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We don't have the Gulliver crib, but we do have a similar crib that has stationary rails. We were concerned about how it would work out, and whether it would be too low, but it hasn't been TOO much of a problem.

It was great when my son was an infant (and the mattress was high). Now that he's older the low mattress is only an issue when he falls asleep BEFORE we put him in his crib (which is very rare). It's a bit of a stretch to lean all the way over with a sleeping baby in your arms, and lay him down gently. It's also a little hard to kiss him when he's sleeping (If I do want to kiss him I have to lean all the way over the edge of the crib, so my feet aren't even touching the floor...I'm kind of cantilevered on the edge of the crib. Good thing it's solid!!) I'm 5'5", but my husband is 6' and doesn't have any of these problems.

If you can deal with that, the crib is great! I love how it looks, and I don't have the safety issues to worry about.

We have the Gulliver crib and I actually like that it is so low to the ground. It makes it much easier to put a sleeping baby back in the crib. We used a stationary rail crib that was much higher off the ground on vacation, and I had to stand on a chair to put a sleeping baby back in the crib (the mattress was lowered). With the Gulliver, you don't have to lift the baby up and over the rail and then down to the mattress, as the rail is low enough to be at waist level (I am 5'5''). So you can simply bend over and put the baby back down (and kisses are not a problem either!). It is a great crib, easy to use and very durable.

We have a Gulliver too, and it has not been a problem. I love that it is lower to the ground, because if our son tries to climb out, he can't hurt himself very much.

I find it very easy to put him in, kiss him goodnight, and am never leaning over the crib as the first poster describes. I am 5'5", and so the Gulliver must be lower to the ground than what is described above.

As for the size, it is the perfect size -- does not inhibit his movement (he often turns around and sleeps perpendicular), and has lots of space to stretch. I always found him a bit lost in North American sized cribs, truth be told. This is much cozier, and I think he likes it that way.

We've got two Gullivers for our 8 month old twin boys. We lowered the mattresses about a month ago and I was kind of dreading having to reach over, but it really hasn't been bad at all. I'm only 5'2 so I thought it would be harder but I've gotten really good at bending at the waist! They boys each weigh about 20 pounds right now so I assume it will get harder to lift them if they are laying flat. But I think it's also safe to assume that as they get older, they will sit or stand up in the crib, making it even easier to get them out.

It's a nice cozy crib, it's easy to put together, and it's very inexpensive. I am totally happy with our choice.

I just heard that crib manufacturers are thinking of banning drop rail cribs for safety reasons anyway- interesting.

thanks for posting my question... and thanks for all the feedback! it sounds like the crib shouldn't give me any probs.

jnnybee... interesting to know they are thinking of banning the drop-rails... thanks for the heads up! i just googled it and found a recent article in the chicago tribune about the safety problems with side rails and that they are thinking of banning them (link below if anyone wants to read)

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-cribs_18mar18,0,1578820.story

looks like i'm heading to ikea to check out the gulliver again!

We had a Gulliver crib and used it for our first three children, and when we had our fourth I swore I wasn't going to go through the horrible back pain the crib gave me again. I see that several other posters have said that it didn't bother them, but it literally KILLED my back. I suppose how tall you are might make a difference (I'm 5'9"), but once we moved the mattress down to the bottom position, it was so close to the floor that I found it very hard to get a bigger baby down gently. Picking them up out of the crib was even harder. Ouch. There were times that my back ached so badly from it that I wasn't sure I was going to be able to stand back up with the baby in my arms.

I love the look of the Gulliver, it's so simple and unfussy, but for our last baby, I insisted that we get one with a drop-rail.

We bought a Gulliver without even knowing that cots were supposed to have drop down sides! It hasn't been a problem for us, and Inigo is 16 months old now. Soon it will be time to take off the sides and convert it into a "big boy bed" :)

I have the Gulliver, and I'd recommend it. When the mattress is up high when the baby is little, it obviously isn't a problem. Now that my daughter is at the next stage and the mattress is dropped, I still find it manageable. My daughter is put in her crib to fall asleep. I don't rock her to sleep and then try to transition her to the crib. I think it would be difficult with an older baby at the lower level.

I lift her out now in two stages. She's either already sitting/standing and I grab her like that. Or if she's lying down, I pull her up to standing and then straighten myself up a bit, and then lift her all the way out.

I think it's a great crib.

I don't have the Gulliver, but I've had two Ikea cribs that I used with my two older children, and one of them is being used for my infant. From experience, Ikea makes all the cribs have non-dropping sides, which I like. I recently heard that legislation is going to be put in place against dropping side railed cribs because of the suffocation hazard that occurs when the rails malfunction.

The Ikea cribs have two height options for the mattress, but we've always set it up where the mattress was lower to the ground, so we wouldn't have to change the height when the baby learned to pull up and climb out sooner.

With baby #3, I put the two mattresses that I had and it has lifted the baby up higher in the crib, but still at the upper crib height option. It is still a back breaker, but not as much as with the initial two experiences.

I like the Ikea cribs. I think they are well made, and one of mine has stood the test of it's original inhabitant, through toddlerhood until he turned 5. I recently took it from him and gave it to his sister.

When I was shopping for a crib for my daughter I was shocked that I could not find a crib for sale in France with a drop down side. I was even willing to have something shipped from the UK and wasn't having much luck finding one their either. I thought that it was just due to lack of good children's furniture manufacturers but it must be the safety issue.
In the end, the fact that the side was fixed was not too much of an issue because once the baby got a bit heavy for me, she was also at the age where she could stand up on her own so it was rare to have to be lifting her from a sleeping position.

We have had this Ikea crib for four years and it has been through two children. The price, the look, the size all ranks high for me. I am a tall person and I find it not too bad on my back. Maybe lack of sleep can contribute to that at times :)

I actually think this is one of the strengths of the crib. With a higher crib you have to haul the baby/toddler over the high side and then drop them down. With a lower to the ground crib the lift is much more gentle.

Also, and especially if you don't use bumpers, there isn't any bending over for hand-holding, patting, or shushing. We can sit on the floor and hold a hand for a few minutes before night-night. It makes it very easy to interact and a lot more comfortable.

My son can't climb out yet but when he can it won't be as much of a fall.

I am 5'7" and pregnant and my husband is 6' and we both can put 30 pds of toddler in there without a problem. We'll likely buy a second one for our infant.

erin here. thanks again for all the great feedback on the gulliver. it sounds like its a winner, and glad to hear it can stand up to multiple children since we will be trying for our second baby in the next year!

We love our gulliver crib! We actually ended up taking back the first crib we bought, a much bigger, taller crib, and getting this one because i am 5'0" and 7 months pregnant and placing my 15-month-old daughter in the crib as well as getting her out was NOT working with the other crib. The Gulliver crib as been awesome for me being as short as i am because i can lean all the way over to place her in the crib even when she is already sleeping, whereas this was definitely not possible with any other higher cribs.

I had this for my second baby and never again! It was ok when the mattress was at its highest point but once the mattress was lowered, it was a pain to lean over and heft my daughter out especially as she was heavier by then. We gave up on it and got rid of it fairly quickly and reverted back toa drop rail crib for baby #3. Shame as it does look nice.

Hi all you Gulliver owners out there. I was trying to find out what the 2 different mattress heights were for the Gulliver crib. I wanted to use it as a co-sleeper with a Malm bed but didn't know if the mattress would go low enough. Thanks for your help!