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Re: crib bumpers
They're pretty dangerous, we won't be using them. The only thing I would consider using would be the breathable bumpers when baby is older to keep his arms and legs in the crib.
They pose a suffocation risk, and I wouldn't want to be a statistic. I don't think there's really much benefit to them, other than being pretty?
Seeing as how they are deemed as extremely unsafe, we will not be using them. If everything you read says they are a safety issue, I'm not really sure why you would still be questioning it.
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I heard they were stopping because research has proven them to be dangerous.
they are dangerous so we don't use them.
"But I feel as though I lived when I was a baby and had crib bumpers".
Well they changed the regulations because of the babies who DIDN'T live through having a bumper. They are illegal in MD now.
Check sears they have a small selection at the store though I have t checked online.
This came up in our baby class on Saturday. The only reason they were invented in the first place was b/c there was no regulation on the width between the rails on cribs. Apparently babies were falling through the rails and thus crib bumpers were needed.
That was changed many years ago and now the width can only be so far apart (like 2.25 inches or something).
In Illinois, they are illegal to use and will be illegal to sell in baby stores very soon.
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Nope - we're not using them. Our ped was also very against them which solidified my opinion.
Technically, the AAP doesn't even want you using the breathable ones, but I know LO's tend to get their limbs stuck between the slats of the crib. Once LO becomes mobile we will buy the breathable kind.
We had to put a breathable one on the back of the crib. He would knock his binkie behind his crib and then freak out because he didn't have it. I couldn't keep moving his crib multiple times a night because of that stupid bink. lol
ETA: my feelings have always been if I used them and something happened I would never forgive myself. God forbid something happened to your LO would you regret having them or not having them?
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Agree. No bumpers here. Not safe.
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Once has good head control add breathable bumper to prevent broken limbs since control of appendages wasn't as good. If they can move their head really well they're not going to suffocate themselves.
Once had good control of arms and legs remove breathable bumper so its not a climbing hazard.
The ties on the breathable bumper are barely long to tie so not long enough to strangle baby. Also, we cut ours off anyway because they were unnecessary because the sections where they would tie onto the crib were solid instead if slats.
If the breathable bumper is installed right and the mattress is the right size baby can't get trapped between the two anymore that baby could trap himself beside the mattress.
The numbers I found was just over 1 child a year for the last 20 years, but in the grand scheme of 6 million births a year, I find that risk to be insanely remote. Statistically my child has a considerably bigger risk of being killed by a cow.
Also something like 15 babies a year die as a direct result of complications from circumcision, but you don't see a huge uproar and laws being passed about having your child circ'd, it's "personal choice".
Ultimately I'm the one who has to weigh the risks and make the choices for my kids, and I'm the one who has to live with any consequences thereof.
I meant less than one child a year. Typo! You're right!