Dangerous Baby Products
Once again I am taking a break from parenting issues to pass along some serious information that might help save your baby or the life of a baby you know. Please please read below and make sure you do not have any of these products. These recalls are direct from the Consumer Product Safety Commission, CPSC. You can click on the link for further information about what to do if you have one of these recalled products.
First, there was a recall of 2,000 Convertible Cribs by Playkids USA. This crib can entrap and suffocate an infant, and in fact, a five-month old baby in Brooklyn died in August as a direct result of this faulty product. The sides of these cribs are made of mesh that expands. A gap can open up between the mattress and the side and an infant can slip between the side and mattress. With any crib or pack n’ play be sure that the mattress is very tight fitting. Mesh sides are designed so that a child who rolls over and cannot roll back is able to breathe through the mesh siding. But that mesh should be very tight.
There was also a recall of about 800 Baby Walkers made by the My Way Corporation of San Juan, Puerto Rico. These walkers were sold exclusively in Puerto Rico too. The hazard of this walker is that it does not meet the voluntary standard size and can fit through a standard size doorway. It is also not designed to stop at the edge of a stair as most walkers are nowadays.
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