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Anonymous
| Ikea has highly rated cribs and baby furniture (consumer reports, baby bargains)...any experience with it? Seems so cheap but they have cute stuff. |
Anonymous
| One of my friends has the Gulliver crib from Ikea and it has worked very well so far (her baby is 5 months). Looks cute, was about $100 and good safety ratings too! |
Anonymous
| I love their Hack/Gulliver crib. Make sure you buy it MONTHS in advance because Ikea's furniture is known for off-gassing like crazy, so you'll need to air it out for a while. It was probably 3 months before the nursery smelled normal after we put all the furniture in. |
Anonymous
| Actually, the most recent Baby Bargains no longer recommends one of the IKEA cribs for safety reasons. I think it is a crib that has a dropside...? not sure...but check it out before you buy anything |
Anonymous
| Yup, the off-gassing concerns me more than anything. I think it does have something to do with SIDS. When you circulate air in a child's room, the rate of SIDS, drops. IKEA's stuff is mostly made in China? Don't trust it. |
Anonymous
| The most recent edition of Baby Bargains does not recommend IKEA cribs EXCEPT for the Gulliver. |
Anonymous
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If you buy a crib - or any wooden furniture from IKEA check the source of the wood.
There are POV that IKEA has used wood from Belarus and other parts of Europe that had significant radioactuve fallout from Chernobyl. Ask yourself - how can they make a solid wood crib and sell it for so cheap? Where are they buying the wood? |
Anonymous
| Our adult bed is from IKEA. Wow. Where do I look to find the origin of the wood? |
Anonymous
| the wood should be stamped somewhere regarding the origin |
Anonymous
| are you serious? the swedes have even more stringent safety considerations than americans. they put our govt regulatory agencies to shame. |
Anonymous
| 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! |
Anonymous
Even the Swedes have no control over products made in China. It was actually a man from Sweden who was a buyer for Hanna Andersson, who told me that, first hand. |
Anonymous
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15:33 here. We were fine with the off-gassing once we aired the room out. Thankfully it was springtime so we were able to leave the windows open and run the ceiling fan and ionizer. I was worried about it at first, but I did some research into off-gassing chemicals and it's actually not dangerous under certain levels, and you'd basically need to be in a factory producing those chemicals to suffer any major consequence from it.
Naturally we were worried about it, so we actually called IKEA and they faxed my husband a document detailing where the wood was from, what it was treated with, how it was cleaned, etc. It was like a 7-page document. The truth is, ALL furniture, cheap or expensive, off-gasses to some degree, and the potency of the smell is no indication of how dangerous the chemicals are. Think of it this way: garlic smells more than bread, but that doesn't mean it's less healthy. The same goes for the chemicals they treat it with. We did a search (on an academic search engine at my university library) on these chemicals and they've never actually been LEGITIMATELY researched in relation to SIDS. There are theories and speculations, but no evidence of any connection. We also didn't find any legal disputes over the use the chemicals -- anywhere (including Europe). We have family in Austria who furnish their entire homes with IKEA furniture exclusively, including their nurseries, and their kids are perfectly healthy. It really comes down to money. If you're convinced that spending more money ensures your safety, by all means, spend it. But don't assume that items that are less expensive will kill your baby in the middle of the night. All of your furniture off-gasses. So does your car! There's really no escaping it. It's just an odor, so open some windows. We decided to spend $100 instead of $900 on a crib and opening the windows is free. In fact, the same thing happened with almost everything we purchased for the nursery, including several items we didn't buy at IKEA, things that we paid top dollar for (like an area rug). That also off-gassed like crazy and we spent $150 on it and it was made in Canada. So there's no guarantee to anything. If it smells, air it out. It's that simple. |
Anonymous
| 18:22, own any IKEA stock? |
Anonymous
Oh for sure! That's why I mentioned the off-gassing to begin with. |