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Sleep & Nursery
Bassinets, cribs, sleep sacks, and monitors, weighed against the AAP's safe sleep guidance and checked for recalls before we recommend them.
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What the AAP and CPSC say belongs in a crib, and what doesn't.
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Standalone and bedside bassinets for the room-sharing months, against the CPSC standard.
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Full-size and mini cribs, and what the federal crib standard requires.
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Sleep sack TOG ratings matched to room temperature, from makers' charts.
ReadSleep spaces and what goes in them.
Eight crib mattresses compared on size, thickness, core and cover, with the federal crib mattress rule, AAP firmness test and why add-on pads are recalled.
Eight play yards and travel cribs compared on weight, folded size, bassinet, changer and limits, with the CPSC play yard standard and its bare-is-best rule.
Seven flat bassinets and one sound machine as alternatives to a Snoo, what each does and doesn't copy, and what the AAP says a safe sleep space actually needs.
Eight fitted crib sheets and waterproof protectors compared by size, depth, fabric and elastic, with the AAP's fitted-sheet-only rule and CPSC's Bare is Best.
Seven swaddles compared on fastening, TOG, size and arms-out options, with the AAP's rules for safe swaddling and when to stop.
Monitors, sound, light, and the chair for night feeds.
Six video baby monitors that work without Wi-Fi, an app or the cloud, compared on screen, range, battery, pan-tilt-zoom, extra cameras and temperature sensors.
Seven sound machines and night lights compared by volume control, timer, power and app, with the Pediatrics hearing study and CPSC's cord placement rule.
Seven nursery gliders and recliners compared on motion, size and weight limits, with the CPSC recall record and the AAP's warning about dozing off in a chair.
Eight bouncers, rockers and swings compared on limits, recline and power, with the AAP and CPSC rules on why none of them is a place for a baby to sleep.
Six baby pajamas and zip sleepers compared on fabric, fit and zipper, from Carter's, Burt's Bees Baby, Gerber and Kyte Baby, plus the snug-fit rule after 9 months.
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