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PSA: Drop Side Cribs to go Nite Nite.... - cbelt3 - 07-15-2010
CNN discusses new standards for cribs
Synopsis:
Drop side cribs... BANNED.
Changes to design and mattress support.
Old Models ? Can't even (legally) sell or donate 'em. Firewood. We turned one of ours into dog gates.
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Yikes. Of course the Baby Furniture companies are cheering !
Re: PSA: Drop Side Cribs to go Nite Nite.... - 3d - 07-15-2010
Dang... i guess my electric guillotine pooh bear crib is the next to be banned. Sheesh!
Re: PSA: Drop Side Cribs to go Nite Nite.... - rz - 07-15-2010
We've had a drop-side crib with our son, who is now 2. Have had no issues with it. However, he doesn't move around much when he's in it, and has never even tried to climb out of it, even though he's big enough to do so if he really wanted (like the kid down the street who apparently has climbed out of his crib repeated since the age of about 12 months).
The problem is, as the article states, poor wood quality and dangerous gaps. Our crib has neither of these problems. They also state that with one model, the problems can be due to hardware that is "assembled incorrectly". Not much chance of that with two engineers as parents...
Re: PSA: Drop Side Cribs to go Nite Nite.... - kj4btkljv - 07-15-2010
rz wrote:
Not much chance of that with two engineers as parents...
What does driving trains have to do with putting together cribs? Geesh...
Jeff
Re: PSA: Drop Side Cribs to go Nite Nite.... - mikebw - 07-15-2010
If babies can't survive poorly engineered cribs how can we expect them to make it in the real world!?!
Re: PSA: Drop Side Cribs to go Nite Nite.... - JoeH - 07-15-2010
rz wrote:
Not much chance of that with two engineers as parents...
Mechanic friend of mine used to make lots of money fixing cars for engineers who did their own work. Same for other friends in the trades. As for myself, I worked 20 years doing computer support in an Engineering College. A few of the faculty were competent to follow assembly instructions correctly, most were not. So, I would not use just having two engineer parents as being much of a good point...
P.S. I have also known engineers good outside their expertise and able to repair and build many things properly. An example is my father. He learned carpentry from my grandfather and electronics/electrical workfrom the Army. He was also a source of many tales of repairs, etc. gone wrong among his engineer colleagues attempting DIY.
Re: PSA: Drop Side Cribs to go Nite Nite.... - $tevie - 07-15-2010
So where's the outrage? It seems as if everyone can sh!t bricks about an iPhone dropping signals they could work up at least a teeny bit of disgruntlement over a product that killed 36 children in the last three years.
Re: PSA: Drop Side Cribs to go Nite Nite.... - mattkime - 07-15-2010
WHERE AM I GOING TO SLEEP??
Re: PSA: Drop Side Cribs to go Nite Nite.... - freeradical - 07-15-2010
Follow the money...
"But crib retailers and crib manufacturers will see a spike in demand for new cribs"
Re: PSA: Drop Side Cribs to go Nite Nite.... - cbelt3 - 07-15-2010
$tevie wrote:
So where's the outrage? It seems as if everyone can sh!t bricks about an iPhone dropping signals they could work up at least a teeny bit of disgruntlement over a product that killed 36 children in the last three years.
Because most of us slept in these selfsame cribs, or even more poorly constructed devices. And the 'what worked for me should work for my kids' is the most common parental thought process for parents.
Except for those damn cloth diapers. I'm VERY grateful for disposable diapers. I spent too much of my pre-teen and teen years changing cloth diapers on my baby sisters. Eww.....