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Originally posted by TexLex
We have a toddler bed - low to the ground and fits a crib mattress, but I am loathe to begin using it since he is so young.
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FWIW, our ped strongly advised against using bed rails when the kid moves to a standard size bed. He said he'd never seen a serious injury from a child rolling off a standard-height bed in the middle of the night, but the medical literature is replete with instances of kids getting trapped between the bed rails and the mattress (or the mattress and the wall, against which the bed was thoughtfully placed to prevent falling) and thereafter suffocating.
And I personally know someone whose grandson died when, at age two, he rolled between the bed and the wall.
Don't put the bed against the wall, and don't use a bed rail.
