stupid baby/crib question

[vernacular_life]

No, not a question about stupid babies.........

Am I doing something wrong when I try to put a sheet on the crib?  The stoopid mattress won't pull up all the way w/ the bumper on the crib.  Are you suppose to take the bumper off each time you pull the mattress out?  If so, what a PITA for late-night-accidents.

Or am I just Sheet Challenged?

Comments

[jane52403.livejournal.com]

I haven't tried changing the sheets yet but I seriously hope the bumper doesn't need to be removed every time. Have you tried just loosening the bumper in one or two spots to scoot it out of the way?

[vernacular-life.livejournal.com]

nope, not yet...I'll try that tonight.

[monkeysmama.livejournal.com]

I had to majorly jimmy the bumper to get the mattress back in - reason #1 I took the bumper out at 3 months.

btw - you HAVE to use Sheet Savers.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000056C96/qid=1141745104/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/104-1560018-7966316?v=glance&s=baby

Do you have any?

Seriously - late night bed changes are the absolute worst. With sheet savers - you can just change the little pad and that is all.

[vernacular-life.livejournal.com]

Don't have a sheet saver yet, but hope to get an ultimate crib sheet (looks like the same thing)

My mom use to make our matresses up w/ a sheet and pad on each side, so if we messed it up, off came the gross sheets, mattress flipped over, and fresh new bed! the SS/UCS looks like its a pretty good alternative to that.

[cesariohaines.livejournal.com]

We "double up" on crib sheets. The set up is matress pad, crib sheet, liner and then another crib sheet, so that if there is an accident in the middle of the night, just remove top sheet and liner and go with the bottom sheet for the rest of the night.

Yep, the bumper makes sheet changing a PITA, at least for me! Bumper is on the loose side, so I just wrangle around it!

[vernacular-life.livejournal.com]

that's pretty close to what I'm working on, and glad to know that its not just me that wanted to rip the bumper off!

[tray85.livejournal.com]

We don't have a bumper, but yeah - I would imagine it would get tangled/stuck b/c the mattress is such a snug fit. I second the Ultimate Crib Sheet too. Very handy. I have two, actually.

If you have a changing pad, its good to have 2 covers for that too.