When Lex was about a year old he kicked a
slat on the crib and broke it in half. We thought we had a
super strong boy on our hands. Since we couldn’t really afford
a new crib we relied on some packing tapes and Alan’s
handiwork, and it’s held up well. Recently I saw a recall
notice for cribs much like ours, but not exactly the same
model, for problems with babies breaking the slats. Guess other
people have super strong kids too! Anyway, I emailed the
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to see if they were
investigating other models. They pretty quickly got back to me
and sent an investigator out. He gave me $250 in cash and took
my crib! (of course I agreed to all of this ahead of time) So
now we have a few dollars (rare for us these days) and are
debating the wisdom of switching Eve to the toddler bed now :)
Just for kicks we got it out tonight (notice the pack-n-play
right near by) and figured we’d try it for the weekend. Tonight
went rather well, says Alan. We’ll see how nap time goes
tomorrow. They were both super excited to see the toddler bed
out again and Lex was climbing up on the tall edges and jumping
off. She was using it like a trampoline. I’m not really
expecting much, but we’ll see. She’s awfully cute anyway.