Baby crib or pediatric bed is the bed meant only for babies and is built accordingly. It is alos known as cradle. The pediatric bed or a baby crib is of small size just to fit a new born baby. The length, width and other dimensions of the crib varies from manufacturer to manufacturer. Today, baby cribs are not restricted to traditional wood finished cribs. To make the crib look more appealing, they are available in different colors, styles and themes.  These are usually suitable for babies upto 6 months and baby cots are the suitable option for babies upto 3 years.

Hospital Pediatric Beds

In a hospital, pediatric beds are there in the pediatric unit.
The most common crib size is 80 cm long, 45 cm wide and 45 cm deep. The hospital baby crib has bars on all sides and the space between them is also not too large. The beds have full-length drop side safety railings. These hospital pediatric beds are made of iron steel, carbon steel, chromium steel, ERW steel, aluminum, wrought iron etc. Most of the hospital baby cribs are swinging types. Certain safety guidelines need to be followed while choosing baby cribs. For more information, click on Safety Guidelines for Baby Cribs.

Baby Cribs are usually found in found types:

• Canopy Baby Cribs: These cribs are designed keeping in mind both the utility and decorative purpose.  Much like a traditional crib they are usually rectangular in shape, but typically have a canopy frame built into the crib.
• Round Cribs / Oval Cribs: These type of baby cribs are also gaining popularity. Many of the parents prefer to have round or oval baby cribs, as they are wider than traditional cribs. This decreases the chances that baby's arms or legs will fall through the bars when sleeping. And its better to purchase special mattress to accommodate the shape of the crib.
• Collapsible Baby Cribs: Collapsible or portable cribs are usually less expensive, lightweight and easily put up and taken down. These are a good option if you plan on traveling with your baby frequently.
• Convertible Baby Cribs:  Convertible baby cribs have the added feature of converting into to toddler beds when the bay grows up a bit.

Functionality of Baby Crib
Baby Crib is designed in such a way that, it has, four inclined corner seats, bottom tubes, four bases, top tubes and upright tubes each being pivotally connected to the inclined corner seat and the base. The corner seat is inclined by an angle so that a portion of the inclined corner seat does not get perpendicular to the floor. The upright tube is also arced. An inner wall of the inclined corner seat is formed with a land track corresponding to a sliding slot of the upright tube. Thus, the arced top tubes and the arced upright tubes in the baby crib are immovable and efficiently combined when the upright tubes below the inclined corner seats are not perpendicular to the arced top tubes.