I don't understand this question. I used an IKEA crib, because I'm short and it was the lowest height crib I could find. I had a Naturpedic mattress...but if you aren't going for an organic mattress I would assume IKEA is as good or better than any other brand.

Crib was great for two kids (including conversion to toddler bed), and then purchased on Craigslist by another family for whom it presumably worked fine.

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Anonymous wrote:Our Ikea crib did not have ANY “out-gassing”. Note that ours was plain unfinished wood without any varnish. Post just above does notmapply to the new Ikea crib we bought and used…

It's not about the crib, it's about the mattress.

Exactly. But I also read that IKEA gets its bargain lumber from the Chernobyl area. Europeans won’t touch it.

Have you....ever been to Europe or know any Europeans? Because (a) IKEA is a European company and (b) IKEA is pretty ubiquitous across Europe. Far more common in family homes than it is in the U.S.

Yep, every European I knew had ikea! Many had the crib, including me.

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Anonymous wrote:Our Ikea crib did not have ANY “out-gassing”. Note that ours was plain unfinished wood without any varnish. Post just above does notmapply to the new Ikea crib we bought and used…

It's not about the crib, it's about the mattress.

Exactly. But I also read that IKEA gets its bargain lumber from the Chernobyl area. Europeans won’t touch it.

Very curious to see evidence for this? I could not find anything on it.

It's not true. Occasionally someone posts it here on DCUM, this is literally the only place I've ever seen someone post it, and it's very obviously not true. If that PP had any sense, she would know that safety standards for children's products are much stricture in Europe than they are here in the U.S.

I mean, that's what I expected, I just don't like people claiming stuff without evidence. In particular because I come from an area that was actually affected by the fallout and so I find it mildly offensive to even suggest something like that without evidence.

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Anonymous wrote:Our Ikea crib did not have ANY “out-gassing”. Note that ours was plain unfinished wood without any varnish. Post just above does notmapply to the new Ikea crib we bought and used…

It's not about the crib, it's about the mattress.

Exactly. But I also read that IKEA gets its bargain lumber from the Chernobyl area. Europeans won’t touch it.

Very curious to see evidence for this? I could not find anything on it.

It's not true. Occasionally someone posts it here on DCUM, this is literally the only place I've ever seen someone post it, and it's very obviously not true. If that PP had any sense, she would know that safety standards for children's products are much stricture in Europe than they are here in the U.S.

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Anonymous wrote:Our Ikea crib did not have ANY “out-gassing”. Note that ours was plain unfinished wood without any varnish. Post just above does notmapply to the new Ikea crib we bought and used…

It's not about the crib, it's about the mattress.

Exactly. But I also read that IKEA gets its bargain lumber from the Chernobyl area. Europeans won’t touch it.

Very curious to see evidence for this? I could not find anything on it.

Anonymous wrote:I would not use any baby mattress from China. You have no clue what they put in them.

LOL

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Anonymous wrote:Our Ikea crib did not have ANY “out-gassing”. Note that ours was plain unfinished wood without any varnish. Post just above does notmapply to the new Ikea crib we bought and used…

It's not about the crib, it's about the mattress.

Exactly. But I also read that IKEA gets its bargain lumber from the Chernobyl area. Europeans won’t touch it.

Have you....ever been to Europe or know any Europeans? Because (a) IKEA is a European company and (b) IKEA is pretty ubiquitous across Europe. Far more common in family homes than it is in the U.S.

The Graco Benton crib is made in the USA and is $199

I would not use any baby mattress from China. You have no clue what they put in them.

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Anonymous wrote:Our Ikea crib did not have ANY “out-gassing”. Note that ours was plain unfinished wood without any varnish. Post just above does notmapply to the new Ikea crib we bought and used…

It's not about the crib, it's about the mattress.

Exactly. But I also read that IKEA gets its bargain lumber from the Chernobyl area. Europeans won’t touch it.

Anonymous wrote:Our Ikea crib did not have ANY “out-gassing”. Note that ours was plain unfinished wood without any varnish. Post just above does notmapply to the new Ikea crib we bought and used…

It's not about the crib, it's about the mattress.

Anonymous wrote:Our Ikea crib did not have ANY “out-gassing”. Note that ours was plain unfinished wood without any varnish. Post just above does notmapply to the new Ikea crib we bought and used…

I agree with this. As far as I know, Ikea is actually not terrible about chemicals. It's not gots certified or anything, but compared to the other non-certified stuff, they are doing a lot better. They also post lists about which products they use flame retardants in etc, and they do not use them in mattresses in the United States.

I'm also not sure how solid, untreated birch would off-gas, because that's what one of the cribs is made off. I'm trying to stay away from chemicals as much as possible, but it's also a financial question. I'm more comfortable with Ikea that with a lot of other stuff, especially if it's solid, untreated wood.

Our Ikea crib did not have ANY “out-gassing”. Note that ours was plain unfinished wood without any varnish. Post just above does notmapply to the new Ikea crib we bought and used…

Anonymous wrote:Cribs are highly regulated so I think it’s the perfect thing to get at IKEA. We have a Gulliver I think and it’s been great. No problems. I think the mattress is from Amazon though but I’m sure IKEA’s are fine. The mattress isn’t that important when you weight 30 lbs.

The off-gasing smells toxic. If it’s from China/Asia, you really have no clue what’s inside. Your child inhales those nasty fumes.

Beware.

We only had one crib. It was an Ikea crib. It worked well and was bare wood (no dangerous finish to crew on). We did convert it to 3-sided crib as DC got older. Later, we moved to a twin bed. Ikea is great for items like this.

At least where we live, used cribs are not accepted (or sold/recycled) by Goodwill or other thrift stores because of safety concerns.