Drop Side Cribs banned

**Red_Lizard2** · 12-16-10, 08:56 PM

Mainly posting this here as I heard about it this morning, and been reading all the hissy fit comments by people, so curious to see if anyone here shared the same opinion.

Government Bans All Drop-Side Cribs - FoxBusiness.com
(yes its fox, story is accurate though)

After years of injuries and deaths, the US Consumer Products Safety Commission voted unanimously Thursday to ban the manufacture, sale and resale of all drop-side cribs, while simultaneously requiring all users to replace their defective cribs by the end of next year.

The move follows some 32 infant deaths and thousands of injuries, and more than nine million recalled cribs, all stemming from a partially detached side rail that creates a gap between the mattress and rail. The small space poses a potential threat for babies and toddlers to get stuck, suffocate, or fall out of the crib.

**jakt** · 12-16-10, 09:04 PM

How about buying a mattress that fits?

**JimboIncinerator** · 12-16-10, 09:15 PM

How about we ban stupid people for putting them together wrong.

**Captain Coors** · 12-16-10, 09:31 PM

eh I dont know you Jimbo so maybe you are speaking from experience but just from my personal fiddling with drop side cribs they feel unsafe no matter how they are put together.

**Alundil** · 12-17-10, 01:16 PM

Originally Posted by jakt

How about buying a mattress that fits?

Seemed to work for Anira & I and all three kiddos. Hmmm....I wonder if it is more to do with the owner of the child and not the maker of the crib....but who knows.

**Consultant** · 12-17-10, 01:52 PM

Originally Posted by Alundil

Seemed to work for Anira & I and all three kiddos. Hmmm....I wonder if it is more to do with the owner of the child and not the maker of the crib....but who knows.

I'm with you, 3 kids in and no injuries or deaths - and they've all used the same crib, that we bought used for the first kid, so God knows how old it is...