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Recent Safety Recalls

April 27, 2011

They're supposed to help soothe your child, but if you have purchased a Pampers Natural Stages Pacifyer between April, 2010 and February, 2011, you won't find much comfort in this news. The colorful silicone binkies do not meet federal safety standards and may pose a choking risk for your baby. Remove the bink immediately, and contact Key Baby toll-free at (800) 447-1224 anytime, or visit the company's web site at www.key-baby.com for a $10 coupon towards another baby product. 

Picture of recalled bed-side sleeper

If your little tyke is sleeping in this Arms Reach Concept's Infant Bedside Sleeper, stop using it, and visit www.armsreach.com/instructions to view and download assembly instructions and to make sure that the product is properly configured. These sleepers, sold nationwide at Burlington Coat Factory and Babies R Us, have been reported more than 10 times for dropping the sleeping baby from the raised mattress into the bottom of the sleeper! Models included in the recall are Originals-8108, 8133, 8111, 8112 & 8199 and Universal -8311. They were sold between 1997 and 2001. For information, contact Arm's Reach at (800) 954-9353 between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or visit the firm's website at www.armsreach.com. 

 

Troy the Activity Truck, by Infantino, is full of colorful shapes and plastic tubing that may become detatched and pose a choking hazard. About 47,000 of these products were sold in the U.S. and there have been numerous reports of children ending up with the small parts in their mouths--a few of them were gagging when the parents noticed what was happening. Luckily, there have been no fataliities reported due to the faulty trucks, but if your child has one, take it away, and contact Infantino by telephone at 1-888-808-3111 between 8AM and 4PM PST Monday through Friday or by email at recall@infantino.com for information on getting a refund or replacement product. 

 

#parker panel crib

They're sleek, graceful, modern and potentially VERY dangerous! If your baby sleeps in a fixed-sided crib manufactored by ducduc, llc, of New York, find a new bed until you contact the company at (212) 226-1868 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, or visit the firm's website at www.ducducnyc.com for information about receiving a free repair kit and instructions. The crib rails may become detatched, and your baby can slip through them and fall. For specific model numbers on this recall click here.

 

For other recalls, and for all the latest consumer safety recall information, visit the CDC at: http://www.cpsc.gov/.