Okay, I need some advice here, or support of my position, or...something. Anyway, I need to talk to y'all about crib bumpers. After our pediatrician recommended that we remove them now that the babies are pulling themselves up to standing, Brian de-frocked the cribs of their bumpers before bedtime last night and we had one very - crappy - night!
I understand the reasoning: that the bumper can give a baby a few inches in their attempts to get out of the crib. Yet, I haven't seen anyone trying yet. In fact, Ethan, still taller than Emmet, is only eyebrow level with the crib rail at this time. They're only 9 mo old for cry-yi-yi. I think it would require superhuman upperbody strength to catapult out.
What seems more important in the middle of the night is what the bumpers help to contain, and that is BINKIES and tiny limbs. I will not try to impress you with the number of times a mother can be pulled out of bed by a set of twins on the first night sans crib bumpers.
I really, REALLY, really, really want to put the bumpers back on tonight, and every night thereafter, until jr high.
Can I?
Did you?
Can I get an Amen?
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
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