If you had a drop-side crib...

atc282 · July 2011

Did you get the stabilizer part when it was recalled? And if so, did it make the crib as safe as a stationary crib?

I have a woman who is willing to sell a brand new crib + mattress for $100 (it was used in a model home/mock nursery) and apparently all I'd have to do is order the stabilizer piece....I'm just wondering though about the safety with the replaced piece intact.

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ougrad1 · July 2011

I have an iron crib that was Emerson's that is drop-side. When I found out that I was having twins I bought the exact same crib and it wasn't drop-side so I had two cribs that were matching.

I never got the stabilizer because in all the years it has been up, it has never been put down and hasn't budged.

If the crib hasn't ever been used, I would go ahead and buy it and add the stabilizer. This is one of those things you just have to trust your intuition on....

togagirl · July 2011

We have them at my parent's house and my dad just screwed the sides so they couldn't drop. I think once you secure the sides it's just like a non-drop side.

kimarino13 · July 2011

Mine haven't been recalled, and have not been stableized.

Shelley-Bean · July 2011

I bought my cribs used, about 3 months before the massive recall. I only use the drop down when I'm changing the sheets. I didn't get the stabilizer. I figured the family I bought it from had twin boys who were 5 when we bought they cribs - they somehow survived them!

kaitley44 · July 2011

Both my cribs were used and drop side. Both cribs are also different. Niether has been recalled, but there was a stabilizer available for one, so I got it. The other crib I just turned around so the drop side is against the wall. I have never been worried about them.

hoping4more · July 2011

kaitley44:
Both my cribs were used and drop side. Both cribs are also different. Niether has been recalled, but there was a stabilizer available for one, so I got it. The other crib I just turned around so the drop side is against the wall. I have never been worried about them.

This exactly. We have 2 different cribs (similar styles but different makers) and only one has a stabilizer piece. I have them both with the drop sides turned to the wall. At my mom's I have one with a drop side but I didn't bother to call for a stabilizer.

vlahop · July 2011

togagirl:
We have them at my parent's house and my dad just screwed the sides so they couldn't drop. I think once you secure the sides it's just like a non-drop side.

Same here too

lisa&andy · July 2011

We have drop sides and use the stabilizers. I wasn't going to put them on because I'm short and needed the side to drop so I could get the kids out. One night I walked in to check on them and noticed one of the sides had popped off at the bottom. I freaked out and had DH install it on both of them right then. I feel fine about using them with the stabilizer or screwing it so it won't move. I know someone that used zip ties also.

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