Ten 2012 Baby Product Recalls You May Have Missed

Hopefully every parent and childcare provider is aware of the most massive recall of any baby item in the history of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Starting in 2009, an estimated 10 million drop-side cribs were recalled from the US market, daycare facilities, and home nurseries. And the CPSC was not fooling around — they wanted every drop-side crib in the country completely destroyed. In fact, “crushed” was the word they so eloquently chose to describe the method of disposal they encouraged. Subsequently, a law was passed making it illegal to resell — or even give away — a secondhand drop-side … Continue reading

10 Super-Cool High Chairs and Hook-On Seats for Today’s Super-Cool Babies

Once upon a time, high chairs were pretty much all the same: heavy, wooden, obtrusive, unhygienic, and unsafe. Eventually we evolved into the much cleaner, safer plastic models, but the designs were still very similar from brand to brand. Boring…. Well not anymore, Baby! If you haven’t checked out the latest funky, fun styles and designs, you’ll be shocked by how far high chairs and hook-on seats have come. Today’s babies can not only eat with the family at the table, they can swing, play, socialize, and best of all, grow with their seat until they no longer need a … Continue reading