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what is wrong with bumpers?

luckyabby09luckyabby09
in 3rd Trimester

Sorry for all the dumb bumper questions today, but we got one as a part of our bedding set and I put it on the crib. It seems fine to me, I haven't really heard the argument that is anti-bumper, I just know a lot of bumpies on here are very anti-bumper. 

To me it almost seems safer, because if baby rolls into it, they don't hit themselves against  the railing they hit themselves against something soft.

But maybe I'm wrong. Please give me your opinion on bumpers 

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Re: what is wrong with bumpers?

  • BonzerBonzer
    babies also can roll into them and if they are non-breathable bumpers they can suffocate.
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  • lovesazzielovesazzie member

    imageBonzer:
    babies also can roll into them and if they are non-breathable bumpers they can suffocate.

    Yep, and they can decrease airflow, which is linked to SIDS. I think they are attractive, so we have them in there. He won't be sleeping in his crib for awhile, so they are just decorative for now. I may be taking them out once he starts to sleep in there.

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  • mistirei915mistirei915 member
    Mine are in the crib, ans will stay there until LO starts to roll over.
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  • calex33calex33
    Along with the issues that have already been mentioned, bumpers can also be a problem because, as a child gets older, he/she can climb on them and fall out of the crib. ?We are using breathable bumpers.
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  • TDKittyTDKitty

    We're also using a breathable bumper. Not as cute, but safer:

    https://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2529738

     

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  • AlilivAliliv member

    Much safer NOT having a bumper than having one.   Infants cannot bang themselve hard enough on the sides of a crib to really injure themselve, but they can die from suffocated on a bumper, sleep positioner, stuffed animals, etc. that are in the crib.   If you must have a bumper, breathable is best:)

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  • GeneGoddessGeneGoddess

    I was so-so on the bumper (got one with my nursery "set") until I tried to change out the sheet.  I had to REMOVE the bumper in order to change the sheet.  SO NOT HAPPENING.  So I took it out...

     

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