Editorial and safety policy

Every page on Cribpicks is built from the same rules. They exist because parents use these pages to decide what their baby sleeps in, rides in, and wears.

Where specs come from

Weight limits, age limits, fit lists, size charts, and sleep guidance come only from the manufacturer: its website, manual, or published spec sheet. If only a retailer states one, we leave it blank.
Other specs, like price and dimensions, come from the maker first, then major US retailers. Every product page lists its sources and when we last checked them.
When we can't confirm a product exists under a name, or its key specs, we don't publish it.

What we never say

We never call a product "safe" or "safest", and we never say a product reduces SIDS or suffocation risk.
We don't repeat health claims like "hypoallergenic" or "prevents rash", even when a maker uses them.
We use spec words like lightest or highest weight limit, never "best".
We don't give safety, sleep, car seat, feeding or medical advice in our own words. We link the agency or medical source instead, like the AAP, NHTSA, CPSC, CDC or FDA.

Specs, and hands-on reviews

Most pages are built from makers' published specs. Those pages compare numbers; they don't say how a product feels to use.
Sometimes we use a product ourselves and write about it. Those pages say so at the top, describe only what we actually saw and did, and include the downsides.
If a brand sent us the product for free, the page says that too. Brands don't see or approve what we write before it's published.
A hands-on review never replaces the maker's instructions, weight limits or warnings, and we don't make safety calls from our own use.

What we leave out on purpose

Weighted sleep sacks, swaddles, and blankets. The American Academy of Pediatrics advises against them.
Window shades the maker doesn't confirm are cordless.
Products banned under federal law, like crib bumpers, inclined sleepers, sleep positioners and drop-side cribs, and weighted infant sleepwear. We don't list them.

Recalls

We don't publish recall information of our own. Every product page links to the agency that handles recalls for that kind of product, so you can search it with the model number and date code from the label: CPSC for most baby gear, NHTSA for car seats and FDA for formula, food, medicine and other FDA-regulated items. See where to check for recalls.

Money

We may earn a commission when you buy through some links. That never changes which products we list, how we compare them, or what we say about them. See our disclosure.

Corrections

Found a wrong spec? Tell us. We fix it and log it on our corrections page.