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Why do experts discourage the use of crib bumpers?

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The American Pediatric Society discourages the use of crib bumper pads for several reasons. Bumper pads are only decorative in nature since laws now regulate the size between the slats of a crib. Bumper pads have a risk of causing strangulation or suffocation.

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