Bumper pads with solid back crib....

ianandtracy

I know the bumper pad issue is a sensitive one anyway, and there can be safety issues in using them improperly or using ones that are too thick, cushy, etc., but I have fairly thin bumper pads with not-to-long ties on both top and bottom that I had planned to use at least until baby was attempting to use them to climb out of the crib (which wouldn't really help anyway since they aren't thick and we'd have the crib setting on the lowest by that time).  Anyway, we have a solid back crib so there is no where to tie them along the back.  Am I just out of luck?  I figured maybe I could use them in the early months when baby was swaddled and didn't move much, but I know that won't last long!

 It's too bad, because the bumpers are pretty cute and add detail to the nursery.  I plan to use the crib comforter for a play blanket on the floor and for "tummy time" not in the crib.

 Has anyone else had this situation with a solid back crib?  What did you do?  Looking for any suggestions ~

 Thanks!  (due in June)

Cosmogrrl

I was considering using them in my crib for a short time, but in turn, decided against it. That being said, I have many friends who use them.

I think that because they cannot be completed secured to your crib (because the back is solid wood), I would not bother using them at all. Just not worth the risk.

HopingForOne

They also decreased air flow into the crib - less airflow = more carbon dioxide being inhaled = higher risk of SIDS.  Thin ones aren't any better for that.  And it's still a risk even when baby can't move at all.

And then, when they're old enough to not worry about that - you have to worry that they'll climb on them and hurl themselves out of the crib! 

Honestly, since they can't be attached properly to your cage anyway, I would skip them.  The risks outweight any benefits...no use trying to frustrated yourself trying to attach them properly.

AudNicole

Ignoring the whole bumper vs no bumper issue:

Could you glue snaps to the wood back and sew them to the bumper pad to hold it in?  Velcro would work too, but its not as sturdy, and the sticky backed velcro doesn't always work well.

If you didn't want to mess with the wood, you could get a strap, with the snaps on it, to hook around the back of the whole crip, then snap the bumper pad to it.

Those are just "in my head" ideas, i'm not sure how either will work, but if you want to use the pad, they are ideas.