It's one of the biggest purchases for soon-to-be parents: a crib for baby.
Beginning today, a new generation of cribs, designed to be safer, will be the only ones approved for sale - in stores, online, and even at neighborhood yard sales. The redesigned cribs mark one of the most significant changes in child safety in decades.
The new rule bans the manufacture, sale and resale of drop-side cribs -- cribs that have a side rail that can be raised and lowered. that allows parents easier access to their children, but have also resulted in the deaths of several dozen children. The new federal standards also require more rigorous safety tests for any new children's cribs before they are available for sale to the publi
