Is this normal, and more importantly, safe? My baby is pulling himself up in the crib now and chewing on the rail and I find him with paint chips all over his face, and I'm sure he's eating some. I can only guess this is typical, but I would have guess the paint wouldn't come off so easily? Did you have this problem? I guess we could drop the crib one more notch to the last one and hope that he's out of the chew everything stage (it's already pretty hard on my back to put him down now) or get one of those cloth things for it?
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Did it come painted or did you/someone else paint it? Did you buy second-hand? Both of our cribs (even the white one) are stained and sealed in a way that it could never flake off. I'd definitely contact the manufacturer ASAP if you bought new.
ETA: and I have an almost 5 and almost 2 year old, so between the 2 there's been plenty of chewing
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@peachykeen: it was bought brand new
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@PurplePumps: Yea in our experience that would be far from normal, but at least bought new the paint should be considered non-toxic/baby-safe. I'd still contact the manufacturer.
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We got this for our crib railing, not because he was chewing on it but because he would bang his head against it!
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@peachykeen: Thanks! I will definitely do that
@KT326: yikes, ouch! Yeah, that's what I was looking at too. -
Both my kids did this (same crib). For my second I referred to the crib as “pre-chewed.” It was a short lived period where either chewed on the crib and I figured the paint was non-toxic so 🤷♀️
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My son did this as well. It’s nearly 4 now and seems normal so I don’t think it did much harm! We got a wrap to cover it though to minimize paint consumption
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If it makes you feel better, the paint on our crib chipped off the first time LO ever chewed on it. I ended up sewing a cover similar to the one linked above. While I worked on that I made a quick cheap one out of a spare fleece blanket I had lying around. I followed this tutorial: https://heyletsmakestuff.com/crib-rail-cover/
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Good timing on this bc my LO just started doing this and the paint is chipping! It’s a brand new Babyletto crib. I guess I’ll call but am also going to buy one of those covers. I’m not that concerned though-seems like most paint would chip if it was bitten.
ETA: Got this from the babyletto website:
We understand that when babies are teething, they will often chew on anything they can. Rest assured our finishes are non-toxic and will not harm your child. Our cribs meet CPSC (Consumer Product Safety Commission) and ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials) standards, and are lead, phthalate, and formaldehyde safe.
If you would like to avoid your child chewing on their crib, several companies manufacture crib rail protectors that you can purchase.
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Our PBK crib came with little plastic covers over the rails for likely this exact reason. Not sure if there's a commercially available option to buy something similar...
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My DD marked up her crib when she started teething. I put a small blanket draped over it and she never did it again... DS is currently in it and he hasn't chewed yet. I smile when I see DD's little teeth marks ... they grow up so fast
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