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    Posted: 17 December 2010 at 7:55am
The U.S has banned drop sided cots, link is below. I think it is a good idea, but not cool for us short people! They are advocating using cots with solid sides instead.

http://www.drmomma.org/2010/12/drop-side-cribs-outlawed-mgm-continues.html

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The images they've got look like either the cots weren't put together properly or they don't have the same sliding mechanism we have here....
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I think a drop down side is a very useful thing if mantained and used properly like most things.


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Yeah I saw that yesterday and youngest is still in a dropside, is a bit concerning especially as he uses it as an indoor trampoline.
I do however think, and could have this wrong, that US standards are not as good as the AUS/NZ ones and it mentioned in the article I read that some of the ones recalled were from KMART and other cheaper stores which makes me think maybe they were of poor quality to start with?

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we have a touchwood cot which has the groove all the way down the sides and you also need 2 hands to release it.

when we were first looking at cots all the ones (brand new) in our price range has the plastic side bits which we didnt like the look of as it looked too easy for them to come off

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We have one with a metal rail, I just wonder about the safety of those cots that have the drop side merely embedded into the other 2 sides, if you didn't do it up tight enough I can certainly see it doing something like that.
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