https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 17 May 2026 22:57:07 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-actually-use-a-crib-bumper#post-177547 Sun, 03 Jun 2012 18:26:05 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 177547@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, using a crib bumper. I'd rather have a crib bumper, than have her waking herself up by bonking her head or having a limb accidentally hang out. We started using the bumper when she was able to start rolling over both ways regularly... so I think around 5 months. I felt safe enough to do it at that age because she can lift her head and had control of her movements so the risk of suffocation seemed very unlikely to me. She's 17-months now and the bumper is still there! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-actually-use-a-crib-bumper#post-177546 Sun, 03 Jun 2012 18:22:38 +0000 StbHisMrs 177546@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've used them from day 1, she's a week shy if 8 months. My husband also covers her up with a crocheted blanket. I was nervous at first, but she seems to do just fine and can mover herself around pretty well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-actually-use-a-crib-bumper#post-177444 Sun, 03 Jun 2012 14:30:14 +0000 erwoo 177444@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Breathable bumpers are great. I think it's helped preventing arms/legs getting stuck between the slats. Although, even with it he's managed to get it stuck a couple of times when he was just playing around in his crib and not sleeping. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-actually-use-a-crib-bumper#post-177443 Sun, 03 Jun 2012 14:25:38 +0000 Mrs. Pen 177443@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@zippylef: ooh really? well I didn't read the article that closely, I just remember seeing a number around 50 or something. thanks for correcting it :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-actually-use-a-crib-bumper#post-177384 Sun, 03 Jun 2012 10:57:25 +0000 loveisstrange 177384@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Coco Bee: There have been 26 deaths that they say may have been attributed to bumpers over the span of 20 years from 1985-2005. There haven't even been 50, let alone 50 in one year.</p> <p>We use a regular bumper. I feel like we're more likely to have a problem with her rolling and hitting herself or getting stuck than her suffocating. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-actually-use-a-crib-bumper#post-177364 Sun, 03 Jun 2012 09:53:48 +0000 pastemoo 177364@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I use the regular bumper (since the day we brought him home--he's 13 days old now), and we got a motion sensor monitor so if he stops breathing, the monitor will beep and we'll move him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-actually-use-a-crib-bumper#post-177355 Sun, 03 Jun 2012 09:48:43 +0000 looch 177355@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@enjollah: we still use it, at almost 18 months. My son always sleeps with his head and back right against the crib rails and I feel comfortable that he's not going to be stuck underneath it. I would make the same decision knowing the AAP recs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-actually-use-a-crib-bumper#post-177345 Sun, 03 Jun 2012 09:33:00 +0000 mynoahbear 177345@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I use the breathable bumpers. I have to because LO is ALL OVER the crib at night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-actually-use-a-crib-bumper#post-177340 Sun, 03 Jun 2012 09:16:32 +0000 Mrs. Superhero 177340@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I said I wouldn't use them, then she woke up screaming at 6 months with her leg caught in the slats. So we used them from 6 months to a year. I decided to go with them as the SIDs risk is so much lower by that point. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-actually-use-a-crib-bumper#post-177317 Sun, 03 Jun 2012 08:33:07 +0000 Mrs. Pen 177317@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pastemoo: The AAP came out against them saying that there have been too many infant deaths associated with crib bumpers. Many babies have lodged their faces up to the side/corner of the crib pressed into the bumper and suffocated themselves, or they get strangled by the bumper ties. It wasn't very many deaths though, a little over 50 in one year? But still, it sounds scary. I suppose if you use a less padded one it might be a little better, or ones without ties. I was looking into the breathable bumper, but I suppose I will wait and see how LO does without a bumper first, as the AAP is against any type of bumper, or anything in the crib at all for the first 6 months.</p> <p>But like you said, many reallife moms do use bumpers and are fine. It just scared me enough that I won't be using them personally. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-actually-use-a-crib-bumper#post-177316 Sun, 03 Jun 2012 08:33:04 +0000 Sammyfab 177316@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't have one now but will definitely invest in one when we wean from the swaddle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-actually-use-a-crib-bumper#post-177306 Sun, 03 Jun 2012 07:58:40 +0000 Rubies 177306@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@enjollah: LO is now 10 months old and just a couple of weeks ago I removed the last side of bumpers (I had been eliminating one side at a time). I had to remove them because when LO woke up from her sleeping, she'd get up and play by herself but learned to climb ON the bumpers for leverage, which is obviously unsafe. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-actually-use-a-crib-bumper#post-177266 Sun, 03 Jun 2012 04:23:44 +0000 enjollah 177266@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: I know this post was from awhile ago but how has it been using the cushioned bumpers? My LO has started banging his head against the crib and I am contemplating getting a bumper... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-actually-use-a-crib-bumper#post-101185 Sun, 25 Mar 2012 02:38:33 +0000 pastemoo 101185@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am very curious about this. Everyone online says how unsafe bumpers are, but all the "reallife" moms I know say the bumpers are necessary because of how bad it can be when baby/toddler gets stuck in the slats.</p> <p>So... what exactly makes the bumper unsafe, and what can I do to make the bumper I use a safe one? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-actually-use-a-crib-bumper#post-87548 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 13:32:20 +0000 mrs. wagon 87548@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>breathable bumper from day 1... works great and he can't use it as a stepping tool to try and climb out! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-actually-use-a-crib-bumper#post-87543 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 13:30:34 +0000 tequiero21 87543@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i bought a crib sheet set that has a bumper. i plan to use it from the beginning. MAYBE when they start moving, i'll downgrade to a mesh bumper. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-actually-use-a-crib-bumper#post-86778 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 03:05:19 +0000 looch 86778@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I put it on the crib when he was rolling and out of the swaddle. The breathable one didn't work for us, because he still bangs his head on the crib. It's not so much the slats as the banging head that causes us sleeping problems. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-actually-use-a-crib-bumper#post-86688 Sun, 04 Mar 2012 20:18:42 +0000 venice4504 86688@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We use rolled up blankets (currently the A&amp;A swaddle ones) since he loves to bang his head on the walls when sleeping. Our crib was hand-made so the off the shelf bumpers don't fit right.</p> <p>If she's hitting though you may want to look at a cushioned bumper of sorts. I have looked at the breathable ones and they are not at all cushiony. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-actually-use-a-crib-bumper#post-86683 Sun, 04 Mar 2012 20:13:39 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 86683@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes we did. It became handy come 6 months but removed it at about 14 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-actually-use-a-crib-bumper#post-86674 Sun, 04 Mar 2012 19:59:25 +0000 Sweet T 86674@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a breathable bumper. We've been using it since he was 4 and a half months old and we stopped swaddling. We tried to put LO in the crib without it and he immediately rolled over and got his arm stuck in between the slats. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-actually-use-a-crib-bumper#post-86663 Sun, 04 Mar 2012 19:28:59 +0000 chopsuey 86663@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>OMg that's so sad! :( Once M started rolling around she would wake because she'd bump her head against the wall. I ended up padding the walls with cushions. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-actually-use-a-crib-bumper#post-86655 Sun, 04 Mar 2012 18:57:49 +0000 heffalump 86655@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've always had the breathable bumper on. When she wakes up she rolls onto her tummy and is always bumping her head against the crib, so I'm glad it's on there to help soften it up a bit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-actually-use-a-crib-bumper#post-86650 Sun, 04 Mar 2012 18:48:16 +0000 Crisark 86650@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used a bumper with both my girls. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-actually-use-a-crib-bumper#post-86649 Sun, 04 Mar 2012 18:47:48 +0000 Andrea 86649@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes I have always had a breathable bumper. I tried taking it off once and her leg got stuck in between the railings and she woke up so I have just left it on. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-actually-use-a-crib-bumper#post-86642 Sun, 04 Mar 2012 18:39:36 +0000 Rubies 86642@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 7 months old and we never used a crib bumper but now I'm thinking we might need to. In her sleep, I guess she moves around a lot because she'll wake up screaming because she has managed to jam her self into the corner of her crib with her head pressing against the slats and one of her limbs hanging out, and she can't get herself out.</p> <p>Does anyone here use a crib bumper? What age did you start? </p>