In my mind I read the thread title as Mesh FEEDER....so when I started reading the post, I was sooooo confused! LOL!
It's hard to let them bump themselves here and there, but they will be ok!!!
I have a difficult crib to use bumpers (solid wood on two sides---so there's no way to tie the bumper down on those two sides and that is super DANGEROUS.
BTW, we only use the mesh feeder with ice now. LOL!