If it wasn’t bad enough having to wade through umpteen baby books about having a baby, there’s also a vast selection of post baby baby books ready to pounce.
As with the pre-birth ones, the post birth ones swing between the laissez faire it will work itself out (so why did I buy this book again) through to the overly prescriptive.
One treatise, written by a UK-based uptight mega-nannie, even advised on the exact measurement one should have between the bars on the base of a baby’s crib… I had no idea and thought what a load of garbage but S guessed (or knew) straight away why the bars have a minimum and maximum spacing between them…
Anyone else know?
They are very particular on bar spacing rules here. I guess someone took an average of baby head sizes. Although they can be the perfect width to trap a baby’s knees when she decides to try her climbing skills. If it weren’t for the hysterical screams eminating from the monitor she would probably still be stuck hovering half way up the cot! Poor mite! Safe to say she learnt and never tried climbing out again!
Baby Love is a handy book – as is Kid Wrangling by your best mate Kaz Cooke.
I guess a rule we followed was that a clenched adult fist could not fit between the bars. Did not have any issues here in Aus, all fit guidlines.
Yeah they have to be strict on these sort of rules, and should be for this sort of thing.
Agree – baby’s safety is always a must. Especially when using non-static sides crib.