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When are they going to stop making crib bumpers? American Academy of Pediatrics doesn't recommend their use as they increase of risk of SIDS associated with lack of air circulation. Unless you have a crib with slats that are a feet apart, there is no benefit to using a bumper, only dangers.

joebelt, I was about to post the very same question. Why do manufacturers and designers keep making bumpers when both Canadian and American doctors advise strongly against them? It's bordering on outrageous.

At $400.00 a set does it guarantee your baby will sleep the whole night through. I was lucky enough to find 2 Nursery Works bedding sets at the Salvation Army for $6.00 a piece. They were still in original packaging and had never been used. I don't find them to be any better quality than the Target bedding I already had.

...why does AT not refrain from promoting dangerous products??

yeah, I've bugged you about this before, and you said that you were going to have a discussion with Maxwell about such a policy...well??

Really ohdeedoh, after the latest report on deaths linked to bedding, your support for this sort of crib bedding is getting harder and harder to take....

Here's the news item:

U.S. issues reminder to avoid soft bedding in baby cribs
Last Updated: Thursday, February 28, 2008 | 10:32 AM ET

CBC News

Parents are being warned anew about the dangers of soft bedding in their baby's crib after a new study counted 97 crib-related deaths in the United States from 2002 to 2004.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission issued its alert Thursday after an analysis found about half of the deaths were in cribs containing pillows, quilts and other bedding.

Half of those deaths in turn were due to suffocation when infants rotated face down on pillows or face down in a crib with pillows, quilts and other bedding.

Thirty per cent of crib deaths were because the baby got trapped between components of old cribs that were in bad condition, with broken or missing parts or loose hardware.

The remainder were associated with accessories in and around the crib such as window cords or curtain tie-backs, falls out of cribs, alterations made to cribs, or entrapment when a baby became wedged between a crib and other furniture or a wall.

The safety commission urged parents to remember to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome and suffocation by placing their baby to sleep on his or her back in a crib that meets safety standards, and to never use a pillow as a mattress for their baby or to prop their baby's head or neck.

Crib safety information from Health Canada (must reads for new parents and parents to-be):

http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/alt_formats/hecs-sesc/pdf/pubs/cons/crib-lits/crib_safety-securite_lits_e.pdf

http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/alt_formats/hecs-sesc/pdf/legislation/pol/policy_statement_bumper_pads.pdf

Thanks for the link to the well-reasoned Canadian standard. Happily bumber free here. Actually, my son loves the slats on his crib. He uses them to keep himself on his side.

Horrible crib sets aside, does any one else think that this cute print looks like a rip-off from a cute Zutano print. They have a polka dot print that is almost identical.