Joined: 14 Nov 2006 Posts: 1912 Location: Boise, Idaho,
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Posted: 10-25-07 14:46pm
CRAZY!! Thanks so much for posting this. I
was going to buy one online two days ago
but decided to wait for my husband. We
were going to look more into it
tonight!!!!
Wait...it seems like they are being
recalled just because someone may have
used them certain ways like placing them
on top of tables. I wouldn't do that
anyways ---- at least I would like to
think I wouldn't have done that.
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mamaTT
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Posted: 10-25-07 14:51pm
Yeah. They have taken them off the market
until they redo the warnings on them. I
guess they'll have to add, "Do not set on
tabletops, countertops, or anything any
higher than the floor."
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AyaMiyaki
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Posted: 10-25-07 14:56pm
For anyone too lazy to click :
WASHINGTON - Some 1 million foam baby
seats sold by Target Corp, Wal-Mart Stores
Inc and other large retailers are being
recalled because of reports of young
children falling out of the seats, the
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
said on Thursday.
The safety agency said it received 28
reports of young children falling out of
the seats, including three who suffered
skull fractures because the seats had been
placed atop tables.
The baby seats, made by Bumbo
International of South Africa, sold for
about $40 each from August 2003 through
October 2007. Retailers that sold the
product also included Sears Holdings,
Kmart, Toys "R" Us, USA Babies, it said.
The round Bumbo Baby Sitter Seats are 15
inches in diameter and made of molded
polyurethane foam that wraps around a
child.
Consumers should contact Bumbo to obtain
new warning label stickers and
instructions for the recalled baby seats
and should never use the infant seat on a
table, countertop, chair or other elevated
surface, the agency said.
On its Web site, Bumbo said it temporarily
stopped selling the baby seat until safety
packaging can be updated. "The Bumbo Baby
Seat is safe when used properly, but we
have voluntarily agreed to update the
packaging to ensure there is no confusion
about the safe, proper use of the Bumbo
Baby Seat," the company said.
The baby seat is designed for infants who
are six weeks old or able to support their
own heads, up to an age of about 12 to 14
months or about 22 pounds, Bumbo said.
thats a dumb recall, any normal person
would know not to set your child in it on
top of a table or something, or not watch
your child or something. Jordynne doesnt
use hers now anymore now that she is
pretty much walking, i think its now in
the basement!
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jenniek
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Joined: 21 Sep 2005 Posts: 692 Location: Salina
Posted: 10-25-07 16:11pm
Oh I saw this on the morning news! They
have to redo the packaging because they
have a picture of kids sitting on them on
top of a table on the box! Seriously
didn't think people were dumb enough to do
that tho!
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young Girl
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Joined: 21 Jun 2007 Posts: 13932 Location: everythings better in, texas USA
Posted: 10-25-07 16:17pm
lol thanks laura cuz i was not about to
click the link lol
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SamanthaM
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Posted: 10-25-07 16:23pm
I think you should all quit calling people
dumb for sitting them on a table in it. If
the seat wasn't a piece of crap the babies
wouldn't have fallen out in the first
place. I sit Alex on the counter in the
kitchen in his while I'm cooking, but I'm
not dumb enough to leave him alone and not
watch him. That's what makes people dumb.
So thanks!
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OctoberBaby06
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Posted: 10-25-07 16:52pm
I used to sit Kaylee in hers on our
kitchen table while Shane & I were
eating but I would never ever leave her
there. This recall is ridiculous. I think
the parents who left their kids to fall
off the table oughta be recalled.
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vanessalouanne
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Posted: 10-25-07 16:54pm
I sit bree on the counter (with the wall
right behind her) when I do dishes but
again, i'd never leave her alone there.
But after hearing about this I won't even
sit her in it on hard floor anymore.
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AyaMiyaki
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Posted: 10-25-07 17:02pm
We used Alyvia's in a chair last year for
Thanksgiving. I was right there beside
her, of course, and she had a wall on the
other side. But seriously, the base of the
Bumbo seat is mega-sturdy. I don't really
see how a small baby could shift their
weight so far to one side to cause it to
tip over. I'm not saying it's not possible
though. I don't know. I think it's a bad
idea to leave a child anywhere
without supervision.
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ladylee70
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Posted: 10-25-07 17:06pm
Honestly, I probably would have used it on
my chair as a high chair with the tray.
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