My parents came to visit us this week. They have decided to buy us a crib as a baby gift. It was very very very nice of them. (thanks mom and dad!)

I was worried about getting all the features that I thought were important such as wheels, a quiet side bar that can be raised and lowered with one hand and both feet firmly on the ground, easy to clean, and sturdy.
I think we found a beautiful crib with all these features. We also noticed that many cribs have two ends of solid wood. Why would anyone want that? Perhaps I don't understand but don't you want to see your baby from all angles? Wouldn't you then have to position the crib in the room so that a glance in would assure you?
What if there is a horrible horrible beastly thing hiding in the corner that you didn't see on first glance because you went with the solid wood construction? Perhaps these cribs are actually designed by the horrible horrible beastlies in the first place? Maybe then they train your own little beasty into a horrible horrible beastly?

see? There are sooooo many things to consider!