Crib bumpers or no crib bumpers?

chloeval · March 2013

Are crib bumpers still considered to be dangerous ?

Krystal6826 · March 2013

The AAP say no to crib bumbers

LittleApple · March 2013

Everybody says no, but you have to do what is going to work for you. I use them.

virginiagirl11 · March 2013

Don't use them. Unsafe and unnecessary. If you get to the point where LO is sticking limbs out of the crib, you can use a breathable one, but I wouldn't waste your money on buying one right out of the gate.

lindslalala · March 2013

We didn't use them. The time that you would "need" them for is very brief and doesn't warrant the expense IMO.

jerseygirl81 · March 2013

Why take the risk? I would never use them.

CarlaAndJames · March 2013

Never used them, never missed them. IMO the advantage is 99% cosmetic and that's a silly reason to add a SIDS risk to your nursery.

jesselayne8 · March 2013

LittleApple:
Everybody says no, but you have to do what is going to work for you. nbsp;I use them.

This. We use them.

Renee1105 · March 2013

jerseygirl81:
Why take the risk? I would never use them.

this

Thai527 · March 2013

There is no reason why a newborn needs one other than decoration. A newborn is not active enough to worry with bumping into the crib. Why introduce a SIDS risk? Once they are older, you can use a breathable one if needed. At that point, they are moving and repositioning themselves and SIDS risk decreases anyhow. I've never needed one even then because they manage to put limbs over or under and move the bumper anyhow.

JenK1108 · March 2013

We put them in at 5 months to avoid constantly having to go in and get legs and arms unstuck from between the slats. By then he was moving around and he has been fine with them since (he is 12 months now). I didn't see the need before that.

ngarden01 · March 2013

chloeval:
Are crib bumpers still considered to be dangerous ?

yes.

aibrean · March 2013

When they get older they can use them as a step.

vindaloo · March 2013

CarlaAndJames:
Never used them, never missed them. IMO the advantage is 99% cosmetic and that's a silly reason to add a SIDS risk to your nursery.

Agreed! We did, however, use a breathable mesh bumper for a few months when DS was scooting his way around the crib but still too little to figure out how to disentangle if his arm or leg slipped between the crib bars.

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