We didn't use bumpers at all until DS was about 7 months old - then my MIL insisted on buying and doing up his crib like a crib should look (with a complete set of matched bedding). I took out the bumper as soon as I could get away with it, because DS liked to wiggle up into the corner and press his face into it. He did it without the bumper, and he does it with...just without I don't worry that he can't breathe. To give you an idea of how jammed DS gets into the corner, DH likes to say he's making love to it.

I didn't really feel strongly about them one way or another until I saw where DS got to with one in there. Until baby can move around, it wouldn't make much difference as far as safety goes, but after, well, I believe my husband said it all.

-Petra

DS. Nathan, 12/29/03