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Comprehensive Baby Crib Safety Guidelines
A baby crib is the only place you will ever leave your infant unattended. So you need to make sure it's absolutely safe. We're committed to gathering and publishing the best and most thorough baby ...
www.baby-furniture-guides.com/baby-crib-safety.html
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Upside: Detailed crib buying guide
Downside: No brand-specific information
Berkeley Parents Network: Crib Mattress
* Kolcraft vibrating mattress * Re-using a crib mattress * Recommended brands * New crib mattress = dangerous fumes?
parents.berkeley.edu/advice/sleep/cribmattress.html
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Upside: Summary of user advice on various crib mattress topics
Downside: Some information is Berkeley-area specific
SIDS prevention information
How many times a night do parents check their babies, praying that they will be breathing? How many times a night do I check my babies? None! -- I'm not worried about crib death - not anymore!
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Upside: Excellent detailed information on SIDS prevention and statistics
Downside: Cluttered site design
A Safe Place to Sleep
A Guide to Crib and Mattress Safety When Rose Lineweaver put her 23-month-old son Danny down for a nap in his crib on July 14, 1984, she never imagined she was leaving him in a dangerous place. When ...
www.pregnancytoday.com/articles/sleep-issues/a-safe-place-to-sleep-1816/
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Upside: Good article on understanding cribs safety and what to do
Downside: Article spans several pages
Sudden infant death syndrome - From Wikipedia, the free
encyclopedia Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is a syndrome marked by the symptoms of sudden and unexplained death of an apparently healthy infant aged one month to one year. The term cot death is ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudden_infant_death_syndrome
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Upside: Excellent user-compiled detail including on SIDS including risk factors, statistics, risk reduction and speculated causes
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Simmons Kids recalls 20,000 crib mattresses
Simmons Kids today recalled 20,000 crib mattresses sold under its own brand and Pottery Barn Kids because some are narrower than the minimum width required for cribs and can pose an entrapment ...
blogs.consumerreports.org/safety/2008/06/simmons-recall.html
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Upside: Summary of crib recall from Simmons Kids; helpful additional crib recall links at the bottom of the page
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Why You Absolutely Must Use An Organic Crib Mattress For Your
Baby Organic Mattresses and Your Baby's Health When a woman is pregnant, we say she's "expecting". For soon-to-be mothers, that doesn't just mean she's expecting a baby - she's expecting giggles and ...
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Upside: Advice on using an organic crib mattress
Downside: Unclear source of information
Crib Safety
Selecting your baby’s crib is one of the most important decisions you’ll make as a new parent. Since your child will spend a great deal of time in her crib, you’ll want to be sure it’s safe. Use the ...
www.chp.edu/besafe/hshb/before_crib_safety.php
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Upside: Safety information when buying a crib
Downside: Small font
1 million Simplicity cribs recalled after child deaths
Fri, Sep 21, 2007 (BabyCenter News) — Simplicity has announced a recall of about 1 million cribs in cooperation with the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). It's the largest recall of ...
www.babycenter.com/204_1-million-simplicity-cribs-recalled-after-child-deaths_5214415.bc
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Upside: News article on Simplicity crib recall
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Crib Mattress Bumpers
In your book Child Health Guide it says, "Babies can get trapped between the mattress and bars of a crib, so you must use bumpers on a crib.
www.cure-guide.com/Natural_Health_Newsletter/Crib_Mattress_Bumpers/crib_mattress_bumpers.html
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Upside: Advice on crib bumpers and other crib safety
Downside: Basic site design
