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What if you secured them to the wall on all four sides, kind of like how restaurants do? (I'm describing this badly, I'm sorry.)

Or like this:
http://www.cityofdearborn.org/departments/fire/emergencydocs/picture-frames.htm

My husband is a musician and we have a recording studio in our basement, while everything is sound-proofed you still can get the vibrations of the bass every once in a while. We secure larger pieces of art to the wall by screw 2 sides in and then painting the screw to match the frame. They never budge and you cannot tell that they are screwed in.

Not sure - but dying to know where that crib and rocker are from!

We have three paintings (done by our son's cousins) hung over the crib. My husband screwed them into the wall, filled the holes, and painted the fill marks. We didn't use the glass in the frames.

Here is a pic http://thefeltmouse.blogspot.com/2008/11/2-weeks-to-go.html

you could do as others have suggested, screwing them into the wall.. and in place of glass you could use plexi glass. its lighter and will take its fair share of beating once your lil one gets tall enough to reach the art.

My husband is a contractor and he says the best way would be to screw it directly thru the frame and into the wall. I think the suggestion of using plexi glass is a really good idea as well.
Off topic, but I love the fabric on your crib skirt. I'd love to know where you found it if you are willing to let me know.

I have a baby too, and I've mounted my antique frame collection with these 3M picture hanging strips.

http://www.amazon.com/3M-Command-17201-Picture-Hanging/dp/B0014CVB8I/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&s=hi&qid=1240369168&sr=1-12

I got them at Target. They are like plastic Velcro, and if you put four of them on, you can't budge the frame, and yet it releases from the wall (and the frame) without damage when you want it to. Just today, my baby was jumping on the bed and trying to pull a frame off the wall, and she couldn't. I really think a human could hang on the frame without it coming off.

I won't have a crib to hang art over for a few more months, but my husband and I live in LA and have had three frames over the head of our bed for about 3 years now. We hang the tops like we always do, then use Quake Hold (museum putty) on the bottom two corners. They don't budge. We use this same technique in places where frames might be bumped or the slamming of a door might knock them down. No problems!

http://quakehold.com/collectibles.html

I, too love the 3M Command Adhesive products (of various sorts) but we recently had one pull completely off the wall and pulled a chunk of paint with it. The frame wasn't even very big or heavy. Otherwise, we've really liked them; I'm not sure why that happened. So I would be nervous about hanging things above the crib that way. I'd go with screws, as others have suggested. In places where I'm trying to eliminate things from moving around (like when I arranged 6 frames in a precise grid pattern), I've used Museum Putty on the corners. (Oh, and I see that's been suggested, too.)