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Lisa w/the pirate twins
hey lisa, i just now saw your question in my nursery post re: the bumpers
yes I do think it is a documented SIDS risk to have bumpers on the crib... we plan to keep the bumpers on there initially but when she starts to roll around we will remove them from the crib. but we figured since (a) she'll be swaddled at the beginning that risk isn't really there until she starts rolling, and (b) it was cheaper to get the whole set vs. all the other pieces w/o the bumper. Brent said that when she is moving around in the crib she can hit her head all she wants on the slats, b/c "that's what her hard skull is for" LOL what a great daddy huh? 
i'm really not sure how much cushioning the breathable bumpers give since they are so thin but you can here is what they look like - link
i also saw the crib bumpers that are like rolls around each slat but we weren't thrilled w/the look of those so that's why we decide we'd just go bumper-less when the time comes
Re: Lisa w/the pirate twins
I've been looking at bedding sets lately (clearly I don't have enough to do) and I'd noticed that it's cheaper to get them as a whole set vs piece by piece, which is part of the reason I was wondering. It does make sense to just remove them when the baby starts rolling...maybe we'll do that!
I read on another board that the quilts are a SIDS risk too - do you know if that's true? It's seems so bizarre that they'd sell bedding that's risky!
the quilt is decorative for us, or we'll be putting it on the floor to lay her down on the floor, we won't be using it in the crib... we'll be using sleep sacks... but basically anything where the baby can wriggle or throw its arms around to where the blanket covers the face is a SIDS risk. so is too much padding/blankets under the baby which is why they don't recommend anything but a bed sheet under the baby.... if you use a blanket they recommend tucking it tightly into the crib and only having it go as high as the armpits I think? that's why the wearable blankets are so much easier
but yeah, the sets are a lot cheaper so it's just easier to do it that way
Jaime & Brent
Oahu, Hawaii | Sept. 9, 2005
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Jaime & Brent
Oahu, Hawaii | Sept. 9, 2005
My Food Blog - Good Eats 'n Sweet Treats
I like the idea of using the quilt on the floor! I've been planning on sleep sacks too, so I was trying to figure out WTF to do with the quilt lol.
You know, it's funny, I originally started out wanting dark wood too - most of the furniture in our house is espresso, since that's the style we're drawn to. But the more nurseries I look at, the more I really love the white furniture...and since I'm slowly drawing together ideas for a blue and light yellow nursery, I think white will give it a cleaner look than a dark wood.