Every now and then the girls will get a leg stuck between the bars of the cribs. I mean, it really gets wedged in there–up to the thigh. Normally, after we put the girls in their cribs we ignore any crying we hear. If they cry at all, it’s usually at most thirty seconds. Sometimes, we hear angry, extended crying, and when we go to check on the girls, one of them will have their leg stuck. This has happened two or three times for each of them, and we have to force their leg back through while they’re screaming and crying. They usually have a big red mark on their thigh for a day or so afterwards, but it seems no other harm has been done.
Here’s Miranda from last night. She wasn’t as stuck as she sometimes gets, but she was quite upset that she couldn’t free herself.
We don’t think it has anything to do with removing their crib bumper. They’ve been doing this since they learned to roll over. Does this happen to anyone else?
YES! lucas did it once. scared the heck out of me. i kept the bumper on even tho he kept ripping off the ties just for this reason. i make the bumper stand up and stiff almost daily so he won’t get his feet caught. they do sell these mesh bumper to go around the crib that seems stiffer but i haven’t tried it.
This happened to a little kid I was babysitting once — totally terrifying, but fortunately the neighbor knew just what to do. Soft soap works wonders! And the kid’s leg is clean afterwards.