Side by Side Comparison of: Dream On Me vs Safety 1st

Works great. I needed something waterproof for potty training. I scrub it down regularly. It seems to be pretty durable. It fits a little tightly in the toddler bed that I have so it can be slightly a nuisance when changing sheets. But nothing to worry about.

Our first purchase lasted only just over a year....BUT, we use this with our 160 lb Irish Wolfhound puppy! Much less expensive than a XxL dog bed, and we just add a fitted sheet, and we can easily change, wash and add another. The springs did break down over time, but this is with every day use! A tough mattress that will hold up to any baby - even our's!! <3 We just bought another and Finnegan loves it for bedtime!

Great mattress for cribs and toddler beds. Easy to wipe down and she seems very comfortable on it. Soft but not so soft that the fear of her not being to roll over is a factor. the material on the outside make it easy to clean and the design is adorable. Fits perfectly in to her standard size crib and onto her toddler frame too.

This is better than I expected. I purchased this as a dog bed. Much cheaper and much better for my bigger dogs than traditional beds. What I didn't expect is that this is a great quality for the price! I will be ordering again!

Our Golden Retriever/Lab mix loves his new bed. So much, we have a hard time getting him out of it at times.

This is a very nice crib mattress which we purchased for our soon to arrive grandbaby. It has a nice feel and is of a good quality in comparison to those that we looked at in the big box stores in our area. It was great that we could have it shipped to our home. A much easier shopping experience when also ordering a new crib. It fits the crib very well and should last for more than one child over the years ahead.

This mattress was purchased for my dog to sleep on. The floor gets to cold in the winter time and this mattress is just perfect. He weighs over 100 pounds and the mattress is very firm and gives him the support that he needs. I am certain that this mattress would also be everlasting for an infant growing up into a toddler bed.

I purchased this mattress in April of 2015, and haven't had any problems with it! No cracked covering, no smell. I was reading the reviews and debating on getting a 2nd one for my next child I'm expecting in September, and am surprised by the other reviews. I plan to get a 2nd!

bought this mattress for the second time about 3 months ago. The first one we purchased has been in use for almost 3 years and is still in good shape. This second one we purchased has been used minimally by our newborn but appears to be the same quality.

Good quality mattress for the price. This one started to split after 6 months but my daughter jumps up and down in her crib and this mattress isn't a trampoline, so I'd say it held up well. Good value.

I absolutely love this mattress! It did have a new carpey smell when I first opened it, but it was gone after a day of being out of the box. I am a first time Mom, so I carefully picked this mattress. In comparison to other mattresses, I found this mattress to be softer. It's still a firm mattress and I do not believe it presents a choking hazard at all. It is well made and i believe that this product will hold up for a long time.

My son loves this mattress! We have had this mattress since birth and our little guy is now almost 2. He hated his hard crunchy bassinet mattress but was happy to move to this mattress in his crib. I would hold him and rock him before putting him in his crib until one day he pointed to his crib and I realized he preferred the crib over being held...that is how much he loves sleeping on this mattress! He sleeps a lot, 15 hours a day, so there is now a definite dent in the middle where he sleeps and we won't be able to use it for the toddler bed conversion (he is 26 lbs. at 22 months). I noticed this dent started after he reached about 24 lbs. I can't really speak to the waterproof features as we haven't had any accidents or leaks. However, I'll share a handy tip from another parent: cover the mattress in a sheet, followed by a waterproof mattress protector, then another sheet. That way, if you have a leak, you just rip off the top sheet and mattress protector and voila there is a clean sheet ready to go underneath. Even though the mattress lasted less than 2 years, I will buy it again for our next baby expected this summer.

Good enough quality for the price. Seems a bit light but should be fine. The babies, as my husband pointed out, look like they're laying on poop clouds though. Maybe brown wasn't the best color choice. I thought it was funny and a sheet covers it so who really cares though.

Comfy enough. Fits our toddler bed well. Not as loud as others are letting on. Love it can be wiped down easily. Has an odd smell. Not bad just odd. It's the plastic to it. Open the plastic it comes in and let it air out, outdoors before putting it in the bed or dressing it. It makes a huge difference.

I like these mattresses for their price and they're comfortable for both of my boys to sleep on but they are kind of noisy. If you just have one child in the room or your kids are heavy sleepers it shouldn't be a problem. Overall they're probably not much louder than any other mattress but I do still wish they were quieter. We bought new toddler beds when we got these and these mattresses fit in the beds perfectly. I would definitely recommend.

Recently got our little one a toddler bed and the Sealy matress I had for his crib that we loved, was doubled in price?! I wasn't wanting to really spend over $80 on a matress so I purchased this one. It came super quick and fits the toddler bed perfectly. Seems pretty comfy, not as good as our other but it'll do for sure, my little one seems to like it. It is a tad noisy but not bad, for what I paid in satisfied.

Not bad for the price but quality is lacking. Cover had a small tear when it arrived and the stitching at one seem is questionable. We actually use this as a dog bed (it became too expensive to constantly replace his traditional dog beds after he shredded them!) and this has worked out perfectly. He actually sleeps on it every night and if he has an accident it's super easy to clean

Good quality mattress. I was concerned it may be a little too soft after reading some other reviews, but I think it's perfect. I have never worried about it. AND I WORRY ABOUT EVERYTHING.

I gave 4 stars because of how much noise the mattress makes. When my step son was sleeping in our room I was constantly waking up because he tosses and turns a lot and the mattress made a tremendous amount of noise. Unlike other reviews this mattress didn't have any odor to it. It is also very firm.

We purchased this in December of 2014. Our little one did not really begin sleeping in it overnight until he was around 5 months old, so for 1.75 years now, he has been sleeping in it pretty exclusively. It has held up well, but I have noticed in the last month or so that the middle is beginning to sag. I flip the mattress over and rotate it regularly (every week alternating rotating/flipping). For the price, two years is not bad, though I would have like to get at least another year out of it before purchasing a new mattress.

Overall no complaints about this mattress. My only gripe is that I wanted a mattress made in the USA, which the product details state that the origin is USA, but the tag on the mattress said it was manufactured in China and assembled in Canada.It does list in the "about the product" section a line that says "imported". At first I thought this meant it was not from the USA but when I got to the product details it specifically mentioned USA, so I figured that meant a component in the mattress was imported, not that the whole mattress was imported.Just very deceiving and I wish amazon/the seller would make sure all their info is accurate.I would try to return the mattress and find another one that was made in the USA but I didn't have time as we really needed it for the crib so we could transition our son over to it as he outgrew his previous sleeping arrangement.

Very lightweight and extremely hard. I have 3 little ones that are all in toddler beds and this is by far the firmest mattress we have bought. It was too hard for my toddlers so I also purchased a mattress pad topper that is specifically to add cushion (not just the waterproof ones).Great price for a lightweight, firm mattress, but we definitely needed the added cushion.

Fits perfectly in the Nursery 101 Sidney Convertible Crib. Is very lightweight so that I could carry it and install it very easily on my own. Would warn buyers that the price seems to fluctuate a lot. After doing a lot of researching I knew this was the mattress I wanted to get because of the firmness, Greenguard protection, light weight, waterproof surface and tear resistance. No other mattresses in a similar price range provided all those options. The mattress has a slight smell but not anything too strong. The second place option was Simmons Kids Beautyrest Beginnings Sleepy Whispers Ultra Deluxe 2 n 1 Crib and Toddler but the price is higher, it is not fully waterproof, more prone to tear and we don't plan to use the crib for the toddler stage.One caveat: I bought the Safety 1st Heavenly Dreams for $100+ on amazon. The item was restocked through some major retailers (Toys R Us, Diapers.com) and the price dropped down to half that amount. If the price is high and you can wait, I would wait out the price fluctuations until it comes down again.

My son is now 3 and he's been using this mattress since about 2 months old. It fit in our Delta Eclipse crib. Nice, lightweight, firm, waterproof. The plastic covering is kind of noisy, but not too bad-- although when he became old enough to express it, he complained that he didn't like his bed because it was "crunchy," and so Mommy and Daddy's bed was better than his. I put a quilt on it under the sheet, and that seemed to help. When he was 1.5 years old, it became a floor bed, and I laid on it with him for about an hour at a time at night and sometimes in the morning, for almost a year. I noticed that the mattress was getting thinner from compression, maybe because it wasn't meant for an adult. For 6 months now, he's been sleeping on it in his Eclipse crib converted to a toddler bed, and the middle of the mattress is sunken in. The plastic covering has ripped in the middle on one side, too. I'm online looking for a replacement with coils now.

Crib mattress is OK for price point. If I was able I would have if invested in a better quality one. It is vinyl like material on the outside to assist with any messes. Standard crib sheets fit and baby sleeps on it well.Overall an average mattress. Not sure if it will last the years I would need and want it to last.

You get what you pay for. It will get you by. It's not amazing by any standard. It's super loud but it gets the job done. It's a cheap kid mattress. I bought in Jan and am replacing with a better quality one because I can't handle listening to my child's every wiggle all night

The mattress itself is very flimsy. Works fine for a toddler bed, but doesn't have the backbone like a more expensive crib mattress. It's a tad bit shorter than the Dream On Me Toddler day bed, so I have a gap between the bedframe and the mattress. Great spot to lose a binky or a small stuffed animal. Was hoping for higher quality.

This mattress is VERY soft, and my toddler tends to roll to the edges of the bed on either side of it. I guess I should've expected mediocore quality at this price. Would be fine for occasional sleep (eg at grandparents house) so I might switch it out for the crib mattress at my mom's house.

It's an ok mattress I bought it for a spare. One side is waterproof the other side has a cotton type material on it, that I wouldn't trust as waterproof. When I partially lay on it I can feel the springs but the kids sleep ok on it.

Good value for money. Water proof cover makes rustling noise when the child turns, this could take some getting used to initially. Would be good if that cover was removable.

I bought two of these in Sep of 2015. My sons didn’t start to use them until approx June of 2016. In a little over a year the covers to both mattresses have cracked open and bat broke off. The sheets kept my children from eating any of these pieces, but did not prevent urine from soaking into the mattress. So if you do but this mattress make sure you purchase good sheets that won’t pop off when your toddler jumps on it, and a really good mattress pad that will stay in place as well. Otherwise you’re going to find a giant urine sponge if your child’s diaper leaks.and let’s be honest, they WILL leak 😫As far as the mattress itself, it wasn’t anything to write home about, but it was the right size and the kids slept well enough on it.

I wonder why..? This is a good product but clearly not the best. However you can get it listed sometimes for $32 instead of $57 that's what I pad for the first one for my other kid. So my recommendation if you want to try this mattress, add to your baby registry and check daily the price fluctuation...you might be really surprised! Good luck!!!

So far, the cover is doing great against any leaks, spills or potential stains! Wipes clean easily, fits in the crib great!Update: 6/25/2017Months ago the cover started to crack and crumble off. Not a huge deal, because I think you can just replace the cover? Was hoping to get in touch with manufacturer but no such luck.

I purchased this mattress just over 2 years ago for my now 27month old daughter. I hadn't experienced any problems with the mattress until recently, I noticed my daughter was "sinking" into the middle of her crib. I took her out of the crib, pulled the sheets up and noticed the vinyl had ripped clear across the middle of the mattress. It is supposedly "tear resistant", so I am not sure why this has happened. We used a mattress cover while she was in her spit-up infant days, and only removed it recently because it was so loud when my daughter moved in her sleep. It never went through any jumping or excessive bed-wetting. I don't know if the mattress started to sag first then the vinyl ripped or vice versa...Mattresses are supposed to last longer than this.The warranty just recently expired, so looks like I'm in the market for a new mattress :\ (Glad I purchased it when it was only $39!)

I bought this mattress for a Ikea Gulliver crib. Although there were some reviews that said it did not fit snugly there were enough reviews saying it did that I bought it. One review said something about it fitting nicely at first and then having a gap at one end which is what happened to us. It seemed to fit fine at first but after just a day or two and it seeming to get settled in the crib there is a 2-3 inch gap at the end. Since my son is older I just stuffed a blanket in the gap and will continue to use it but wanted to share. I'm not sure how other people are saying it fits perfectly because it definitely does not. Its a good mattress and a great deal for the price but if you are looking for a good fit for an ikea crib this is NOT the mattress for you.

We have the DaVinci Kalani 4-in-1 Convertible Crib with Toddler Rail. This mattress fits really really tight. You can barely put a finger in between the crib and the mattress which is good for safety, not so good for putting on a mattress waterproof pad and sheets.I already know that i'm going to have issues during nights when my baby wets the crib, calming a baby, having to take the whole mattress out in order to be able to change the sheets... and of course, the bumper too because there is no way the mattress is coming out with the bumper in place.

You can feel the springs through the mattress. It's not comfortable and my toddler complains about it.

We should have went with the foam version,the spring mattress is very uncomfortable for our son,he actually wakes up at night and continues his sleep on the carpet to avoid staying on it..I will be sending it back.

Was too small for my standard crib! Was able to fit a whole fist in between the mattress and the side rails on my delta standard crib. If the box wasn't torn I would return. Giving to my grandparents for their crib since the twins won't spend much time in that crib that way I don't feel like I was screwed over!! Or use it as a dog bed...

Came ripped. Don't want to ship back. Material that it is made of will rip really easy. Packaging and wrap were fine. Probably ripped pre. Bummed. But just going to tape it.

Very bad mattress. I bought it for my younger daughter and had to return it asap because I couldn't let her sleep on it a day longer. It's covered in a cheap plastic. If you press on one side of the mattress, the other side lifts, so bad. We have another mattress that we bough for our older daughter, and this one cannot compare. That's why it's going back and we're ordering the same one that we already have.

After two months of normal use on a toddler bed, the cover on this mattress cracked. I contacted customer service, and they were helpful and responsive - which is why this product is getting two stars instead of one.It turns out the warranty only covers manufacturers' defects. This means if you open the package and find something wrong, they'll replace the mattress for you. If it begins to fall apart because it's a flimsy product, you're on your own. In other words, there's not really a 10-year warranty, because what manufacturers' defects could you suddenly notice after 9 1/2 years?The company did offer to replace my mattress for free, as long as I pay $27 for shipping.My girl is average-sized, and she isn't allowed to jump on the bed, which means it only happens once a month or so. I suspect this just isn't strong enough for a toddler. It'd probably be fine for occasional use or for a small baby.To recap:- The cover is flimsy, and broke after two months.- The "warranty" doesn't actually cover anything except an immediately defective product.- It's not sturdy enough for a toddler.- Unless you only need this for occasional use, I strongly recommend a different brand.

The mattress is already starting to bow, and has only been used by a newborn for a month. And, the top of the mattress has weird marks where she has spit up. Just not great quality and will not last.

The cover on this mattress appears to be vinyl but it is VERY thin and cracks very easily. I ordered two of these and the cover on both cracked -- one after only 13 days.

This mattress worked well for our infant/toddler for a little over a year. He is not by any means a big boy but the mattress cover started tearing after only a year of use. We even flipped it when changing sheets to prevent excessive wear on either side. Now there is a giant hole in the cover right in the middle of the mattress so it is no longer waterproof or dust mite proof. It also sags noticeably in the center where he sleeps and is clearly not providing good support anymore. We had hoped to use this mattress for several years at least but now we'll have to purchase a new one.

As most first time parents do, I bought this before my little babe was even born yet. I have had it ready to go in her room for about 8 months now. She has yet to sleep on it, as I was keeping her in her co-sleeper until she was 6 months. When I went to start using her crib a week ago, I realized the mattress is too small! I could have swore I triple checked the size initially because safety is so important! The only conclusion I came to is that the mattress had shrunk, but I thought I must have just had pregnancy brain when purchasing it because I didn't think that was possible. I came on Amazon to read reviews and sure enough, this has happened to other people as well! Because of the material of the mattress, the fitted sheet made the mattress shrink. Now we have to go buy a new one and our daughter didn't even use this once! We have a standard size crib, so having purchased a standard sized mattress, this shouldn't be an issue.. So disappointed.

With our first baby I was super picky and way over the top reading reviews and over thinking everything. With our second baby, we were more relaxed and after reading these reviews I decided this mattress fit our needs and budget and would do just fine. If I had it to do over, I would not buy this mattress again. My 4 yr old still sleeps on her higher-quality crib mattress (in toddler bed) and it's still in fairly good condition. My 2 yr old has this Safety First Heavenly Dreams mattress and it's in really sad condition already! Cons- much more flimsy than typical mattress, sagging in middle, not as supportive, does NOT fit tightly in our Jenny Lind crib. Pros- the support was fine when she was a baby, and we improved the overall fit by placing her bedding bumper low so there was less room for the mattress, making a tight fit. It made changing sheets a challenge but it was ok. We removed bumpers when she was about 15mo and I was shocked by the amount of space, a good 1.5-2 inches of gap between the end of the mattress and the crib. This would be an ok mattress if you need it for short term but otherwise invest a little more for something better. My little one will be in her crib another year then convert to toddler bed for a few years, so now we are shopping for another crib mattress at 2 yrs old (seems ridiculous). Her crib was purchased new and its a popular design, so the sizing problem is not her crib.

Great in the beginning but after about 18 months of use the outer layer starting cracking. Now we're at 21 months and the cracks have got worse, the outer material is flaking off and holes are starting. Quite disappointing, I was expecting this matress to last through toddler bed until we get a twin/full. Preparing to purchase a replacement. I wondered if the life expectancy of crib/toddler matresses is really that short but the replacement I am considering has a 10 year warranty (this product doesn't have warranty - at least I couldn't find it). Oh, and I have twins. This issue is with both mattresses, so I do not believe its isolated to a defective product.

So incredibly cheap. It's more like an air mattress. There is air that can't escape the vinyl material that the outer shell is made of. If a child lays on it, air is displaced and it becomes like an air mattress- that can't be comfortable.

My kids like to jump on their beds. Eventually the plastic cover breaks and we have to buy new ones. Not worth it.

Although the product summary and photos looked promising, the mattress lasted only 3 months ! My toddler poked a hole and peeled back the flimsy covering down to the springs!

I cannot believe why this has such good ratings. It's the worst mattress ever. No support at all. You sink right in. Feels like sleeping on air like a balloon. Would not recommend for any age.

We just received this mattress. And upon unwrapping it we found three sets of holes in the mattress. Very annoying to buy a brand new mattress and get it with holes in it already.

It does the job for us as a second be at grandma and grandpas but i would not recommend it as a everyday use. The quality is not as expected.

We've had this mattress about 10 months now. It was compressed and sagging and losing shape within 4-5 months. I also did not find it to be great for a newborn. We had a previous mattress with an infant side and a toddler side from my older child, and we ended up giving my newborn the dual sided mattress because I was concerned with how soft this mattress was. Also, we have the same exact crib for both children, and the mattress we had before we bought this one fits much more snug. This mattress doesn't seem to fit as snag, although I would not say there was a huge gap.I would not buy again.

Bought this mattress in March 2016 and by November noticed it was tearing and coming apart. As far as I can tell the bits and pieces stayed beneath the crib sheet. Very worried my LO may have swallowed some pieces.Tried to contact the manufacturer, but can't find a phone number.

The mattress fit my baby's crib snugly when it first arrived. Now after six months, the length of the mattress has shrunk to where I can fit my hand sideways between the top of the mattress and side of the crib like many others have noted in their reviews. My son has only been sleeping on the mattress for about a month and it seems to be losing its firmness also. Will be looking for a new mattress.

Once I got this mattress, I wrote in because the smell was very chemical like and awful, I kept the sheet off of it and let it air out for a few days before I could use it. I wrote in to complain and ask about this when I first got it and they said it was normal. After a couple months of my daughter sleeping on this, she started getting non stop respiratory infections. I did some research and was steered to the possibility of the mattress causing these issues. When unzipping this mattress I found a bunch of black specks that look like mold. I have taken this off my daughter's crib and replaced it with a different mattress and hope to see my daughter feel better soon. When I tried writing to the distributor, DHPFurniture, that responded to my issues back in April, I found that the phone number and email address were no longer valid. I am not able to return this mattress and have no insight to a resolution from Amazon. I have purchased my new mattress from BabiesRUs hoping for a different outcome.

This mattress is going back. The only good thing that I liked about this mattress was how light it is. When it arrived I could pick the mattress up with one hand. When I opened the box and squeezed the mattress I could literally crush both side of the mattress in. I then proceeded to bend the mattress in half. This is not something that I want to be able to do or think it should do. I then proceeded to put crib sheets on the mattress which caused the mattress to bow. Finally I tested it for length in the crib and it was too long...it bowed inside of the crib as well. I am extremely disappointed with this product.

Shocked that this got such great reviews. Advertised as 52.5 inches in length, it is 49 inches and does NOT fit our standard size crib. It is too short of either side. I could almost fit his entire hand between the mattress and the end of the crib. Incredibly disappointed.