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Canada 02 · 09-12-2011, 01:48 PM

bump

my wife is 6 months pregnant with our first. Plenty of good info in this thread, but I have a question not yet answered here.

We are trying to get as much used stuff from friends and family to save money.

We got a used crib from a friend, which has drop-sides. Apparently, all drop-side cribs are now banned for safety issues. However, after assembling the crib, I don't see any obvious way the drop-sides can fail.

Anyone have experience with drop-side cribs? Do you find lowering the side of the crib to be a useful feature? If not, I don't think it would be to hard to rig something together to prevent the sides from ever dropping, accidentally or otherwise.

We also got a used traveler system (car seat and stroller). The previous owner has a one year old who has outgrown the weight limit, so kindly gave it to us. The baby class at our hospital recommended to never use a used car seat, but I think that a bit extreme. The car seat has an expiration date for 3 years from now. It also hasn't been recalled. Thoughts? I think it's safe to use, but maybe there are issues I haven't thought of.

Other opinions:
1. glass bottles vs plastic,
2. cloth diapers vs disposable,
3. Bob jogging strollers look amazing, but will you realistically have time or even want to go jogging when you have a baby?
4. what are must haves for the baby versus frivolous stuff that looks cool, but is really a waste of money? Play yard, bassinet, baby monitor, etc
5. is lamaze class helpful?

tia

09-12-2011, 01:48 PM	#123
Canada 02 Franchise Player Join Date: Feb 2004 Exp:	bump my wife is 6 months pregnant with our first. Plenty of good info in this thread, but I have a question not yet answered here. We are trying to get as much used stuff from friends and family to save money. We got a used crib from a friend, which has drop-sides. Apparently, all drop-side cribs are now banned for safety issues. However, after assembling the crib, I don't see any obvious way the drop-sides can fail. Anyone have experience with drop-side cribs? Do you find lowering the side of the crib to be a useful feature? If not, I don't think it would be to hard to rig something together to prevent the sides from ever dropping, accidentally or otherwise. We also got a used traveler system (car seat and stroller). The previous owner has a one year old who has outgrown the weight limit, so kindly gave it to us. The baby class at our hospital recommended to never use a used car seat, but I think that a bit extreme. The car seat has an expiration date for 3 years from now. It also hasn't been recalled. Thoughts? I think it's safe to use, but maybe there are issues I haven't thought of. Other opinions: 1. glass bottles vs plastic, 2. cloth diapers vs disposable, 3. Bob jogging strollers look amazing, but will you realistically have time or even want to go jogging when you have a baby? 4. what are must haves for the baby versus frivolous stuff that looks cool, but is really a waste of money? Play yard, bassinet, baby monitor, etc 5. is lamaze class helpful? tia Last edited by Canada 02; 09-12-2011 at 01:52 PM.