My DS injured on a popular children's bed

I just wanted to share an accident that my son (just over 2 years old) had on a popular children's bed. I say popular because ive seen a few pics of other BB members with a bed of the same style. We have a pooh bear one, but i've seen it in Dora, Barbie and other styles. My son was trying to step down off the bed and one leg slipped off while the other stayed on. The force of his body pushed his face in to the wooden guard rail and he had a gash in the side of his chin. It was about an inch long and at least a centimetre deep, i could pretty much see white flesh, and being his first injury and my hubby away it was one of the worst moments of my life! We went to the emergency room and he managed to get away with the medical superglue and these tape strips.

Its upsetting that i was there when this happened and couldn't prevent it. In hinesight i wouldn't use a bed with wooden guard rails again (they are on both sides, built on to the bed) and i guess i just wanted to mention this to others as its not something i every thought he could hurt himself on before. On closer examination, the edging is actually a little rough, and not entirely smooth. I know he has other wooden furniture and accidents happen but its just something i wanted to share in the hope that it could prevent someone else having a similar accident.

Here is a pic of the style of bed, its not a great pic, but you can see the railing on the side that i mean. We are going to take them off, as he doesn't need them anymore, but if you needed rails i might look at padding the edges in some way.


https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...57&ppuser=1739

Aw poor thing.....i hope he has a quick recovery.

I 'had' one of those beds.. it was so flimsy it fell apart and is now downstairs

Hope your son makes a fast recovery

ps just off topic for my own reasons do you happen to know the company that makes these beds? I have been trying to find out so I can contact them about the shoddiness of my bed

I hope you DS recovers well... I'm about to check out DD's bed as she has the dora one.

Oh your poor DS! Speedy recovery to him. And what a fright for you! Don't beat yourself up too much, I know easier said than done.

MG

P.S. I never would have considered safety rails as a potential tool to harm my child either!

I don't know who makes the beds, but we got ours from Toys r Us, and i've seen the same style at Target too.

To be honest its not the sturdiest of beds, but we bought it for the novelty factor as DS liked the winnie the pooh on it and we thought that would help in him being comfortable to go in to a bed.

We won't be keeping this bed though as i'm planning to co-sleep my boys when the youngest is older, so we will get bunks. This accident has helped me to look at potential bed dangers though so with our next purchase we'll be more careful.