RE: crib damage

March 4, 2005

Hi, welcome. Congratulations!

Unfortunately, I have to share that my daughter's crib has two broken slats

because of the shoes. We didn't put bumpers in until she was 6 months. I

mostly put the bumpers in and kept them in because of the noise when her bar

hit the slats and woke her up. I believe bumpers are removed because of the

fear that the child will use it to climb out. Since she wasn't interested in

climbing out with her shoes on, I left them in until she moved to a bed.

Your message reminded me that I need to see about getting the slats repaired

for our new baby. Since we're adopting from Russia and Russia is redoing

it's adoption procedures, we're not in a hurry, but I do need to get it

fixed. The crib belongs to my sis-in-law and when she gave it to us she made

it clear that she expects it back in the future for her daughter to use.

That's the only problem with borrowing things. You never know what might

happen to them!

We even had car seat strap covers around the bar to try and cushion it. She

did not bang on the slats with her shoes on purpose, either, just when

sleeping. She's a wiggle worm! When she was awake I didn't leave her in her

crib for any amount of time.

For details about our story, please visit our webpage:

Best, Joanne W. mom to Zoe, 3-25-01, right clubfoot brace free since July

2004

treated by Dr. Herzenberg, 3rd doctor

Message: 17

Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2005 00:48:19 -0000

Subject: Baby Cribs

This is kind of off-the-wall and is probably going to be the least of

our concerns but I'm going shopping for a crib for my daughter's

and son-in-law's baby girl due in April. She has been diagnosed (by

ultrasound) as having both feet severly clubbed. How much extra wear

and tear will the crib get with the casts on both legs? Should we go

for something inexpensive and plan to use it just once with this baby

or if we get a really good durable one will it withstand the extra

wear and tear? Our pediatrician happened to mention his daughter was

born with clubfoot and destroyed a crib that a friend had painted and

decorated for them.

....any sugestions ?

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