Your crib, the only place you'll ever leave the baby alone and unattended, so important to ensure it is completely safe to be.
This article lists a very wide range of safety guidelines of the Consumer Products Safety Commission, along with children's products collected Manufacturing Association:
Size crib for the control:
- He raised a minimum of 26 "between the rails of the crib mattress and the top of the child.
- Not less than 9 "between the bottom rails of the crib mattress and the top of the child
- The maximum distance between two fins is 8.3 "If you switch from 12 oz can of soda, are among the blades, are really too far away ..
Mattress support:
- End plates should extend completely under the mattress when it reaches the lowest position.
- Hooks mattress support must be sure and check all points above the bottom of the crib.
- Metalare preferred over wood because it is better for young children who put up and down like jumping in the crib.
Entanglement Prevention:
A lot of teens and children are seriously injured, as they are intertwined, so make sure that there are no decorative cutouts in the head cradle or foot boards. Despite the fact that buttons and other decorations and crafts crib crib look pretty, they can be dangerous, so there is no need to be a crib from them. If the crib has corner posts, aremust not exceed 1 / 16 "on the end plates.
The stability of the crib
Ensuring the crib is completely calm and never any doubts. If the crib has wheels (wheels), that at least two of them should be a lock, so that the crib does not move more if you like to go dead. Newer cribs usually only a drop of side members, which will more than double drop side rails preferred.
Cassone Member mechanisms
The drop-side mechanism (latch), two independent measurements necessaryfree locking mechanism. The alternative is to ask for no less than 10 pounds of force to free the lock. If the crib has a knee bar to unlock, you wish to ensure dead you can not let go, when to crawl under the crib.
Other hazards crib:
- All plates are fixed to be in place.
- Not to splinters of wood, split, or sharp edges, nails, screws or brackets and found no paint chipping or other building.
- Each crib has mesh less than ", to be sureattached to the top, sides and bottom. No holes, tears or loose threads.
Mattress:
- The mattress is needed to be a comfortable fit and an inch or less space between the edge of the mattress and the sides of the crib.
- The mattress should be laid with square corners.
- The mattress must be fireproof. New mattresses must be flame-retardant standards, but many will not be as old mattresses.
Other security issues:
SituateManger at least 3 "from tents, ropes, streamers and wall decorations dissolved. String using ropes or cables do not always keep something in the crib. Infants and young children can and will be free to object, to get their attention so that the hooks It is not necessary to be able to run something to pull on them or enter into any decor.
Safety note:
Most people ignore the product registration card, but it is especially important for the return of those that come with the crib (andEvery child products) because you will be notified if there are product safety recalls.
It 'better to never use a second-hand crib, even if it is a family heirloom, probably because they do not meet current safety standards. In addition to risk, including older cribs may contain toxic chemicals or lead-based paint.
