Use the form below to get in contact with Nancy. Use the form below to get in contact with Natalija. This includes bumper pads, sleep positioners, pillows, blankets, comforters, and stuffed toys. Soft bedding can pose an unnecessary suffocation hazard to children, as well as limit fresh air causing a potentially fatal buildup of exhaled air carbon dioxide that when re-breathed is one of the leading cause of SIDS.
Crib bumpers, or bumper pads are not safe for infants. They can pose suffocation, strangulation, and choking hazards. Additionally, bumpers have been recalled because the strings used to attach them to the crib can pose a strangulation hazard, or detach and pose a choking hazard.
Between and , the CPSC reported fatal and non-fatal incidents involving bumper pads. Share on Pinterest. What are crib bumpers? Why are crib bumpers unsafe? Are newer crib bumpers safe? Are breathable bumpers better?
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BreathableBaby offers some whimsical patterns to jazz up your baby's nursery. Gift Ideas. Type keyword s to search. Today's Top Stories. Breathable Baby. Edward Kulich, The Baby Sleep Doctor , says crib bumpers should "absolutely not" be available to consumers, and he gave us three reasons why he recommends parents keep crib bumpers far away from, well, the crib: Until about 3 to 4 months old, babies don't roll, and it's unlikely an infant would generate enough force to be injured.
Before 4 to 9 months old, babies can roll face-first into a crib bumper — the equivalent of using a pillow. There's certainly a theoretical risk of suffocation. After 9 to 10 months old, most infants can pull themselves to a standing position and use the crib bumper as a step to fall out of the crib. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below.
JujuAndJake etsy. We went to a friends house recently and she has a 2 yr old and doesnt have bumpers in her crib. He was just looking around the room. We however, are still using ours and probably will for a lot longer. We used it with our DD until she was 18 months! It's my understanding that you need to remove the bumpers when your LO begins to pull up on them. People remove them so that the child doesn't pull up and climb on them, and topple out of the crib.
I did catch her pulling on them from a hands and knees position and we lowered her mattress this weekend. I removed the bumpers when he was a few months old. He was moving around the crib a lot, and I walked into his room too many times with his face pressed into them. I went to the dr today and she said I should take out the bumper as soon as DS can begin to stand up so that he can't use the bumper for leverage.
I don't know if I will though.
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