Searching for an appropriately safe baby cage and other baby accessories is significantly more challenging than it initially appears.
We were originally looking at Ikea cribs (despite my current Ikea ban), however the reviews tended to indicate that these cribs were in fact nothing more than cleverly disguised death traps. It makes sense... the Swedes keep their newborns in government issued cardboard boxes, so it stands to reason that they know nothing about building cribs. Given that Ikea also off-shores much of the manufacturing to certain backwards countries also explains the general lack of workmanship.
Me: The bed collapsed.
Tibor: No, no. Ees self adjusting. Ees fine.
Me: It's also on fire.
Tibor: No, no. Ees feature. Ees keeps babies warm. Ees fine.
My Ikea ban remains justifiably in affect.
Hours of searching and researching later revealed a number of products I wouldn't trust to put our cat in them, let alone a newborn. Unfortunately if you want a Ron Swanson approved baby crib capable of withstanding a thermonuclear strike and made in the US/Canada, you'll have to go into consumer debt to do it.
Putting up a registry is also a lot harder than it looks:
We were originally looking at Ikea cribs (despite my current Ikea ban), however the reviews tended to indicate that these cribs were in fact nothing more than cleverly disguised death traps. It makes sense... the Swedes keep their newborns in government issued cardboard boxes, so it stands to reason that they know nothing about building cribs. Given that Ikea also off-shores much of the manufacturing to certain backwards countries also explains the general lack of workmanship.
Me: The bed collapsed.
Tibor: No, no. Ees self adjusting. Ees fine.
Me: It's also on fire.
Tibor: No, no. Ees feature. Ees keeps babies warm. Ees fine.
My Ikea ban remains justifiably in affect.
Hours of searching and researching later revealed a number of products I wouldn't trust to put our cat in them, let alone a newborn. Unfortunately if you want a Ron Swanson approved baby crib capable of withstanding a thermonuclear strike and made in the US/Canada, you'll have to go into consumer debt to do it.
Putting up a registry is also a lot harder than it looks:
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