We just bought a crib for my daughter (first she was on the Rock n' Play then a pack n play in our room) and She's had two nights in her new crib so far and she keeps getting her leg "stuck". The first time it happened she woke us at 4am screaming and crying because she was scared. Now it keeps happening and it slides right out for me but I guess she can't get it out herself.
So I was going to order her a bedding set with a bumper, but my friends are saying still not supposed to use one. I thought it was only when they were newborns and the SIDS risk was high? She will be 8 months in 10 days. If they aren't safe to use at this age, how does everyone prevent their baby's legs from getting stuck(my DD is in this kicking phase where thats all she does is kick her legs 24/7 so maybe thats why?)
Re: Crib bumper for 7 month old?
This for us as well, it is a very debatable thing though.... some will argue against it. But bumper works for us.
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This. She is a moving machine and has rolled since 2.5 months. I think she would be fine, but I don't know for sure if she would be. It's not worth the risk to me. I plan on putting them in when she is close to 1 year old. Don't ask me why then and not now, it's just my weird mommy mind I guess.
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This. He actually likes to snuggle with it a little.
ditto
We didn't put them on. He got his leg stuck for one week before figuring it out. Plus, he will sleep with his face pressed to the slats which wouldn't be good if the bumper was there.
I've used bumpers since day 1 and simply monitored where my DD was in ther crib and haven't had any issues.
However, I am really surprised that this hasn't been said but when you baby starts being able to stand up in his/her crib (if theyaren't already, mine was doing it by 7 months) they can actually use the bumpers, even the breathable ones, to step on and hoist themselves out of the crib. I seems improbable now but it's amazing how they can develope seemingly over night.
I took my bumpers out as soon as my DD could stand up in her crib and if your baby isn't doing it already it just seemslike an aweful lot of money to waste on something that you should take out anyways pretty soon