Crib placed near window?

lili_ana · July 2009

Hi girls!

I am planning to convert my office into the nursery, and noticed that the only place we could put the crib is in front of a window. (other walls have closets, doors, and a big Ikea bookcase that I am planning to use as a toy/book shelf)

I am reading this could be a safety issue, WDYT?

Tamara Stumph · July 2009

I don't see how it could be a problem if the shade strings are not within a reaching distance for the baby.

lspinman · July 2009

Mine is under a window but not pushed totally up against the wall. We will have curtains hang in the window.

Also, our windows are the double paned, earthquake proof (I live in CA), and if they are broken they will not shatter. If you have good windows I dont think there is an issue at all!

amoureux · July 2009

Once the child is mobile it could be a safety issue if (a) you have long dangly blind cords hanging down the child could strangle themselves in or (b) if the child could open the window and fall out.

Both those issue can be avoided. You can easily get a window lock so it can't be opened more than 4-5". And, buy a pull down shade, not venetian blinds or a roman shade.

Putting this into perspective, many people have dressers or toy boxes under a window. A mobile child can also easily climb up on one of those to reach the window as well.

imaPrincess · July 2009

We are having the same problem, 2 walls are all windows, from one side to another. I am hanging drapes along the one wall of windows to use as a blank canvas, and we might even close one large window up with sheet-rock from the inside and paint it to look like a framed out piece of the wall and then decorate it with his name over the crib (since we're trying to sell I don't want to take the window out completely yet...need to still see the cost of that project. We are just getting alarms for all of the windows since it's on the 1st floor.

Liz207 · July 2009

If it really bothers you, try having the crib jut out (with the short side against the wall and the bulk of the crib away from the wall). There are lots of pics like this in magazines and on websites... worth a try, anyway.

mwalliser · July 2009

At first I don't think that there will be much of an issue... unless you have a draft near that window and it's winter... then you'll most likely want to try and do something about that.

Once baby is more mobile, then yes, it could definitely be a big safety issue.