PSA: If you build a crib yourself the gaps must be 6 cm or less, else your child can fit it's head through and suffocate. People have lost their child this way.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 week ago

While you're at it, check your railings (stair, balcony, deck). No gaps wider than 10 cm, height 100 cm and not horizontal/climbable by small children. You have a lot less time than you think before that little squirmy thing is running around. The nights last forever but the weeks fly by.

[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Is this PSA due to seeing crib, or due to the crib in the image being improperly constructed?

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It looks fine. And it's likely not made from scratch, but a flat box assembly. But it's a good PSA anyway.

Editing to add: No finials or anything sticking up that could hook a string or strap and enable a baby to strangle themself.