Crib Bumpers

CurlyQ284

So SIL mentioned buying crib bumpers today. I told her I thought I heard they were unsafe and that I thought pedis say not to have them. She replied that she had them and she was just fine, then went on to talk about securing them an inch high so baby can breathe if he gets stuck. She said she hadnt made her mind up, but since she came up with this whole way to do bumpers that is "safer" it sounds like she put some thought into this. I googled after the convo and found that crib bumpers are definitely against guidelines. I generally dont like to be pushy or preachy, normally I just keep my mouth shut because SIL and bro do lots of wonky things and its none of my business, nor do I care...but should I make an exception in this case and send her the info I found? Or just leave it alone since I already gave an opinion?

Karma1969

I would leave it alone.  She knows the risks if she's already plotting a way to try to make it safer.

Eddy1

Leave it alone.

On the scale of things that can potentially kill your child crib bumpers are very very low on the list. Not worth it.

melodramatic26

Leave it alone. It's a personal choice.  I don't know of any parent that doesn't know about the risks of bumpers (which isn't much, really).

margotmacomber

I bought some and hung them on the wall.  Tacky to some, but I thought they were cute.  Maybe suggest it.  But in general, I think I would leave it.  People can get very personal about their parenting choices.

CurlyQ284

Ok, I'll leave it alone. Thats my natural inclination anyway but I thought I saw some people on here last week saying they were REALLY bad so I wasnt sure if I should take it further. Thanks!

Fields*of*Gold

We did bumpers once the kids started rolling AND could lift up their head/chest sufficently on their own (6-ish months?)  The only reason we did was b/c they would roll into the side of the crib and wake themselves up.

Both my kids are still alive at 3.5 years and almost 15 months.

Leave it alone.

Fields*of*Gold

Crash Into Me:

You aren't supposed to have any, not eve the breathable ones, but some people are more concerned about hands and feet getting stuck in the slats or the baby bumping its head. We don't have any bumpers.

What exactly are you saying here Crash?  That we're more concerned about our kids hands/feet getting stuck in the slats than say, them suffocating?

You're getting a big f'ing eye roll from me on this, truly. 

Fields*of*Gold

Crash Into Me:

Fields*of*Gold:

Crash Into Me:

You aren't supposed to have any, not eve the breathable ones, but some people are more concerned about hands and feet getting stuck in the slats or the baby bumping its head. We don't have any bumpers.

What exactly are you saying here Crash?  That we're more concerned about our kids hands/feet getting stuck in the slats than say, them suffocating?

You're getting a big f'ing eye roll from me on this, truly. 

Simmah down! I'm saying, that in general, parents put the bumpers up because they don't like to deal with hands & feet getting stuck or heads getting bumped.  

I haven't had to deal with this, there are no bumpers in my house, and I don't see the need to run out and buy any.

You can roll your eyes all you want, but I'm not sure why you are.  I don't really care whether or not anyone uses bumpers. 

So let's say you DID have to deal with it?  Would you have chosen to protect your babies limbs or their airways?

Just curious!