I got a mesh bumper passed down to me and for the love of heaven can't figure out how to put the thing in the crib! Failure failure failure. Her feet are always between the bars when she's playing in there.
I have real bumpers, but they are ventilated. Like this:
We aren't using them right now, but once he starts hitting the edge of the crib at night, I totally plan to. I am not really worried about suffocation; he can move only his own really well.
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@lynds002 Where did you get those? I'm ISO some now that LO is rolling all over and can easily control his head. Those look great!
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I have real bumpers, but they are ventilated. Like this:
We aren't using them right now, but once he starts hitting the edge of the crib at night, I totally plan to. I am not really worried about suffocation; he can move only his own really well.
We use the mesh bumpers but now she is rolling to the side of the crib and yanking on them...so I am rethinking them. Plus, I can't get them on right either!
I got a mesh bumper passed down to me and for the love of heaven can't figure out how to put the thing in the crib! Failure failure failure. Her feet are always between the bars when she's playing in there.
I am so happy I am not the only one who had a hard time getting them on. DH had to do it and made it look so easy.
We've been using the mesh bumpers for the last two months and they are working out great my LO moves a ton in his sleep and he would put his arm through the bars and than go an move without taking his arm out which was causing him to wake up screaming in the MOTN.
My mom made traditional bumpers which I took off as soon as she left *guilt* but I'm considering putting them back on when I get home from vacation. The ones she made have ties that go around every other post so the fabric is held very securely around the sides of the crib. MIL had a crib set up at her house when we visited with store bought bumpers that only tied at the corners and they were so saggy! I saw them and though "now I get why people say these are dangerous". Mine are way tighter though so I think I'll give them a try.
I currently have traditional bumpers on my crib, but once she starts rolling and really moving around her crib, I'll transition to mesh.
Or at least that's the plan.
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Crib? Actually DS is so used to cosleeping that he doesn't really move around much when he naps in the crib. I've never felt the need for bumpers.
However, I do know they're typically removed around when the crib is fully lowered. Once baby starts standing and then climbing you don't want to give them any footholds to help them figure out how to escape sooner.
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One glitch: cat just figured out how to scale the mesh from the outside of the crib. Time to start shutting the nursery door at night...
I am so happy I am not the only one who had a hard time getting them on. DH had to do it and made it look so easy.
We've been using the mesh bumpers for the last two months and they are working out great my LO moves a ton in his sleep and he would put his arm through the bars and than go an move without taking his arm out which was causing him to wake up screaming in the MOTN.
Or at least that's the plan.
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Proud Mother to baby Kaylee (Stuffed toy playing, Adorable smiling baby and hopeful Rodeo Princess!)
However, I do know they're typically removed around when the crib is fully lowered. Once baby starts standing and then climbing you don't want to give them any footholds to help them figure out how to escape sooner.