Wrought iron cribs vs Wooden cribs

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To all the idiots out there telling these parents who have bought iron cribs, that they are infant safety disasters, and implying that they don't care about their children are cowards spewing off at the mouth with no back up data!

Iron beds have been around for CENTURIES! And will continue to do so, I’m sure you have heard hundreds of stories over the years about the dangers of iron cribs? If your such a stupid parent and allow your children to hit their head on a bed, because you failed to lower the mattress when they are able to climb, Iron or Wood will inflict equal damage from that distance. Furthermore, if your child is teething, I am supremely confidant, that the varnish and wood stain used in wooden cribs, surpasses the toxicity levels, of iron cribs and the implication of cracked teeth. ALL products pose hazards to children in various aspects. Watch your children instead of the tube.

Don't get your panties in a twist. First off iron cribs/beds started to be made for the masses after the second Industrial Revolution and were popular during the Victorian era. The Victorians weren't exactly known for collecting for statistics on infant death and injury, so we really don't now.

However, I am supremely confident that if your kid starts chewing on metal it would be worse for their teeth than wood. And both are probably coated with whatever toxic crap they use for mass production. Also if you bang your head on an iron railing it will hurt more than if you bang it on a wood one. Common sense.

Also, to the PP comparing it with a spoon, a spoon is stainless steel and can be taken away by a caregiver if a kid starts chewing on it. A wrought iron crib is made of just that and can rust. And unless hover over your child all through the night, there's no way to prevent chewing.

Skip the pretty bedding, OP. It's a safety hazard and not just when the child is an infant:
http://www.cpsc.gov/pagefiles/112732/5049.pdf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am also interested in an iron crib but am not sure if the arguements against them make any sense. I just don't think a child would teeth on an iron crib because it is iron. They wouldnt want to. Children dont teeth on metal or super hard materials. Now, hitting their head may be another story. I don't know about that. Has anyone had a bad experience with iron/metal cribs?

My kid was always trying to chew on keys when she was teething. I wouldn't assume that a baby wouldn't chew on a metal crib.