crib bumpers

I'm using one that matches my son's bedding. I did what you did with your daughter I tuck everything in nice and tight and double check when I lay him down for naps and bedtime! 

I didn't have a bumper with dd. By the time she had a crib, around 6 months, I started hearing how they can be unsafe. But lets face it, if your kid bumps into the side of the crib it's not necessarily going to wake them. And it certainly won't injure them. Newborns are swaddled anyways, and with the summer, it'll be some time before our newborns will really need a blanket at bedtime anyways. GL I'm due Thursday. Congrats!

I did not and will not because of the SIDS risk. I don't want to add anything else to the crib that could possibly heighten the risk.

Quoting clusterkid:

Quoting JadedFaerie:

We had a cot with really far apart bars, so yes, we got SIDs prevantable/approved ones.

This reminded me of an article that was in our SIDS newsletter a while back ago.

"The FDA has never cleared or approved a baby product to prevent or reduce the risk of SIDS. The Agency is not aware of any scientific studies showing that a medical device prevents or reduces the risk of SIDS.

Examples of common over-the-counter baby products with unproven claims to prevent or reduce the risk of SIDS include:

• baby monitors,
• mattresses,
• crib tents,
• pillows,
• crib bedding, including bumpers and blankets, and
• infant positioners.

http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/ProductsandMedicalProcedures/SIDSPreventionClaims/default.htm

Sorry, I'm not in America. Things are different here.

I have 4 children (youngest being 3wks old) and the only one that didn't use crib bumpers was my oldest, and that's only because she didn't sleep in a crib (slept in a bassinet then we co-slept till she was 1.5). 

All I was saying was that your reply reminded me of that article, wasn't trying to say anything else sorry if it came across that way.

Quoting JadedFaerie:

Quoting clusterkid:

Quoting JadedFaerie:

We had a cot with really far apart bars, so yes, we got SIDs prevantable/approved ones.

This reminded me of an article that was in our SIDS newsletter a while back ago.

"The FDA has never cleared or approved a baby product to prevent or reduce the risk of SIDS. The Agency is not aware of any scientific studies showing that a medical device prevents or reduces the risk of SIDS.

Examples of common over-the-counter baby products with unproven claims to prevent or reduce the risk of SIDS include:

• baby monitors,
• mattresses,
• crib tents,
• pillows,
• crib bedding, including bumpers and blankets, and
• infant positioners.

http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/ProductsandMedicalProcedures/SIDSPreventionClaims/default.htm

Sorry, I'm not in America. Things are different here.

All good! Here, if you false advertise you are f*cked

Quoting clusterkid:

All I was saying was that your reply reminded me of that article, wasn't trying to say anything else sorry if it came across that way.

Quoting JadedFaerie:

Quoting clusterkid:

Quoting JadedFaerie:

We had a cot with really far apart bars, so yes, we got SIDs prevantable/approved ones.

This reminded me of an article that was in our SIDS newsletter a while back ago.

"The FDA has never cleared or approved a baby product to prevent or reduce the risk of SIDS. The Agency is not aware of any scientific studies showing that a medical device prevents or reduces the risk of SIDS.

Examples of common over-the-counter baby products with unproven claims to prevent or reduce the risk of SIDS include:

• baby monitors,
• mattresses,
• crib tents,
• pillows,
• crib bedding, including bumpers and blankets, and
• infant positioners.

http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/ProductsandMedicalProcedures/SIDSPreventionClaims/default.htm

Sorry, I'm not in America. Things are different here.

I use breathable bumpers. I have caught my son with his face against them and was so glad I had the breathable kind. They are a bit more expensive but 100% safe and they keep him from getting caught in the bars.

Also my sons bed has no blankets or pillow. Only a fitted sheet on a mattress. Now he has a stuffed elephant but that did not get put with him until 9 months. As recommended by his pediatrician