| What could scare your child more than the | | | | between the bed and the rails. |
| Boogieman? A fall from his bed! You may be able to | | | | There are also child bed safety rails that guard both |
| put him to sleep by reading him bedtime stories, | | | | sides of the bed. These are most useful to use if the |
| singing lullabies, or rocking him gently, but can you | | | | child's bed is in the center of the room or in the |
| stop worrying long enough to have a good night's | | | | absence of a wall side. Most of these products are |
| sleep as well? Child bed safety rails may not assure | | | | attached together from under the mattress, giving it |
| your little one that the Boogieman is a myth, but it | | | | a snug and an unmovable fit. This particular |
| can assure both of you that he won't fall off his bed. | | | | mechanism eliminates the chance of the child to roll |
| There are several child bed safety rails available in the | | | | between the bed and the child bed safety rails. |
| market. Before buying a particular one, it is imperative | | | | Even if the child bed safety rails are designed to |
| that you go over the product description to make | | | | prevent any accidents to happen during bedtime, it is |
| sure that the child bed safety rails you intend to buy | | | | ironic that a lot of reported deaths and injuries in |
| fit the bed that you are going to attach it to. There | | | | children are related to the use of these products. |
| are products that are supposed to be attached to | | | | These cases were either due to the entrapment of |
| the top of the mattress and not adjacent to it. The | | | | the children between the bed and the child bed |
| purpose for this is to avoid the incidence of your child | | | | safety rails or their slipping through the bars or mesh |
| being caught between the bed and the child bed | | | | of the rails. |
| safety rails. | | | | The study on these rails-related cases has caused |
| The other type of child bed safety rails would require | | | | parents to think twice about using these products for |
| you to attach them at the sides of the bed. Some | | | | their children. However, the number of deaths and |
| products from this type are admittedly unsafe for | | | | injuries from falls are more alarming. Child bed safety |
| use because it offers the chance for children to | | | | rails are the angels that they are created to be, but |
| become entrapped between the mattress and the | | | | letting them function as such depends on how well |
| child bed safety rails. However, there are some | | | | you choose the products. They should be able to |
| products that provide a snug fit leaving no space | | | | take care of your child on his most vulnerable hours. |