Bumper Pads

Bumper pads should never be used in an infant’s crib. New safety standards make the accessory unnecessary. Before our current safety standards were in place, the bars of the crib could be as far apart as the manufacturer wanted. There were no regulations, so a baby could get their head stuck in the crib bars and injury his or herself.

Now, bumper pads are unnecessary. The Consumer Product Safety Commission’s standards now require crib bars to be no further apart than 2 3/8 inches. An easy test is to take a normal can of soda and try to fit it between the bars. If it fits, your crib does not meet the current safety standards.