This just in-- US to ban all drop side cribs

[Knitting Mama]

I cross-posted this in LWB. Thought you mamas might like to read this article. The US Consume Product Safety Commission has voted to ban all drop side cribs.

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[silverspook]

Took 'em long enough.

[snoopy5386]

Well I'm glad we've got ours from when DD1 was an infant. Ours hasn't been recalled and the side that goes up and down uses metal hardware. I have absolutely no doubts about its safety. I'm barely 5 ft tall and there in no way I could put a baby in a non-drop side crib without actually dropping them into the crib.

[laughingfox]

I could be wrong, but I was under the impression that every death involved a drop-side crib with plastic hardware. Why ban the metal-hardware ones, too?

Now shorter parents are going to have to get on a stool to lay their baby down in a crib or get them back out (yeah, that's safe). People won't be able to lower height of the crib mattress when they should; they won't be able to reach down into it if they do, with the high side in the way.

[sew_crafty_girl]

I have a drop side too and can't imagine not being able to drop the side down.

[jenfl]

We're short, too, so our crib has a side where the top quarter or third hinges down. The hinge is built so it can't pinch.

[Knitting Mama]

Yeah, that hinge kind is the kind I would want if I was using our crib. As is our hand me down drop side's great for cats to sleep in, as my Facebook page shows...

[laughingfox]

I forgot about the hinge kind. I've only seen the hinges on antique cribs. Do they still make those?
I guess they'll start again if they stopped.

[crazyeight]

this really sucks. i don't have a crib (not sure if we'll buy one or not) but this just sounds like a huge pita to me. i always had the drop side down so i could get the baby IN the crib!

[Peace+Hope]

good grief. how about banning something that impacts more people, like certain preservatives or chemicals. jeeze.

i wonder what that means for co-sleepers? i'm looking at buying a convertible one. can't tell from their site if they use metal hardware...

[AmyKT]

DDCC -- our crib has a hinge top, and I love it. It works perfectly for my 5'4" frame, and I find it a lot easier to use than a drop gate. It's not an antique -- it's a Baby's Dream crib that we got in 2007. There is absolutely no way I could reach down into a non-adjustable side crib.