Rylan's Toddler Bed

Rylan is growing up so fast! He recently started crawling out of his crib. I think he was doing it more for fun then to actually get out, because once he would get out he'd try to get back in to do it all over again. So I decided to convert his crib to a toddler bed. We couldn't afford to buy him a full mattress, box spring, sheets, bed rails, waterproof bed protector, etc. (Aidan's cost us almost $500) so he'll just sleep like this for a few months. My suspicions were correct about him crawling out for fun when he started crawling out the side of the bed where the railings were high, even when there's a huge hole in the front of the bed! Rylan is about 6 months ahead of Aidan in their "bed conversion" timeline. It's amazing how much faster the second child walks, talks and reaches other milestones.

I put the bumper pad on simply because it made the bed look better. I don't have a bed skirt for his bed anymore because they are being used as a valence over his windows and the bed just looked so plain to me. That must be a bad safety thing, huh? I guess I figured that if he can wrestle his way out of his brother's headlock, then surely he won't get caught in his bumper pad!