I'm bored so.. bumpers: yay or nay?

kapowski23

Entertain me minions. ; )

monlyn9

We had one for DS but it didn't fit right in the crib so I returned it and never got another one.

citychicks

Nay, unless your child is getting injured from rolling around in which case yay.

heathert323

I'm not really sure yet. I have them, but PJ is going to be in the bassinet for a while so I have time to decide.

uncannycanuck

Nay, unless you like "cute" more than "alive baby".

Green*Flamingo

Only if applied directly to the baby with duct tape. Organic baby safe duct tape, of course.

Jenniferk08

I put in the breathable bumpers in Lo's crib. 

citychicks

Green*Flamingo:

Only if applied directly to the baby with duct tape. Organic baby safe duct tape, of course.

What kind of whvre mother would use anything but organic baby safe duct tape?

jwahle

uncannycanuck:

Nay, unless you like "cute" more than "alive baby".

 

This.  Definitely nay.

Green*Flamingo

citychicks:

Green*Flamingo:

Only if applied directly to the baby with duct tape. Organic baby safe duct tape, of course.

What kind of whvre mother would use anything but organic baby safe duct tape?

The BabyGaga kind I bet!

kapowski23

citychicks:

Green*Flamingo:

Only if applied directly to the baby with duct tape. Organic baby safe duct tape, of course.

What kind of whvre mother would use anything but organic baby safe duct tape?

I thought the gray packing tape worked just fine.. I don't even plan on using those mittens. I figured wrapping her hands in duct tape was just as good.

SarahTx5701

I used one with ds. However he was swaddled until 6 months and could not get out of the swaddle or move enough to get to the corner of the bumper.

This one, we'll see. He'll be in the bassinet for a while.

citychicks

misskel22:

citychicks:

Green*Flamingo:

Only if applied directly to the baby with duct tape. Organic baby safe duct tape, of course.

What kind of whvre mother would use anything but organic baby safe duct tape?

I thought the gray packing tape worked just fine.. I don't even plan on using those mittens. I figured wrapping her hands in duct tape was just as good.

Any mother who chooses to not use those mittens obviously doesn`t care about her baby, talk about ruining their chances of ever getting into good college. Why not just enrolled them now at Florida state.  

 

 

heathert323

citychicks:

misskel22:

citychicks:

Green*Flamingo:

Only if applied directly to the baby with duct tape. Organic baby safe duct tape, of course.

What kind of whvre mother would use anything but organic baby safe duct tape?

I thought the gray packing tape worked just fine.. I don't even plan on using those mittens. I figured wrapping her hands in duct tape was just as good.

Any mother who chooses to not use those mittens obviously doesn`t care about her baby, talk about ruining their chances of ever getting into good college. Why not just enrolled them now at Florida state.  

 

 

I walk away to scan some pictures into my computer, and this post gets entertaining! Darn!

WannaBeCrunchyMama

citychicks:

Nay, unless your child is getting injured from rolling around in which case yay.

I don't understand what they protect the kid from. Their little arms/legs are too small to get stuck. I couldn't even get my arm stuck.  

Phil&Corinna

A friend of my cousin's wife just lost their baby due to SIDs a couple weeks back and I was already anal about avoiding things that have been shown to possibly cause SIDS - there's no way we'll use the bumper - it's too bad really, I think it's cute but I've waited too long to be a mom - I will not do anything to jeopardize my child when I have been told time and again that it's not safe!  I will buy a breathable bumper for him once he's bigger - we will have him in a bassinet in our room until he doesn't fit anymore and then he will remain swaddled (or so is the plan) as long as possible in his crib.

kabarbanel

We never used it for DS. By the time we felt comfortable putting on in there, we figured it was too much of a pain to take off every time we wanted to change the sheet.

Lucky_Dragonfly

used them with DS and plan to use them with DD. I have no problems with them. Obviously like any product out there if you ise it right then there shouldn't be any problems. Once DS became mobile, i.e.- rolling over, we switched over to a breathable bumper.

posvane

DD is 16 mos and I still have it in her crib. SOme people take it out by now, but she likes to do head dives in her crib and the bumpers help her. They are thin enough that there's no way she's climbing out of the crib with them too. Plus she's scrunched them down from hanging her legs out at night while sleeping.

I plan on leaving them in until she figures out that they can be untied and/or she moves to ber big girl bed by May.

navyandviolet

 I used them for DD and will use them for DS.  DD used to snuggle against them at night, and at first it would freak me out.  So I took it away and she couldn't sleep becuase she kept bumping her head.  I put them back in and kept them in until she moved to a toddler bed.  She missed snuggeling with them then too.

VTbride05

Why take the risk? So that YOU think the nursery is "pretty"? Get a breathable one and put your fears aside.

GoodOman9206

We left the cute bumpers in the crib until DS could roll over, then we changed over to the breathable bumpers. The bumpers have saved him a number of times from getting a hand or foot stuck in the slates once he was more mobile. We plan to do the same thing with DD.

smllel

For me, after changing the wet/soiled sheets a couple of times and having to take the darn bumper on and off, I swore I would never use a bumper again.  When you have to do that enough times in the middle of the night, who cares about how "cute" the crib looks!

JustOne

Nay, but not for safety.  I decided it would be a pita to change the sheet with the bumper on. 

ErinMTaylor

Used it with DS (in conjunction with an Ultimate Crib Sheet, so I never had to take the bumper off to change the sheet).  Haven't really decided about #2 yet.