CPSC recalls baby walkers

[NicoleM]

I get their email updates about recalls. I almost died in one of these things--this is serious.

CPSC, Dream On Me Industries Announce Recall of Baby Walkers

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the manufacturer named below, today announced voluntary recalls of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.

Name of product: Dream On Me Baby Walkers

Units: About 20,000

Manufacturer/Importer: Dream On Me Industries, of Brooklyn, N.Y.

Hazard: The walkers will fit through a standard doorway and are not designed to stop at the edge of a step. Babies using these walkers can be seriously injured or killed if they fall down stairs.

Incidents/Injuries: No injuries have been reported with the baby walkers. This recall is being conducted to prevent the possibility of injury.

Description: The recalled baby walkers have model number 408 or 423 written on a label sewn into the seats. Model 408 has a white and black tray and a black printed fabric base and seat, measuring about 25 inches by 28 inches. Model 423 has a red tray and a purple plastic base measuring about 25 inches by 28 inches. Both models have eight snap in wheels and a label sewn into the seat that reads "DREAM ON ME IND INC. BROOKYN, NY 112321, MADE IN CHINA."

Sold at: Small toy and juvenile product stores in the metropolitan New York area from April 2002 through March 2004 for about $25 for model 408 and about $30 for model 423.

Manufactured in: China

Remedy: Stop using the recalled walkers immediately and return the walkers to the retailer where purchased to receive a refund.

Consumer Contact: For additional information on returning the product contact Dream On Me Industries representatives at [phone] between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday.

Media Contact: Mark Srour at [phone] or Joanne Mattiace at [phone]

To see pictures of the recalled products on CPSC's web site, please go to
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml04/04148.html

[Book Lover]

1. Thanks for passing this along

I have been repeatedly warned against using walkers while teaching Mr. Bunny how to do the two-step, and have been happy to comply. I don't like the look of them (which is no basis for rejecting them, but is true), and we don;t have the room for them in the house anyway. And at any rate, like so many baby things, the useful life of a walker is pretty short, considering. Infant capital expenditures should amortize over, like, 16 weeks :-)

[tigereye]

2. rWe refused to use them when my son was young

seemed unsafe to me.

[Book Lover]

3. Exactly!

I just have no confidence in them. They don't pass the eye test for safety...

[NicoleM]

4. When I was a baby

I managed to get my whole body through one leg hole, but not my head. I almost choked to death.

[Book Lover]

5. Geez

Does anybody have a positive story...? Even the AAP recommends against using them.

[Pithlet]

6. I can't believe they still make these

They should be banned. Walkers are extremely dangerous. They can also delay a child learning to walk on their own.

[tigereye]

8. that's what I thought

I could never understand why people still used them. Maybe so the kids could be more mobile and less fussy... but not worth the risk.

[rucky]

7. And how is this walker any more dangerous than the other walkers?

it's wierd they'd target a specific manufacturer like that.