Crib Bumpers or No Crib Bumpers???

use the one you have in there!
My kids all sleep better with one, they like feeling safe in there own area not all exposed in there crib.
Doctors have to tell us they are dangerous because of liability reasons, your son is old enough to be fine and if he does use it to climb out of the crib he'll most likely decide that wasn't too fun landing on his head and not do it again! (I speak from experience)

Good luck, be smart you know your kid better than any doctor does trust yourself, he'll be fine!

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No bumpers, your son could use them to climb out of his crib.

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No crib bumpers. Your child can become entangled in them and even become strangled. I would remove them.

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Honestly I think people can find contraversy with just about anything these days. I think bumbers are practical, when infants and toddlers sleep it prevents them from putting thier feet though the crib rails and hurting themselves or waking up. Plus, my baby likes to half wake up and then opens her eyes and falls right back over and sleeps again. But the bumpers prevent her from hitting her head (usually) If you think you baby has out grown them, remove them. But I think it depends on the age of the child and your preferences.

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At 15 months, he is probably standing in his crib. The bumbers would help him get a leg up and possibly be able to climb out of his crib. If you were using them, i'd remove them once they are standing in their crib.

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I also vote for no crib bumpers- for all ages.

FYI, this is not new advice. 5 years ago when I was pregnant with my first I read that the American Pediatrics Association felt they were unsafe and should not be used. Makes me wonder why they're still made...

J.

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The risk is that a baby can suffocate in them. By 15 months, that is not a risk anymore. The risk for your baby is that he can use it to climb out. Make sure that the ties are tied loose enough that when he steps on it, it slides all the way down. Otherwise, it'll give him a boost.

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With my boys I took the bumpers out when they were 12 months. They never had issues with them, and hadn't ever used them to climb out--that's a new one one me and I've been at this mom thing for 21 years--always new stuff! In fact, they didn't get the monkey urge to climb out until the bumpers were gone. With my daughter, I left them in. Why? She was such a rambunctioius sleeper that she would roll forcefully into the crib sides, waking herself up. She used the bumpers until she was a little over two and then we moved her to a big girl bed. With impending baby #4 (another boy), I bought new bumpers and am very pleased with the "new" design of double ties: ties at the top and the bottom. Much more secure, and unless the kiddo is a Houdini, he'll never be able to wedge himself in between crib bumper and railing. I also tie my bumpers on with a granny knot or a square knot instead of a cutsie bow that's easily undone by little hands.

Basically it's a judgement call. If you think that the bumpers represent a hazard, by all means *take them out*. If your child has had no problems and the bumpers are securely fastened and not loose or sagging, (and if you little guy is a headbanger like mine), leave them in for a little longer. For what it's worth, they also provided a substantial amount of draft protection, too.

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Hi S.,
Here's our experience. When our now 7 year old was just a few months old we decided to put him from a basinett to his crib. It had bumpers. Since his room was upstairs and ours was down, we were worried. I stayed up most of the night listening to the monitor for noises. On this particular night he was silent. Out of fear, I went into his room and found his head trapped between the bumper and the crib railing. The bumper was across his throat. I was freaked out. After that my husband basically tucked in the bumper between the mattress and the rails so that it wouldn't lift up and it still provided a cushion for him when he would move in his sleep. We never had a problem after that. We did this for two children and they are healthy and fine. We finally took them out once our boys started standing up on them to use as a makeshift stool to get out of the crib. Use your own judgement otherwise if you go with someone elses choice and something happens you will blame them. We did what worked for us. Good luck.

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At 15 months you can remove the bumper, but then you have issues with baby loosing things thru the bars. What we ended up doing is getting a new, "breathable" bumper: it's more mesh w/ a bit of padding (but not a lot) that kept things from falling out. The cost was only justified by the fact we were planning on a second child.

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Yes! He is old enough to use it as a step to climb out. For younger babies they are not recommended either as they pose a suffocation hazard when children roll over into them and get stuck. The only reason people use them is to look pretty and to keep arms and legs from getting stuck, but once they're big enough to reach over them with their arms and legs it doesn't do any good for that either. A compromise I've found for my 5mo is the Breathable Baby brand thats mesh, but your son should be way past the point of needing a bumper.

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No bumpers. We never used them and never had a problem.

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