My 1-year-old has started teething on his crib rails. He does it with gusto and has chewed through varnish on several places, even pulling away a few specks of wood in one spot. My research about what to do has revealed a couple different options: gummi, adhevise rail protectors (about 50% of people love them, 50% say they come off too easily) or a plastic, tie-on protector (haven't ever met anyone who uses this). Are there any other solutions out there that have worked for you? Do you use one of the two mentioned above and do they work? Right now we have baby blankets securely tied on to the part of the rails that he chews on--this works for now, but he tries to pull the blankets off and has damaged one of the blankets. We have a crib that has wide rails on the front and back and curved rails on the side.
I bought the same product from babies r us as the previous poster did. It is a plastic strip that fits over the rail of the crib. It worked great!
I got a product from Babies R Us that worked great. Its a clear plastic guard that slides over the sides or edges of the crib. I don't know if she still chews but I don't see any teeth marks. Hope not cos I don't know if it is BPA free. Eating wood may be a fine option....!
Hey A., for about $15 Babies R Us has a great product called Gummies, they are crib rail protectors that stay on and are not plastic so you don't have to worry about him breaking any teeth. They contour to the size of the rail and are easy to install. My 1 year old daughter was doing the same thing and this works great for her. Hope this helps!
The cribs that I've seen recently came from the factory with a hard plastic protector. When I was growing up my mother folded up a diaper, placed in on top of the rail and then wrapped a wide (can't think of the name of it now, it's used in clothing,often as a tie in the waist band. Grosgrain ribbon would work) around the blanket in a spiral going between each bar and then tied it so that the "ribbon" was very tightly wrapped around the blanket. The tie on each end was a square knot that could not be pulled loose or untied by the baby. The baby could chew the blanket enough to cause damage but this home done device would prbably still be less expensive than purchasing something. You could split the blanket(s), if it were heavy, so that one blanket would cover two sections.
You can do this all the way around the crib. You could make it attractive by using colors that go with the rest of your decorative scheme.
