Last week we learned that Brenden’s crib, which we’d already partially disassembled when the drop-side rail decided not to stay up, had been recalled due to problems with the slats beneath the mattress. We’d gotten the crib with a nursery-in-a-box set by Simplicity. It was cheap, and we got what we paid for it. The company is no longer in business and many, if not most, of its products have been recalled. Live and learn!

The good news is that Wal-Mart willingly refunded our money for the entire set, not just the defective crib. We used that money to buy Brenden an IKEA twin-size bed and two IKEA twin-size mattresses that we found on Craiglist. The bed is cool – a flippable bunk bed. Naturally, for now we’re keeping it upside-down with Brenden’s mattress on the bottom level and the ladder pushed against the wall so he can’t climb on top. Once he gets older and more aware of gravity, we can flip it so he’s on the top bunk and add a mattress on bottom for a guest. We hadn’t planned on getting B an adult-size bed quite so soon, but so far it’s working out great. He loves it!