# What do I do with this crib?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 15, 2010, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-with-this-crib/539577 "2010-05-15T21:00:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2010, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-with-this-crib/539577/21 "2010-05-17T04:29:13Z")

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> [@Aspidistra](#):
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> I’m trying to parse this sentence properly - are you saying that no sort of drop-side cribs are made in the US any more? Because I’m not sure if I’ve ever seen a crib that didn’t have _some_ sort of drop-side mechanism.

There is currently a voluntary ban on the manufacture of drop side cribs. There is plans to make the ban mandatory:

[http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-crib-20100508,0,3553984.story](http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-crib-20100508,0,3553984.story)

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**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2010, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-with-this-crib/539577/22 "2010-05-17T04:34:10Z")

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> [@filmyak](#):
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> Yeah but we’re way past that with first child, he’s been in his bed for months, and old crib is in storage.

I mean, give it to someone else for that purpose. I know plenty of people who faced the arrival of Baby 2.0 when Baby 1.0 was no more than 15 or 18 months. We never bought a specific “toddler” bed, just went straight to grown-up size, but people do, especially if they haven’t much space.

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**Author:** ![ENugent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2010, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-with-this-crib/539577/23 "2010-05-17T05:02:31Z")

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I would give it away on Craigslist or Freecycle with the full warning about drop-side cribs posted. Even if you are going along with the “recall”, others can certainly make a reasoned judgment that the whole thing is bullshit. 30 deaths out of how many millions of cribs in use with this styling? Personally, I’d take that risk, even with my precious baby. (In fact, my precious baby - well, toddler - is upstairs asleep in a drop-side crib at this very moment.) As long as a parent is actually acting with all the facts, I don’t think you need to feel any guilt about it.

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**Author:** ![MsChilePepper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MsChilePepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsChilePepper)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-with-this-crib/539577/24 "2010-05-28T04:33:28Z")

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[Here’s an idea](http://tatertotsandjello.blogspot.com/2010/05/spring-project-make-crib-bench.html) I just saw on a crafty blog.

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**Author:** ![filmyak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@filmyak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmyak)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-with-this-crib/539577/25 "2010-05-28T06:32:54Z")

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> [@MsChilePepper](#):
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> [Here’s an idea](http://tatertotsandjello.blogspot.com/2010/05/spring-project-make-crib-bench.html) I just saw on a crafty blog.

LOL nice!

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