Our 7 month old just moved from a pack and play to a crib. Does he need a bumper. If it's a safety issue, I'll get it!!
Crib bumpers, do I need one?
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, Oct 31 2011 01:13 PM
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Posted 04 November 2011 - 07:31 PM
Gotcha.
My daughter has to have one. She crawls in her sleep and bonks her head on the railing, over and over and over until she wakes up crying. We got it on tape. It was actually pretty cute.
She sleeps right through the night now.
My daughter has to have one. She crawls in her sleep and bonks her head on the railing, over and over and over until she wakes up crying. We got it on tape. It was actually pretty cute.
She sleeps right through the night now.
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Posted 04 November 2011 - 11:06 PM
we didn't bother with one for lily. when she was about 9 months old, she got her leg stuck in the crib and cried bloody murder because it scared her. she was fine after we showed her how to get it out of there, and she never did it again.
if you have the money to spare, there are vertical bumpers that are individual and go around each slat of the crib. they're pretty expensive, but are cute and will help with the head bumps and whatnot.
if you have the money to spare, there are vertical bumpers that are individual and go around each slat of the crib. they're pretty expensive, but are cute and will help with the head bumps and whatnot.
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Posted 05 November 2011 - 09:39 PM
we didn't bother with one for lily. when she was about 9 months old, she got her leg stuck in the crib and cried bloody murder because it scared her. she was fine after we showed her how to get it out of there, and she never did it again.
Both Catie & Jess did this WITH bumpers on!!
They never bonked their heads hard enough for those things to matter much
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Posted 06 November 2011 - 01:51 AM
yeah, both my girls are spazzoid sleepers and flail around all night long, but we've yet to get a head bonk bad enough to wake the ginger terror from her slumber. mackenna doesn't even wake up when she falls out of bed. just sleeps in a lump on the floor where she falls and wakes up going "what the??" in the morning. 
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Posted 14 December 2011 - 04:20 PM
Had them for my daughter, the perfect baby, and she basically ignored them.
My son, on the other hand, would take them apart, pile them up, and attempt his escapes that way.
Other times he would just take everything, bumpers, toys, blankets, and throw them on the floor.
They're all different
My son, on the other hand, would take them apart, pile them up, and attempt his escapes that way.
Other times he would just take everything, bumpers, toys, blankets, and throw them on the floor.
They're all different
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Posted 20 December 2011 - 02:11 AM
Babyproofing our house is going to be so much fun.
I wouldn't stress it - every kid is different. With Cate - my oldest - I could've left the house with knives in her lap & an open bottle of bleach & she wouldn't have done anything. Jess on the other hand, we had to bolt furniture to walls and lock down like fort knox!
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Posted 03 July 2012 - 07:23 PM
Oliver got his leg stuck in the slats without them. If you're really paranoid about it, get the breathable ones. I never worried about him suffocating on them. We have a mattress that fits the crib correctly so he wasn't going to get jammed between the mattress and the bumpers. Different strokes for different folks though
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Posted 04 July 2012 - 04:01 PM
user errors makes it hard for others. I wouldn't stress about using a bumper. They make them now so they are pretty attached good with not much slack.
I tried removing my babies only to have her wake up 5 times during the night because she kept bonking on the bars or getting her legs and arms stuck.
I tried removing my babies only to have her wake up 5 times during the night because she kept bonking on the bars or getting her legs and arms stuck.
