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Know the Facts! Top Ten Reasons Not to Use Traditional Bumpers

Wednesday, June 24, 2009 3:02:01 PM CDT

So are you confused about the traditional crib bumper? Are you considering using one or not using one? What’s the alternative? Why is there such a mixed message about this issue? Let’s start with the facts.

Health Canada does not recommend the use of bumper pads in cribs because they pose an entanglement, entrapment, strangulation, and suffocation hazard to infants. The Canadian Pediatric Society, the Canadian Institute of Child Health, and the Canadian Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths have also issued statements advising against the use of traditional bumper pads.

The AAP, First Candle and CPSC recommend removing all soft bedding and other soft items from the crib when baby goes to sleep. This includes blankets, quilts, comforters, pillows and stuffed toys. Soft or pillow-like bumper pads should not be used.

Every crib and crib bumper manufacturer is obligated to attach warning signs to their products indicating that traditional bumpers be removed once the baby can pull itself up, thus rendering the product totally useless.

The fact is traditional bumpers are dangerous and we need to get the word out that there are alternatives. Study upon study will tell you this, but you don’t even have to dig that deep. Just google crib bumper and the first link on the first page asks Crib Bumper Safety Alert - Are Crib Bumper Pads Safe?.

As parents, our job is to create a safe environment for our children to grow and thrive. We educate ourselves about everything relating to babies when we learn we are pregnant, but still so many moms are unaware or confused about this issue. What can you do?? The Wonder Bumpers are the smart alternative. Vertical bumpers create a safe sleep environment for your baby and can be used the entire time your baby is in his crib – that could be as long as 3 years!

So the choice is yours, just know the facts!

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