Consumer safety alert from CPSC on crib mattress safety.
Consumer Product Safety Commission warn parents that air mattresses and other soft surfaces as waterbeds and adult beds are not safe for infant use.
Since 2002 CPSC has received reports of 16 deaths, where infants younger than 8 months were placed to sleep on air mattresses.

The following top rated crib mattresses are made according phthalates standards set forth by the CPSC and meet federal flammability standard 16 CFR 1633.
Sealy Baby Posturepedic Crown Jewel Mattress
Serta Nightstar Extra Firm Crib Mattress
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Better avoid a used crib mattress. They have been linked to the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).
The theory that toxic nerve gasses created when fungus grows inside the mattress cause SIDS. For the prevention of SIDS it is better to buy a new mattress even if the old mattress looks in perfect condition,
However if you are on a budget and want to use the same mattress you used for your first child, another option is to use mattress cover from Protect-A-Bed
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