Did you hear about the new U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) crib safety standards? Introduced in December, with full consumer compliance mandatory by January 2012?
Probably not.
But this little tidbit of info has tossed a big ole wrench into my nursery planning activities. (Interestingly enough, this was first brought to my attention by Learning Care Group Finance VP, my own Will Spurgeon. All day care cribs have to be replaced, and with 1000+ locations, that’s a lot of cribs. And a lot of funds. Enough to pique the interest of a Finance VP.)
Early in the pregnancy game, I picked out my crib, thanks to Karyn-recommended blog OhDeeDoh and their budget friendly crib post. Much to my moral chagrin, my faves were from the Walmart Baby Mod line. (I feel yucky buying from Walmart. But got over it for budget-friendly-modern cribs.)
Either the Park Lane.
Or the Olivia.
I mackereled between the two, but figured there wasn’t much of a rush. I had months before we tackled the nursery and even then, Baby S. would spend her first few months in the Breclaw cradle (a piece crafted for me when I was born, by my dad – more to come on that – such a treasure deserves its own post).
I was wrong about the rush. Last week, I hopped online to purchase the front-runner, the Park Lane, only to discover its “out of stock” status. GASP. The wheels started turning… Would it ever be in stock? With the new safety standards, were all the pieces being revamped and rolled out just in time for January 2012?
Thanks goodness I had my back-up, the Olivia. Two weeks later, when I finally got around to ordering, “Out of Stock.”
AHHHHH!
I’ve sent inquiries to both Walmart and Million Dollar Baby (makers of the Baby Mod line), asking if either model will be in stock anytime in the near future. Thus far, no response.
So I’m back to crib selection square one. And honestly, it’s a little stressful. I now feel an (most likely irrational) urgency to choose and purchase a sleeping space for Baby S. Because what if all the cribs I like sell out? And maybe it’s not too irrational. One that I had my eye on just recently went out of stock on a bunch of websites. (The City Lights Commuter.) Of course, being pregnant does make me trend toward the irrational, but not too much I can do about that.
So in the next two weeks, I hope to either get news on the Baby Mod pieces or choose between, and order one of, the following: the Amy Coe Westport, the Babyletto Modo or the Babyletto Mercer.
If all else fails, maybe I can talk Will into breaking the bank and ordering up my #1 pick, the $940 Oeuf Classic.
Wish me luck!
I am one of the luckiest ladies in Milford. On Friday, Will and I had a dinner date with our fabulous friend Pattie. She wanted to take us out on the town to celebrate the pregnancy so we chose a date and arranged for her to pick us up. This is what she showed up in.
To the delight of our neighbors, Big Duke galloped up our driveway at 6:45 p.m., transporting Pattie and a beautiful bouquet of flowers.
After a 505 photoshoot, Russel (driver) and Chewie (co-pilot) took us on a leisurely, historical tour of Milford. It was especially notable, since it was the day of the Milford baseball parade (we pulled onto Main Street at the tail end and still had a bit of an audience) and the day of the Royal Wedding.
Dinner at downtown Italian eatery, Coratti's, and then honorary aunt Pattie arranged for Russel to drive us home. Clopping up our gravel drive at 10 p.m. was quite the experience.
