How thick is the rail? my crib mattress is only 3" thick as it's a speciality gel kind. will she be able to feel the bar easily?
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A little under an inch, I use it with the toddler mattress and have had no problem, you could always roll a blanket next to it to avoid contact
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Yes she will. There are two bars that go under the mattress and attach to the crib base. Those bars will be felt through a 3" mattress.
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Yes that is fine. You could even go thicker if you wanted to. The rail is high enough still. It's a really awesome bed. My 5 year old loves it.
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I purchased a 3 inch mattress to go with this crib, the one that comes with the crib is only 1 inch, not enough cushion for baby.
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I had trouble with the horizonal bar area. We only had one mattress on our platform bed.It didn't require a box spring. Look at the picture closely and that mattress comes up to the horizontal bar _ we had about a 3 inch gap, my pillow would slide right out the back.I really do like the frame. I taped some heavy foam board to the back and we're OK now.I don't think the up right bars will be a problem.
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not as thick as a couch cushion. I use it in my twins room. The only time I found it uncomfortable is after falling asleep on it for awhile. You eventually start to feel the bars underneath. However, I don't think a kid would complain.
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Hi Ruby3Kids,As was mentioned depending on the way your mattress sits on the springs you may be able to make this work. Give us a call and tell us more about your bed. We can walk you through the steps you can take to make the Bed Rail Advantage work for you. Call us at 1-800-506-9901!
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I am not sure how deep your mattress is. But the deeper the mattress the less height the rails will be above the top of the mattress.
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nope. it's not. it's only about 1"-2" thick. we purchased a separate mattress because the "mattress" that comes with the crib is more like a firm foam mattress topper.
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I bought a 8 in memory foam mattress to go with it and we don't feel the bars through it. Not sure how a regular mattress would do with it.
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About 2 1/2 inches thick... I just used American Baby Company portable/mini crib sheets (on Amazon), along with their waterproof quilted mattress pad cover (which gave the crib mattress a comfy feeling :-)
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Yes, my Mom's bed is a 8" memory foam mattress and it was about 2" above her mattress. My husband drilled another set of holes in the rails so the rails would fit lower than the mattress. BTW my mom really like the bed rails. She feels safe and she uses them to help her turn at night.
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My best suggestion is to measure width wise between the rails and have some 2X2's cut to fit between the rails. This will support the mattress frame - you are using a mattress frame, right? The mattress itself will always fall through - the wood could help. Lydia
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It's definitely too thick for the loft bed, you want a maximum of an 8 inch thick mattress so there is plenty of rail above the mattress to prevent a child from rolling/falling out of bed.
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This crib is built very well, the rail does not move because it is screwed into the side rails the only thing that is adjustable is the mattress
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It comes with a piece of junk "mattress," so I ordered this one. http://www.amazon.com/Dream-On-Me-Portable-Mattress/dp/B0030UUBMO/ref=pd_bxgy_ba_text_y The crib box says not to use a mattress over 2.8 inches or something like that, but the 3 inch seems fine.
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It seems that the designer of the bed doesn't think a guard rail is needed -- the steel frame of the springs should give it enough structural rigidity. However, I wouldn't like that frame exposed, and so when that time comes (my granddaughter is only 10 mos old right now), I plan to just fashion a piece of wood, shaped with a router to a nice curve and stained, to serve to cover the exposed spring frame so it looks like it's a proper piece of the bed.
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I can only tell you that my granddaughter didn't sink down into the mattress. It feels firm...maybe you got a defective mattress. I would look into that.