Cribs from IKEA

[Anonymous]

I have the Gulliver crib & love it. I didn't notice any off gassing. I did buy an expensive, organic mattress. I am more worried about the chemicals in mattresses since they touch the baby more than the wooden crib frame. Since I spent so little on the crib I felt like I could spend more on a nice mattress.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have an Ikea Gulliver crib and really like it. Some of the best advice I got before our first child was to not buy a super expensive crib b/c we couldn't guarantee that the baby would actually like the crib. We bought the Gulliver and an arm's reach co-sleeper...we used it until baby was 6 m.o. then transitioned her to the crib. Most nights she ends up sleeping next to me anyway so I'm glad I didn't buy the super expensive crib. We were able to use the money to buy a travel crib and a pack and play for our downstairs playroom...nice!

I agree with this advice. My baby is 5 months old and he is still sleeping in a PNP in our room and quite frankly, I do not see him making the transition to his crib in his room anytime soon, I sort of wonder why I bought a crib to begin with...

[Anonymous]

Two articles:
Article from the WSJ
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/your-furniture-could-be-radioactive

Ikea to set-up wood working factory in Belarus
http://www.export.by/en/?act=news&mode=view&id=13030

[Anonymous]

Thank you for those two articles!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Two articles:
Article from the WSJ
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/your-furniture-could-be-radioactive

Geez. Another one for my "do-not-buy" list next to the leaded toys from China.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Two articles:
Article from the WSJ
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/your-furniture-could-be-radioactive

Geez. Another one for my "do-not-buy" list next to the leaded toys from China.

Hey, listen, the author goes all over the place, but on that topic he seems to settle on this:

"But even if none of Ikea's products are tainted by radioactivity (the company says its limit level is set at approximately a third of the current international regulations and is much stricter than the limit level for timber in several countries), furniture found in other stores may be."

Basically what he's done is set up the straw man (IKEA MAY BE DANGEROUS), then essentially knocked this down, but since he's got your interest, let's alarm you about other potential problems... It's a pretty effective journalistic approach to keep a story moving.

If you read for content, IKEA actually comes out looking pretty good WRT issues of readioactive wood.

[Anonymous]

I did read both articles and IKEA does not come out looking good at all, imo. We just want a plain old crib, made in USA. Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We just want a plain old crib, made in USA.

Haha. Good luck with that! I love the assumption that things made in the USA somehow aren't contaminated. Yes, our factories are all eco-friendly and run by fairies and hippies without the use of chemicals. Okaaaayy. I hope your baby enjoys inhaling coal residue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We just want a plain old crib, made in USA.

Haha. Good luck with that! I love the assumption that things made in the USA somehow aren't contaminated. Yes, our factories are all eco-friendly and run by fairies and hippies without the use of chemicals. Okaaaayy. I hope your baby enjoys inhaling coal residue.

You are one angry person tonight. Why not relax a little?

[Anonymous]

it is indeed hilarious that folks think just because something is "made in the usa" it is inherently safer. guess they're not keeping up with all of the recent press about just how much our government regulatory agencies are failing at keeping our food supplies safe and consumer safety warnings current.

sweden has a far better safety track record than most western countries (and i am not swedish).

[Anonymous]

I would certainly trust a product made in Sweden or Germany or Poland, much sooner than I trust anything made in China.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I did read both articles and IKEA does not come out looking good at all, imo. We just want a plain old crib, made in USA. Thanks.

Any ideas/recommendations on where to buy a plain crib, that's Made in the USA?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We just want a plain old crib, made in USA. Thanks.

Because chemicals from the good ol' USA are just so much better than foreign chemicals.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I did read both articles and IKEA does not come out looking good at all, imo. We just want a plain old crib, made in USA. Thanks.

Any ideas/recommendations on where to buy a plain crib, that's Made in the USA?

Does "Made in the USA" imply all parts come from here? Couldn't they still use imported wood?