For those of you that don't know Nervous Netty, she also answers to the name 'Lynnette', (aka Kelly's sister).
Yea, Lynnette! This round of Jo-Jo Jeopardy was perfect for Lynnette. She is a champion 'stresser' and is always making sure that everyone is safe....and I'm talking S.A.F.E. I mean, really people, as an extra precaution,this fine friend will roll down the windows while in a parking structure...why you ask? Well, obviously it's to hear the potential people that you *might* run-over..... scream. No, I'm not kidding....next time you see me, ask me about this story it's very funny.
Lynnette correctly identified all 9 crib violations.
Here's the breakdown: 3 violations for the blankets (each one counts), 2 violations for the stuffed animals (one white bear and one black bear), 1 violation for the mobile (hanging butterflies), 1 violation for the crib toy thing-a-ma-jig (more on this contraption below), 1 violation for the too-wide crib slats (the new 'rules' indicate the the space cannot exceed 2 3/8 inches) and 1 GIGANTIC violation for the clear inflatable plastic bumper pads....so for the math impaired that's 3+2+1+1+1+1=9
Now on to the MAJOR offender. Although my Mom assures me that the inflatable bumpers were "all the rage" and "theit thing to have" , I googled those suckers til' my fingers were numb and I cannot for the life of me find one example of them. Mom, I'm thinking some cheapskate sold you an inflatable raft and convinced you that they were the hot item of 1977. For my faithful blog readers (and those that are 55+ years young) I challenge you to find one example of these inflatable raft bumper pads.
This was the one item in the photo that I did notcount as a violation. To search for this specific Fisher price toy I actually googled 'vintage Fisher Price'. How very, very, sad...somehow my long-ago crib toys qualify as 'vintage' now I feel really old.....
As for the completely crazy and unsafe finger-pinching-chocking-hazard-of-a- 'Cradle Gym' I found this old ad.. I love that the baby is doing little pull-ups and that it touts itself as a baby 'excersiser'....hey wait a minute..maybe *that's* why Mom and Dad bought it for me....hmmm..

Now, if my Mom and Dad *really* loved me, surely they would have bought me this:

So there you have it. Congratulations Lynnette! You can thank your uber-sneaky-sister for sending me a way back photo. You were one *seriously* CUTE baby!
Thanks Auntie Marcine, Larky, Kelly, Brianne, Kristie, and Karen for commenting I always get a kick out of seeing the guesses...