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Article: The crib-sheet catastrophe. (fitted crib sheets that come loose; includes related articles)
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- Good Housekeeping
- Article date:
- November 1, 1998
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It seems the safest spot your baby could be--snugly asleep in his own bed. But a crib can be a killer. Urgent news mothers need to prevent a tragedy.
One afternoon last May, in a quiet neighborhood just outside Boston, Marie Reen, 29, headed up the stairs of her home with her daughter, Shannon, then 2. It was a ritual for the two of them--the time of day they always roused Marie's youngest, Jimmy, 1, from his nap. "Honey, time to wake up," she called, opening his door.
There was no sound. In one corner of the crib, his small form lay eerily still and quiet. She rushed over and found him wrapped up so many times in the mattress's fitted sheet that only ...