this is horrible they put kids lives in danger and even one kid died.

I find this amazing. 1,500,000 cribs involved four deaths over 110 incidents and 4 deaths. Let's look at this mathematically:

1. Your child has a 0.007333% chance of having an incident in these items.

2. Your child has a 0.000267% chance of suffocating

Your child has a 10x greater chance of dying in a car accident. It's also more probable that you will die in a fireworks accident. You also have the same chance of being struck by lightning, three times.

I really think we need to take a greater look at these numbers before we make a company recall billions of dollars worth of items. This increases YOUR cost over time and does very little to save lives.

Antonio

To Antonio: Do you have children? I would be surprised if you did. Because I do everything I can to keep my newborn safe. If that means a company has to recall a defective item, then so be it. If costs rise due to this, then so be it if the recall saves even one life!

I do have kids, but where do we draw the line? A recall for something that is a statistical anomaly?Following these lines, children should not be allowed in a car that's more than 3 years old, and only during non rush hour times. And don't forget to purchase a new carseat, as the one that worked for your five year old is now outdated and unsafe.

Does it make sense when it impacts your wallet instead of a company's?

Let's put thing in perspective. How many kids died here out of 2.1 million cribs? 4?

If compared to something like high chairs or driving, those cribs are probably one of the safest places to put a child.

So if I'm not a mom can I comment here. Is there a "Today's Middle Aged Man" webpage?

I have one just like this and used it for my 4 year old and I am now pregnant again and plan on using it again. I believe that these accidents happened due to people not putting it together correctly. If people would just read the instructions then these problems never would happen. 4 out of 2.1 million. I'm sure that was due to lack of instructions.

I bought my crib in 1987. It has a drop down side. The problem is that "they don't make them like they used to".

There were no plastic parts on it. In order for the side to drop, you had to lift the rail, and push a lever with your foot on the bottom of the rail at the same time to release it. There is NO WAY and infant can do this on their own. I also used crib bumpers, which they have also banned - for all three of my children, along with walkers that could roll around the room.

My 85 year old mother says all the time that there were never these kinds of recalls when she was raising babies. Manufacturers put pride in their product, they were mostly made in the USA, and parents weren't distracted by cell phones, blackberries, computers and tv.

I say bring the manufacturing jobs back to the USA - I think there would be less problems with these products and less recalls.

I never used the dropside and i assembled correctly, but the plastic bracket on the top of side frame broke i fixed it with plastic wire ties and put that side against the wall. I just wanted to let parents know that fixing the dropside doesn't fix the problem and to be aware of this. I would feel quilty if 1 more child was hurt or died from this. I have not been able to get through to company to let them be aware of this so please if someone gets through would they let them know of this problem. The crib is now a toddler bed so i am not worried for myself just for others children are gifts a blessing from God lets not lose even 1 to this problem

Antonio and others have their facts wrong (not their fault, blame it on the media and the CPSC). A recent study shows that 90 babies died in two years...all stuck between the siderail of dropside cribs. 11,000 were injured, some losing fingers. The cribs have been around since the 1990s so we can assume the real number here is in the hundreds. Since the story broke three other moms contacted me saying their children died in dropsides but they thought it was a "fluke". My Tyler died in 1997. His neck became entrapped b/w the siderail and headboard of his oak, never recalled dropside deathtrap. I hired an expert back then who deemed the design in general to be unsafe. No one wanted to listen then. I'm so glad people are listening now. It's been a long 12 years. Really, I want to know why so many babies died after my son. I also want to know why I was able to purchase a new crib for $300 in 1997 completely unaware that the dropside crib claimed babies lives before it claimed the life of my son. Please post your much-appreciated answers / opinions. I can't do this alone anymore. -Tyler's mommy

Briana...please send your story via www.americasmostunwanted.org

There is an email link...please help save children's lives. Thank you for posting.

This is the second recall for the crib I own in less than 12 months. I really would prefer to get a refund to purchase a new crib from a different manufacturer.....how many other things are going to go wrong with this crib?