Comments on: pop quiz http://www.makingthingsup.com/2006/11/pop-quiz/ A woman with a husband, four kids, and the occasional witty anecdote. Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:23:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Kate http://www.makingthingsup.com/2006/11/pop-quiz/comment-page-1/#comment-1954 Kate Sat, 18 Nov 2006 03:17:00 +0000 http://www.makingthingsup.com/?p=664#comment-1954 I used the bumper until the kids were strong enough to rip the little ties off it and throw it on the floor. Then I took the hint.<br /><br />There's a school of thought that crib bumpers are ALWAYS bad... and there's a school of thought that you could keep your kid in a hermetically sealed room with no sharp corners and only organic foods and they'd still find a way to get bruises and sniffles, so do what feels right instead of worrying about "should." <br /><br />I have a Ph.D. from that second school. I used the bumper until the kids were strong enough to rip the little ties off it and throw it on the floor. Then I took the hint.

There’s a school of thought that crib bumpers are ALWAYS bad… and there’s a school of thought that you could keep your kid in a hermetically sealed room with no sharp corners and only organic foods and they’d still find a way to get bruises and sniffles, so do what feels right instead of worrying about “should.”

I have a Ph.D. from that second school.

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