Speaking of being annoyed, I'm annoyed by the whole crib industry. And bumper pad industry. Shame on both of you. Why do they still make cribs with hard wooden slats knowing that once our babies are mobile we have to remove the soft cushy bumper pads. And why do bumper pads even exist if we remove them when the baby is mobile, the only time that they're even useful. Great, so now when Hudson is going to fall the most there's nothing there to support his little noggin.
The pack 'n play isn't made out of hard wooden slats. It's made out of this breathable meshy fabric specifically so babies don't bang the heck out of their heads, nor will they suffocate. I don't understand why don't we have cribs made the same way? I guess because they wouldn't be as cute? Are we really that vain?
I've sort of been ranting a lot the past two weeks about how ridiculous it is that nobody has come up with an alternative to the issue of bumper pads and suffocation. Jamie and I have had several conversations about it and we both wonder how it could be improved. I seriously sit and watch Hudson on the video monitor to make sure his hands and feet don't go flying through the slats. Speaking of watching the monitor, am I the only paranoid neurotic mom who now, sans bumpers, is glued to the monitor while Hudson stands in his crib? Waiting and watching to make sure he doesn't let go and fall and bump his head. It's ridiculous. Next to shoving something in his mouth that he shouldn't, falling down in his crib and hitting his head is my biggest concern right now.
Thanks to facebook, I recently reconnected with a friend from law school, Sara Bloom. Sara was a super sharp student and I'm certain a great attorney, but like 75% of attorneys she didn't enjoy what she was doing. Or, maybe she enjoyed it, but it wasn't her passion and she did what very few of us are brave enough to do. She walked away from her career to pursue what she is meant to do in the world. Sara, the mother of two cutie-pie little boys, has created the missing link to the crib and bumper pad dilemma. I just checked out her website for Oliver B, named after her first little guy, and I'm so darn proud of her! Not just for coming up with a great idea, but for doing something about it. She has designed bumper pads that go around the wooden slats, but they have gaps in the crib openings so that they aren't a suffocation risk. Brilliant. And adorable. It makes me smile to see that yet another attorney has done something much more interesting and creative with their degree! : )
Check out Sara's website at http://www.oliverbco.com/.