream On Me 2 in 1 3" thick mini crib/playyard mattress to go with the crib. It fits PERFECTLY - I actually have to push down on it to get it into place. I think that the biggest complaints about the mattresses not fitting are probably due to issues in construction. When you're putting the metal brackets on the wooden mattress platform, don't tighten them completely down until you have the mattress support in place and the front panel on the crib; then square everything up and tighten all of the bolts on all of the parts at once. This may also have caused the complaints from some people saying that they had to drill additional holes - I didn't have one of the legs quite loose enough when I initially went to put the front panel on, and it looked like it wasn't going to line up correctly with the pre-drilled hole. Once I loosened things up a bit more, though, I was able to get everything threaded correctly, then tighten everything without issues. It was definitely difficult to tighten the bolts on the wall facing side of the back legs once the whole crib was put together when I was trying to wiggle my pregnant bump between the crib and the wall, but I managed! And this way I have a crib that fits together perfectly, fits the mattress snugly, and is incredibly sturdy. My only real complaint would be that I lost hold of the mattress support board at one point while trying to balance it in to attach it, and the metal supports rubbed against the insides of the legs, leaving scratches because the wood/finish is very soft. This would have been avoided if I'd had help in putting it together (but I was too impatient to wait for my partner to get home from work!), but it definitely let me know that I'm going to want to protect the top rails somehow once this little girl starts pulling up and teething, because little teeth will definitely do a number on the softer wood. ***** Update: We've been using this crib for four months now, and I'm still every bit as pleased! We moved the week before the baby was born, so thur crib had to be taken mostly apart and put back together at the new place, but this gave me an option to tighten everything again before putting a baby in it. She sleeps super comfortably each night, and it's still sturdy and solid after 4 months of use! My girl is above the 90th for height, but still has plenty of room to grow. So: super cute crib, perfect for limited space, and still fantastic after months of use!

Easy to put together, directions are simple and the crib is sturdy. I wasn’t sure if it came with a mattress and it does. Definitely worth the price

Perfect size for my small nursery and looks amazing. I would have given 5 stars, but the task of putting it together was not the easiest. I am in my third trimester, but I had my husband to help and it was still difficult at times. It wasn't so hard it started any argument (if you know you know), but I for sure would have given up if I was trying to do it alone and he for sure would have done it wrong. The instructions are on the crib bottom. They aren't difficult to read, but a few of them aren't really clear. We had to try a few different times on a couple of the steps to get it figured out. It only took about 40 min to set up and I think it will take a lot less if we had to take it down and put it back up now that we have done it.

Very easy to assemble, my husband was amazed. Great quality and love the size. I added another matress but it's fine to use the one provided.

I didn’t realize how quickly baby was going to outgrow the bassinet, and I still needed baby next to my bed. We live in a small house space is limited, so it can be very stressful and frustrating space. I was able to add this mini crib next to my bed, and with the size, also create his own little nook in our room with a little dresser and cube storage! I love how cute and compact this crib is. It was a little hard to put together, but all in all- got it together and found a crib mattress we liked to add to it. Love that is is so versatile, and will be able to use for a long time. You can even take the front off and lower bed to floor level. Perfect for space saving! The white color is perfect for what I was looking for. Quality is great so far, sturdy, and seems like it will hold up and last a long time! Not a heavy crib at all! I love often as the pacifiers always tend to fall or baby tosses at night and then we have a pile once a week under the bed! 😅 Great value, would recommend!!

I was skeptical at first but this is the Perfect crib for small spaces. We have a 3 bedroom home, with a 19,15,13 and 11 year old. My husband and I had a surprise baby💙 but loved all the same. But we are definitely running out of room in the house. Our 3 month old is a boy but he is just too little to bunk in with our 13 and 11 year old boys. So he will be in the room with us for a while. We purchased this crib and I am so very glad we did. At first I used it put together like a toddler day bed and just had it pushed up against my bed so I could reach him for easy night time feedings and diaper changes without having to step foot out of my bed. Now that he is rolling around and sleeping through the night we put the other side on the crib and pushed it against the wall. It looks beautiful and baby sleeps great in it. I wish I would have thought of this was back with my first 4 kids. It is definitely a multitasking item. It saved me from having to buy a bassinet and all the accessories, such as waterproof bassinet sheet and a few sets of regular bassinet sheets because I just used this in place of the bassinet and only had to purchase mattress covers and sheets for one item. Also it’s so much better than using a pack n play because you can hook a good mobile and crib toys too it. And this crib is small enough to fit nicely in my bedroom with a king size bed and also big enough to accommodate my quickly growing little man. I believe the quality is great and it will be with us for years to come. My only suggestion is to buy the 3 inch crib mattress for it because the one it comes with it quite thin. We still get use out of that as well though because we use it for a playmat on the floor since my baby loves to practice rolling over. i have nothing but good things to say about this crib. If you are thinking about buying this crib, just go ahead and get it already. You will not be disappointed! I rely heavily on reviews when I purchase items online as I know many other people do so as well. So I try out all of my online purchases for a length of time and try to give my honest, fair opinion. If you have found my review helpful in any way please hit the helpful button at the bottom of this review. Thank you.