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RECALL: IKEA Recalls to Repair High Chairs Due to Fall Hazard
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, in cooperation with IKEA, today announced a voluntary recall of about 169,000 ANTILOP high chairs. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. Name of Product: ANTILOP High Chairs Units: About [...]
pediped Launched Rewards Program with a “Purchases for Purposes” Fundraising SALE!
pediped is hosting a Purchases with Purpose Sale to benefit the pediped foundation. During the fundraiser which will run through February 5, select styles available on pediped.com will be marked down as much as 50% with HALF of the sales from the selected styles being donated to the pediped foundation™ to help children in need. We would love for [...]
Oh no! It’s a Man Cold!
Do you know what my husband doesn’t think is funny? When I call him “poor little bunny” when he is sick. hehehe Yes, we have a poor little bunny in the house today and he is not happy. If you don’t know about “poor little bunny” – you must watch the video below. Seriously, watch [...]
January is Bath Safety Month
January is National Bath Safety Month, and although you may be like me and thinking “I know what I’m doing” there is a lot of surprising data when it comes to children and accidents in the bathtub. An article in the August 2009 edition of Pediatrics Journal states: “There were an estimated 791,200 bathtub- and [...]
Post-Holiday Dump Truck to the Rescue
Admit it–you bought into all the marketing and holiday hype and without even realizing it, you went a little overboard on the amount of presents your children received. All the gifts have been unwrapped, played with and at least a few might already be broken and/or missing some of its pieces. Now you’re feeling very stressed [...]
Baby Gizmo Announces 2011 Stroller Award Winners!
While most people are looking towards 2012, we are taking the opportunity to look back at 2011. One of our top questions that we received was what strollers do we like the best. In honor of all the fabulous strollers that strolled the streets during 2011, we decided to hand out awards. No one knows [...]
Wall Street Journal is Ruffling Feathers Over their Car Seat Article
California is changing their car seat laws as of January 1, 2012 to include that children must use a car seat until 8 years old or 4-feet-9 inches tall which is up from the current requirement of 6 years or 60 lbs! We say – HOORAY, California!! Way to keep our kids safer!! We are [...]
Father adds creativity and fun to son’s lunch
Robert Kimmel knows how to make lunch more interesting for his 8 year-old son, Ben. And I don’t mean by making a variety of cuisines. Everyday since Kindergarten, Robert has been sending Ben to school with a sticky note in his lunchbox with a half-completed drawing and half-written story. The note is then completed by [...]
Bugaboo Bee Strollers Recalled by Bugaboo Americas Due to Fall Hazard
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, in cooperation with Bugaboo, announced a voluntary recall of about 7,000 Bugaboo Bee strollers on December 22, 2011. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. Name of Product: Bugaboo Bee Strollers Units: [...]
Baby Gizmo Dangers at Grandparent’s House (VIDEO)
With so many people traveling for the holidays with their children to grandparents and relative’s homes, we thought it was a great opportunity to do a quick video on dangers to watch out for in a non-babyproofed home. From location from “grandma’s house”, I highlight different areas of the house to just keep in mind [...]
