Someone took our recalled crib from the curb...

[Lisa loves Pooh]

Hindsight is 20/20.

Now---I don't mind my curb side trash being pilfered. Much better than it being put in a landfill. I am hauling what I can to goodwill, but items they cannot take due to present condition or their size, I am plAcing it on the curb.

Due to recalls and the recent ban on dropside cribs, we made
the decision to not use it for our baby. She has been in the pack n play with bassinet attachment---so we hadn't used it due to our move. So once they were banned, we opted to trash it.

I wrote "recalled" on all the parts.

But like old car seats, I probably should have destroyed it.

Well someone took it. Again, I wouldn't have minded except
that I don't want something to happen to someone's baby. I was afraid to use it with mine.

I never used the drop side anyway because I found it a pain...so
I am not aware if it is a potential hazard or not.

 

[golfgal]

Hindsight is 20/20.

Now---I don't mind my curb side trash being pilfered. Much better than it being put in a landfill. I am hauling what I can to goodwill, but items they cannot take due to present condition or their size, I am plAcing it on the curb.

Due to recalls and the recent ban on dropside cribs, we made
the decision to not use it for our baby. She has been in the pack n play with bassinet attachment---so we hadn't used it due to our move. So once they were banned, we opted to trash it.

I wrote "recalled" on all the parts.

But like old car seats, I probably should have destroyed it.

Well someone took it. Again, I wouldn't have minded except
that I don't want something to happen to someone's baby. I was afraid to use it with mine.

I never used the drop side anyway because I found it a pain...so
I am not aware if it is a potential hazard or not.

I haven't heard this but then I am far away from the baby stage too.

 

[luvmy3]

They may not have taken it to use as a crib, they could have taken it to re-purpose it into something else. (I watch alot of HGTV )

 

[HM]

I wouldn't give it much more thought.
The people that took it could clearly see that it was recalled, due to your tags. You did what you could.
Babies have been successfully raised in drop-sided cribs for years and years, so even if they do use it, the chances that something happens are very small.
And as mentioned above, they could be using it in some other way.

 

[buckler]

Don't kick yourself too much since you wrote "recalled" on all the parts. That was a good idea. Unfortunately, some people don't care about that too much.
In the future you could throw half of the item away one week and the other half the next week. This would prevent someone from reusing the item unless they take your trash 2 weeks in a row.

 

[weewuvvdisney]

We live in a big city in a lower income area. When we decided to get rid of our crib, we put one end and one side out one week. We put out the other end and side the following week. We got rid of the crib not because of the dropside but because it was old and the bar spacing was too wide.

We we got rid of our car seat, we removed all the belts and straps. Then we pulled the lining off the seat.

We know for sure that if we had put them out as is, someone would have taken them to use.

Better to be safe than sorry.

If we have things that are still good to use - we have put a sign on saying "Need a New Home".

Indicating that the crib had been "recalled" was a good idea too~

 

[allison443]

I think you did all you could by writing "recalled" on the parts. Anyone who takes stuff from the curb that other people are throwing out knows (or should know) they are taking a risk. The item could be damaged, recalled, have lead paint, etc.
It is not your responsibility.

That said, I doubt everyone who has a dropside crib threw them out and bought a new one.

 

[Mommee]

We had two cribs that got recalled. The first one we were specifically told to break all the bars before disposing of it (DS had a blast with that!). The second one we were told to return it to the store that it was bought at.

But, we put a toaster oven out with the garbage once. It had started turning itself on I never thought to cut the cord or anything, and someone took it I'm scared one day I'll hear that there was a local house fire started by a faulty toaster oven.

 

[allison443]

Don't kick yourself too much since you wrote "recalled" on all the parts. That was a good idea. Unfortunately, some people don't care about that too much.
In the future you could throw half of the item away one week and the other half the next week. This would prevent someone from reusing the item unless they take your trash 2 weeks in a row.

That is a good idea for concerns such as this!

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

I think you did all you could by writing "recalled" on the parts. Anyone who takes stuff from the curb that other people are throwing out knows (or should know) they are taking a risk. The item could be damaged, recalled, have lead paint, etc.
It is not your responsibility.

That said, I doubt everyone who has a dropside crib threw them out and bought a new one.

Not buying a new one. Lol!

Kid #4 won't notice that her bed is a pack n play. I do have new mommy anxiety that I haven't had since my first. So just preferred not
to bother with it. Hopefully my kid won't be psychologically altered for not having a "real" crib.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

Don't kick yourself too much since you wrote "recalled" on all the parts. That was a good idea. Unfortunately, some people don't care about that too much.
In the future you could throw half of the item away one week and the other half the next week. This would prevent someone from reusing the item unless they take your trash 2 weeks in a row.

Ordinarily, I would do this---but it was buried in the garage wih hubby's office furniture from his layoff. Movers came this weekend and I leave on Monday. So I can only put it out this week and large pieces are picked up once every few weeks when they do a run with the regular trucks. Our service is the truck that uses a hydraulic arm to pick up the cans. So our regular service will not collect what is not in he official green waste management cans designed for that truck.

But good tip none the less.

 

[EMom]

Maybe someone who HATES the ban on dropside cribs was driving around and thought, "Hey! Let's grab one while we still can!"

Seriously, I think that ban is a huge overreaction. The problem is not so much with the dropside design, but with the freaking plastic hardware wearing out. When the cribs had decent, metal hardware, you didn't hear of this happening. Solve the problem by demanding the manufacturers start making dropside cribs with sturdy hardware the way they used to.

I'm short and a dropside crib was the ONLY crib I could have used. The ones that fold down are nothing more than a ladder for kids to put a chubby leg on and climb right out. For people with back pain, dropside cribs are a lifesaver. That includes many parents, but also grandparents. The other designs won't work for shorties and those with back issues. With a non-dropside crib, I'd have needed a stool or a small ladder to have gotten DD out and as she got heavier, we'd have tumbled for certain.

Considering this problem could have been solved with better hardware and a little (GASP!) common sense, a complete recall/ban on dropside cribs is overkill. I predict mass hoardings of dropsides, leading to people using ANCIENT ones instead of buying newer models......because newer models won't be available. The older the hoarded ones get, the more problems we'll see. The recall/ban will create more problems that it will solve. Hide and watch.

 

[Kathi OD]

Maybe someone who HATES the ban on dropside cribs was driving around and thought, "Hey! Let's grab one while we still can!"

Seriously, I think that ban is a huge overreaction. The problem is not so much with the dropside design, but with the freaking plastic hardware wearing out. When the cribs had decent, metal hardware, you didn't hear of this happening. Solve the problem by demanding the manufacturers start making dropside cribs with sturdy hardware the way they used to.

I'm short and a dropside crib was the ONLY crib I could have used. The ones that fold down are nothing more than a ladder for kids to put a chubby leg on and climb right out. For people with back pain, dropside cribs are a lifesaver. That includes many parents, but also grandparents. The other designs won't work for shorties and those with back issues. With a non-dropside crib, I'd have needed a stool or a small ladder to have gotten DD out and as she got heavier, we'd have tumbled for certain.

Considering this problem could have been solved with better hardware and a little (GASP!) common sense, a complete recall/ban on dropside cribs is overkill. I predict mass hoardings of dropsides, leading to people using ANCIENT ones instead of buying newer models......because newer models won't be available. The older the hoarded ones get, the more problems we'll see. The recall/ban will create more problems that it will solve. Hide and watch.

I totally agree w/ everything you've said here. Not only a huge overreaction to something that has a much easier fix, but just think of all the money the crib manufacturers are going to make because everyone has to buy a new crib!

 

[Toad_Passenger]

Maybe someone who HATES the ban on dropside cribs was driving around and thought, "Hey! Let's grab one while we still can!"

Seriously, I think that ban is a huge overreaction. The problem is not so much with the dropside design, but with the freaking plastic hardware wearing out. When the cribs had decent, metal hardware, you didn't hear of this happening. Solve the problem by demanding the manufacturers start making dropside cribs with sturdy hardware the way they used to.

I'm short and a dropside crib was the ONLY crib I could have used. The ones that fold down are nothing more than a ladder for kids to put a chubby leg on and climb right out. For people with back pain, dropside cribs are a lifesaver. That includes many parents, but also grandparents. The other designs won't work for shorties and those with back issues. With a non-dropside crib, I'd have needed a stool or a small ladder to have gotten DD out and as she got heavier, we'd have tumbled for certain.

Considering this problem could have been solved with better hardware and a little (GASP!) common sense, a complete recall/ban on dropside cribs is overkill. I predict mass hoardings of dropsides, leading to people using ANCIENT ones instead of buying newer models......because newer models won't be available. The older the hoarded ones get, the more problems we'll see. The recall/ban will create more problems that it will solve. Hide and watch.

I agree with everything you said here.

DD(3)'s dropside crib was recalled. We filled out a form and we were sent new packets of metal hardware to replace the old hardware. We did that and now we've been using it for the first 6 months of DS's life. I'm not worried in the slightest. It is very obvious how, if the hardware failed, the crib would become a danger. If people would install the new hardware and do frequent checks on these cribs they would not be getting the bad rep that they are.

Ours is safe and secure and I love the dropside!

 

[Hannathy]

Maybe someone who HATES the ban on dropside cribs was driving around and thought, "Hey! Let's grab one while we still can!"

Seriously, I think that ban is a huge overreaction. The problem is not so much with the dropside design, but with the freaking plastic hardware wearing out. When the cribs had decent, metal hardware, you didn't hear of this happening. Solve the problem by demanding the manufacturers start making dropside cribs with sturdy hardware the way they used to.

I'm short and a dropside crib was the ONLY crib I could have used. The ones that fold down are nothing more than a ladder for kids to put a chubby leg on and climb right out. For people with back pain, dropside cribs are a lifesaver. That includes many parents, but also grandparents. The other designs won't work for shorties and those with back issues. With a non-dropside crib, I'd have needed a stool or a small ladder to have gotten DD out and as she got heavier, we'd have tumbled for certain.

Considering this problem could have been solved with better hardware and a little (GASP!) common sense, a complete recall/ban on dropside cribs is overkill. I predict mass hoardings of dropsides, leading to people using ANCIENT ones instead of buying newer models......because newer models won't be available. The older the hoarded ones get, the more problems we'll see. The recall/ban will create more problems that it will solve. Hide and watch.

I agree 100% what an over reaction to an infinitesimally small problem ! I mean really think of the millions and millions of babies raised with one of these cribs. I am past the babies also but if I wasn't there is no way I would get rid of my crib and buy a new one.

If someone took it from my trash I would be saying oh great hopefully it was someone who really needed a crib and couldn't afford one, not fretting over it.

Throwing all those perfectly good cribs away is a shame as far as I am concerned and I find it quite ironic for this "recycling" and green generation to be the ones so quick to dispose of useful items.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

You are probably right.
I'm short also, but we never got fancy cribs. First crib was second hand from Once Upon a child and second crib was a $99 crib from Babies R Us.

My DH asked what short folks were going to do.

I happened to notice on the show Little People, Big Charlie---the little person couple with a regular sized baby, their crib was not drop down. Instead it was built like a door. I thought that was a cool design.


Sad to say that I put or old playhouse on the curb. It was a free acquisition from a neighbor several years ago. We acquired a larger one for free so have been trying to give that one away. No takers. I'm hoping someone will come and fetch it.

Maybe someone who HATES the ban on dropside cribs was driving around and thought, "Hey! Let's grab one while we still can!"

Seriously, I think that ban is a huge overreaction. The problem is not so much with the dropside design, but with the freaking plastic hardware wearing out. When the cribs had decent, metal hardware, you didn't hear of this happening. Solve the problem by demanding the manufacturers start making dropside cribs with sturdy hardware the way they used to.

I'm short and a dropside crib was the ONLY crib I could have used. The ones that fold down are nothing more than a ladder for kids to put a chubby leg on and climb right out. For people with back pain, dropside cribs are a lifesaver. That includes many parents, but also grandparents. The other designs won't work for shorties and those with back issues. With a non-dropside crib, I'd have needed a stool or a small ladder to have gotten DD out and as she got heavier, we'd have tumbled for certain.

Considering this problem could have been solved with better hardware and a little (GASP!) common sense, a complete recall/ban on dropside cribs is overkill. I predict mass hoardings of dropsides, leading to people using ANCIENT ones instead of buying newer models......because newer models won't be available. The older the hoarded ones get, the more problems we'll see. The recall/ban will create more problems that it will solve. Hide and watch.

 

[C.Ann]

I totally agree w/ everything you've said here. Not only a huge overreaction to something that has a much easier fix, but just think of all the money the crib manufacturers are going to make because everyone has to buy a new crib!

I agree 100% what an over reaction to an infinitesimally small problem ! I mean really think of the millions and millions of babies raised with one of these cribs. I am past the babies also but if I wasn't there is no way I would get rid of my crib and buy a new one.

If someone took it from my trash I would be saying oh great hopefully it was someone who really needed a crib and couldn't afford one, not fretting over it.

Throwing all those perfectly good cribs away is a shame as far as I am concerned and I find it quite ironic for this "recycling" and green generation to be the ones so quick to dispose of useful items.

True..

Or - it could have been someone in dire financial straights that thought this crib was actually safer for the baby than a laundry basket, dresser drawer, or having to sleep in the same bed with the parents..

I wouldn't worry too much about it..