Please don t turn us in.
Should i use a 30 year old crib.
Families should not sell or donate a drop side crib even if it has been been fitted with immobilizing hardware.
She was 3 1 2 years old and still in a crib.
I have and still use my drop side crib that we purchased in 2008 and was recalled in 2010.
To view more information from the cpsc about the crib standards that went into effect on june 28 2011 visit their crib information center.
It s a miracle we re still allowed to keep her.
She s almost 4 okay.
The drop side cribs are too easy to put together incorrectly and with natural wear and.
Mobiles can easily entangle or strangle toddlers who are old enough to stand up and grab them.
After more than twenty recalls affecting more than 4 million cribs since 2007 cpsc created mandatory crib safety standards that included a ban on the manufacture of new drop side cribs.
As long as the crib is compels secured and tight you should be fine.
We re parents so we get the appeal.
Just make it a habit of checking on everything once a week or so.
Experts recommend removing crib mobiles by the time a baby is around 4 months old.
Still why can t people use a crib immobilizer kit that will make any drop side crib into a safe stationary sleeping space for baby.
Even mesh or breathable crib bumpers pose a risk of entrapment and strangulation and older kids can use them to help climb out of a crib causing a fall.
If the crib includes a mattress.
The mattress should be firm.
About 30 infant deaths have been attributed to the cribs since 2000 and dozens more deaths are suspected.
The mattress should fit tightly within the crib with no spaces where an infant can get caught and possibly suffocate.
Can i co sleep with my toddler.
If your toddler still has a mobile hanging over his crib you should take it down right away.
I know that more than 30 babies died in the past dozen years from drop side cribs and obviously better standards needed to be enforced.
But somehow the same child who repeatedly flings herself from multistory play structures and cartwheels off couches never once thought to climb out of the crib.
Honestly it makes me feel ill.
They came out with securing brackets to make it safe.