Cot bumpers

[Pickles31]

Does anyone recommend using these in a cot? Lots of conflicting info online saying not to use them etc so not sure whether to leave or not

No, they are not safe in any form - no matter how well attached or breathable they may be they still pose a strangulation or suffocation risk.

No one recommends them. They are not safe; take them out.

I can't understand why anyone would even risk it if there's any doubt in their mind. It's bloody dangerous.

We had a breathable 'mesh' bumper.

Can you link the conflicting advice? I've never seen anything to indicate the are safe? Or do you mean the fact you can buy them goes against the guidelines?

Breathable mesh ones still pose a strangulation risk.

The American Academy of Pediatrics advise against the mesh ones too, they still post a risk and do not minimise the risk of injury caused by the cot bars.

I would definitely not use a cot bumper. A baby can roll up against it and suffocate.

Some sources say they are unsafe, that is enough for me not to use them. Don't actually see the point in them tbh.

I believe the strangulation risk with the mesh ones are if they are tied on with strings like the old style bumpers? my mesh one was held on by velcro, there was nothing my child could have been strangled with.

I’ve never seen any conflicting advice. The only advice I’ve ever seen is to not use them, ever.

No no no no no. It's absolutely not worth the risk.

Look up Justice for Preston on Facebook (trigger warning, very tragic, heart breaking incident
www.facebook.com/229987167157257/posts/1131699623652669?sfns=mo)

If anyone reads that then still uses bumpers then I would seriously question their parenting.

All bumpers should be banned.

I haven’t bought any yet! My baby is still in his next to me crib in our room, I was just asking for advice on if anyone used them or not as there’s a lot of conflicting info out there on them. From what I have read I wasn’t keen on getting them really to be in the safe side. Thank u

The baby will be feet to foot (of the cot) anyway, so I've never understood bumpers...?

No! Don't get bumpers

I don't know how they are still able to be sold when there's so much evidence against them. Don't take the risk, OP.

@mrsvolethevet once the baby can roll then feet to foot is useless!

You don't need them OP.

When I put my DD in her cot when I pop to the loo or sorting her laundry (shes still in a moses overnight atm) as shes starting to roll over, I find her at 90 degree angle to where I left her with her feet poking through the bars. I thought the mesh breathable bumpers would be a good option to help with this? Otherwise what else can i do to stop this happening?

Airmass

Why do you need to stop it happening? Is she in danger?

Nope. I don’t think anywhere reputable recommends them anymore.

My children slept in all kinds of strange positions in their cots, arms or legs dangling out, curled in one corner etc

@AirMass you don't need to stop her though? If it's only for a few minutes then it doesn't make a difference. Once she is sleeping in there then you can use grobags which will stop baby being able to stick leg through gap (to some extent).
Anyways, even if a limb does get stuck and somehow injures baby, better a broken arm or leg than strangulation or suffocation.

Another no.

@Biancadelrioisback fair point

We used bumpers from ikea which were like a bucket the mattress sits in.

Saved a lot of bumped heads with the amount my dd moves in the night, and keeps the dummies in the cot so easier to find in the middle of the night when they needed replacing!