Above the crib decorations

LOTON01 · January 2017

anyone else planning on hanging decorations on the wall above the crib? Everything I'm reading says it's fine. However, I still have some FTM worries of things falling into the crib.

ladylolly89 · January 2017

We have a big framed map of the world hanging above the crib. It's high enough that 9 month DS can't reach it, especially when we lower the crib mattress even more. It is hung fairly securely so we aren't worried about it.

shmarpler · January 2017

I have stuff hanging over DD's crib. Just put it high enough so it cannot be grabbed when baby starts pulling up on the crib rails.

fionalouise007 · January 2017

I couldn't bring myself to do it with my first, but I know lots of people do it and if you're comfortable with it and it is secured really well then go for it. I wouldn't have slept properly thinking a frame could fall on my baby, I'd be so paranoid!

awillis13 · January 2017

I used a wall decal as decorations over the crib. Wall gets decorated, nothing to fall down. Win/win. :-)

michaela0704 · January 2017

I did super light weight embroidery hoops with fabric for my twins, placed high enough not to be grabbed. I'd personally be a little worried to put anything heavy above the crib... I'm that way our DH and I's bed as well...

erinh84 · January 2017

I also used wall decals above the crib for DS. If you're really paranoid, it's a good way to go.

alm52386 · January 2017

I have some decorative square things that are made out of fabric so even if they did fall it wouldn't be a big deal. This is part of the reason I'm putting the pack n play where I am instead of in another location in our room! I already have some floating shelves on the wall and I didn't want to have to take them down! haha I will have those above the changing table but since the baby won't ever be on the changing table alone I feel like it is okay.

lovesclimbing · January 2017

Do you worry about light fixtures falling down? Photos and decor falling off the walls in the rest of your house?

As long as you hang it correctly, there should be no issues.

michaela0704 · January 2017

@lovesclimbing I've had friends, family, and even my own home have items fall... even when mounted/hung appropriately. I don't worry about light fixtures but I don't hang heavy artwork or items above beds in any room... after seeing a failed molly bolt and appropriate anchors for a large mirror give out, I'm just paranoid.

alm52386 · January 2017

There's a quary nearby and a few times a month they must use dynamite and the entire apartment shakes. Nothing has fallen, yet, but I wouldn't want anything on shelves above baby that could cause harm if it fell.

delujm0 · January 2017

I have wall decals above the crib. Safe and easy.

Even if something is properly mounted, when the baby figures out how to stand and climb it could potentially reach and pull something down. I'm not as worried about stuff randomly falling as I would be about an unknowing kid pulling it down...which is why a vast majority of our heavy furniture is mounted to the wall.

BellaO21 · January 2017

We are planning on doing something similar above her crib, but those frames and letters from Michaels are super light weight.
I've never had anything fall off my walls but I'm not comfortable with anything heavy hanging where it could possibly hit my infants head.

Xath · January 2017

The only time something fell off of a wall/shelf of our house was in the great Virginia quake of '11. That said, we just do wall decals above/around the crib. I never saw a need to create that level of enticement for my kids.

krex-2 · January 2017

We currently have a Dr. Seuss print above the crib. It's a stretched canvas type print from Target. However, I'm thinking about either adding something or changing it, because it looks tiny in the space. I also plan on hanging a mobile over the crib, using a hook hanging out from the wall.

mombod · January 2017

For DS we hung a banner but it was fabric and far out of reach.

LOTON01 · January 2017

@lovesclimbing I laughed out loud at your response. No nothing has ever fallen off my walls before. I thought it was no biggie and than someone mentioned it to me and I freaked.

onaed · January 2017

As long as they can't reach it when standing in the crib you should be fine (they will try). Otherwise decals are a good solution.

JessyKV · January 2017

lovesclimbing said:

Do you worry about light fixtures falling down? Photos and decor falling off the walls in the rest of your house?

As long as you hang it correctly, there should be no issues.

Our last house was a new model home. The light fixture in my DD's room fell twice. My DH kept checking all the screws and securing it as tightly as possible. It never fell again after that but I was always super paranoid about it falling. Thankfully she wasn't in her room when it happened and it's in the middle of the room, not right over her bed.

I would probably be nervous to hang anything too big and heavy right above a crib. I think I would go for lighter weight canvases or a banner. But I'm not much of a decorater as it is so I didn't hang anything over my first two kiddos cribs.

LAMCH1980 · January 2017

I worry more about the nails. My ds would shake his crib and rattle it into the wall. If something fell, even if it were light, I would worry he could get the nails in his mouth. He's a thrower too... He chucks stuff up at the things on the wall to knock it down and inspect it. Dd never bothered any of it. DS is on lockdown.

Kylieslip24 · January 2017

That's what we did over dds crib @BellaO21 it was really lightweight and we never had a problem until she go older and figured out how to take the dot off her "i" lol we ended up switching it around so it's over her dresser. Now the cats stole it and we can't find it. Lol I recommend capital letters!

ellie111227 · January 2017

I'm on team wall decals. Dd has silhouetted birch trees and birds all along one wall leading up to the corner her crib is in. I put three of the little flying birds that were part of the set above her crib, so it takes the design around the corner. She has a canvas art print above her changing table and a clock above the an arm chair, but she is obviously not spending time in those places alone like she is in her crib. I have been looking for a decal that can go above the crib in the new nursery that will go along with the mountains i am painting on one wall. I'm thinking maybe a moose or a bear or something.

anitamargarita_82 · January 2017

I think this is what I'm going to do. I don't know why this is in bold

WorkingOnMyNightCheese · January 2017

My thought when someone thinks things will spontaneously fall off the walls:

Also, as a former gallery manager, if it's hung properly, short of a major earthquake, it won't fall down. If I can hang a 150lb peice of steel on a wall and have it not come out, I think a framed print will be okay!

ellie111227 · January 2017

@WorkingOnMyNightCheese I get this, but I do think circumstances differ. For example, I live about 30 yards from a train track, so things are constantly vibrating and loosening up. I have had things spontaneously fall off of shelves, so that makes me a little nervous. I'm sure some of these ladies live in areas where earthquakes happen. Also, as someone who has never been a gallery manager, I am not 100% confident in my ability to hang heavy things adequately :-)

I don't think hanging decorations above the crib is necessarily a bad idea, it's just for me.

WorkingOnMyNightCheese · January 2017

ellie111227 said:

@WorkingOnMyNightCheese I get this, but I do think circumstances differ. For example, I live about 30 yards from a train track, so things are constantly vibrating and loosening up. I have had things spontaneously fall off of shelves, so that makes me a little nervous. I'm sure some of these ladies live in areas where earthquakes happen. Also, as someone who has never been a gallery manager, I am not 100% confident in my ability to hang heavy things adequately :-)

I don't think hanging decorations above the crib is necessarily a bad idea, it's just for me.

I think, much like with so many things in parenting, we each just do what we believe is best and are comfortable based on the circumstances and information we have. If I was in your situation and had that experience, I wouldn't hang things above the crib either!

DewyK · February 2017

This is what we have above our daughter's crib!

Ahutch428 · February 2017

@Wearmi1 That is gorgeous! We are doing something similar!

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