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Last Christmas our girls got a bunk bed. We had full intentions that they would now begin sharing a room. That lasted about two weeks and then Eva went crazy. Night after night began with good intentions, promises and bribes, but would turn into Eva bothering her sister, running out of the room, and playing with the lights. Which ended with mom and dad yelling, kids crying, and near child abuse. Truly, Stephen and I thought the whole situation was parental abuse. WE NEEDED OUR QUIET EVENINGS BACK! WE NEEDED OUR SLEEP! We needed a plan B.

We gave up the dream of the girls sharing a room and bunk bed and put Eva back in the crib. Which led to another problem. We wanted to have the girls share because the crib takes up too much space. Our baby crib had an attached changing table so it was really long and bulky. It’s my own fault I picked it out years ago not realizing how it would take up the whole room. We opted for this plan anyway because we were all finally getting sleep.

Then our friends told us how all dropdown side cribs had been recalled and you can take them back to the store you bought them from and get your money back. You don’t even need a receipt. We bought ours at Walmart. I checkout their website and sure enough I found that our crib had been recalled. I took it back and got a full refund.

Since we still needed a crib and I wanted a smaller one, I decided to buy a mini crib. They are kind of a new thing. They are the size of a pack n’ play portable crib but made of wood like a normal crib. I wasn’t sure if it would fit my crazy 2 year-old, but it looked so cute and I liked the idea of a smaller crib so I bought it anyway. I bought it from Baby Earth. I couldn’t be happier with it. It fits her just fine. It’s deep enough that she can’t climb out of it. It’s small and easy to move around even through door ways to put it in another room. And it’s so cute. So, if kids and cribs are driving you crazy maybe a mini crib is the answer.