Cribs recalled for faulty railing

[Saguaro]

WASHINGTON - Safety officials announced a recall of 24,000 cribs Thursday and also warned parents against putting their babies to bed with pillows and other soft bedding that could suffocate them.

The 24,000 Indonesian-made cribs were recalled for putting children at risk of falling out. The cribs, imported by Munire Furniture Inc., have improper brackets that don't allow their mattresses to be fully lowered. This could allow children inside the crib to crawl over the railing and fall.

The recall includes the company's Majestic Curved Top, Majestic Flat Top, Essex, Brighton/Sussex and Captiva cribs with various model numbers. The cribs were sold at children's specialty stores between November 2005 and November 2007. No injuries have been reported.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080228/ap_on_re_us/crib_deaths;_ylt=AtmkdcO1Q1MTYPPo4i70giVvzwcF

[Oceanbreeze]

Amazing any of us lived through any of our childhoods or the children before cribs/bassinets were even invented.
Damn lawsuits. :soapbox


I co-slept with both my kids.

[McLovin]

My 4 year olds are still in cribs. :hide

The same cribs.

Jenny Lind - $100.00 at Babies R Us. Money well spent. :lmao

[cassandra]

I love co-sleeping. I still have 2 who are in my bed often.

How scary. I have to wonder though why these have been being sold since late 2005 and nobody noticed until now. When my kids are in cribs I am always so crazy about making sure they can't grab on.

Lola converted or full cribs?

[patriotsblade]

Amazing any of us lived through any of our childhoods or the children before cribs/bassinets were even invented.
Damn lawsuits. :soapbox


I co-slept with both my kids.

Where did it say anything about a lawsuit? Even if there is eventual litigation, consider this:

The cribs were imported from Indonesia where safety regulation are nowhere near US standards. The person/company importing these cribs must have a license to import them. One of the conditions of obtaining that license is that the importer agrees that the item(s) being imported meet US safety standards. If the importer does not fulfill that obligation and the consumer suffers a loss (in this case possibly the ultimate loss), why shouldn't the consumer be entitled to relief?

[Oceanbreeze]

Where did it say anything about a lawsuit? Even if there is eventual litigation, consider this:

The cribs were imported from Indonesia where safety regulation are nowhere near US standards. The person/company importing these cribs must have a license to import them. One of the conditions of obtaining that license is that the importer agrees that the item(s) being imported meet US safety standards. If the importer does not fulfill that obligation and the consumer suffers a loss (in this case possibly the ultimate loss), why shouldn't the consumer be entitled to relief?



Growing Up In the 1960's
Sent by Dan Hoobler, Class of 1963
Author Unknown


Looking back, it's hard to believe that we have lived as long as we did.
•Riding in the back of a pickup truck on a warm day was always a special treat.
•Our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paint.
•We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors, or cabinets, and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets. (Not to mention hitchhiking to town as a young kid!)
•We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle. Horrors. We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then rode down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times we learned to solve the problem.
•We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on. No one was able to reach us all day. No cell phones. Unthinkable.
•We played dodgeball and sometimes the ball would really hurt.
•We got cut and broke bones and broke teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents. They were accidents. No one was to blame but us. Remember accidents?
•We had fights and punched each other and got black and blue and learned to get over it.
•We ate cupcakes, bread and butter, and drank sugar soda but we were never overweight...we were always outside playing.
We shared one grape soda with four friends, from one bottle and no one died from this?
•We did not have Playstations, Nintendo 64, X Boxes, video games at all, 99 channels on cable, video tape movies, surround sound, personal cellular phones, Personal Computers, internet chat rooms ... we had friends. We went outside and found them.
•We rode bikes or walked to a friend's home and knocked on the door, or rung the bell or just walked in and talked to them.
Imagine such a thing. Without asking a parent! By ourselves! Out there in the cold cruel world! Without a guardian. How did we do it?
•We made up games with sticks and tennis balls and ate worms and although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes, nor did the worms live inside us forever.
•Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment.....
•Some students weren't as smart as others so they failed a grade and were held back to repeat the same grade.....Horrors. Tests were not adjusted for any reason.
•Our actions were our own. Consequences were expected. No one to hide behind. The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke a law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law, imagine that!
•This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers and problem solvers and inventors, ever. The past 50 years has been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all.
And you're one of them.

Congratulations!

[patriotsblade]

Growing Up In the 1960's
Sent by Dan Hoobler, Class of 1963
Author Unknown


Looking back, it's hard to believe that we have lived as long as we did.
•Riding in the back of a pickup truck on a warm day was always a special treat.
•Our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paint.
•We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors, or cabinets, and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets. (Not to mention hitchhiking to town as a young kid!)
•We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle. Horrors. We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then rode down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times we learned to solve the problem.
•We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on. No one was able to reach us all day. No cell phones. Unthinkable.
•We played dodgeball and sometimes the ball would really hurt.
•We got cut and broke bones and broke teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents. They were accidents. No one was to blame but us. Remember accidents?
•We had fights and punched each other and got black and blue and learned to get over it.
•We ate cupcakes, bread and butter, and drank sugar soda but we were never overweight...we were always outside playing.
We shared one grape soda with four friends, from one bottle and no one died from this?
•We did not have Playstations, Nintendo 64, X Boxes, video games at all, 99 channels on cable, video tape movies, surround sound, personal cellular phones, Personal Computers, internet chat rooms ... we had friends. We went outside and found them.
•We rode bikes or walked to a friend's home and knocked on the door, or rung the bell or just walked in and talked to them.
Imagine such a thing. Without asking a parent! By ourselves! Out there in the cold cruel world! Without a guardian. How did we do it?
•We made up games with sticks and tennis balls and ate worms and although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes, nor did the worms live inside us forever.
•Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment.....
•Some students weren't as smart as others so they failed a grade and were held back to repeat the same grade.....Horrors. Tests were not adjusted for any reason.
•Our actions were our own. Consequences were expected. No one to hide behind. The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke a law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law, imagine that!
•This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers and problem solvers and inventors, ever. The past 50 years has been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all.
And you're one of them.

Congratulations!

Infant Mortality Rate

1960 - 26.0 per 1000 births
2003 - 6.9 per 1000 births

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0779935.html

[Oceanbreeze]

Infant Mortality Rate

1960 - 26.0 per 1000 births
2003 - 6.9 per 1000 births

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0779935.html

Sue happy nation.
Increase in all of our medical, personal, and life insurance.

[McLovin]

Cassandra - they are convertible cribs, but we've never converted them. :hide

I'm happy to report that I am actually bed shopping, though. :lmao Much to my dismay...

Oh & Alex has been in my bed 3 nights straight. :heart I love having a cuddle bunny every once in a while, too.

[BartonX]

Hey, do the Blutts know the Cribs have been recalled?????:hotdog

[BartonX]

Where did it say anything about a lawsuit? Even if there is eventual litigation, consider this:

The cribs were imported from Indonesia where safety regulation are nowhere near US standards. The person/company importing these cribs must have a license to import them. One of the conditions of obtaining that license is that the importer agrees that the item(s) being imported meet US safety standards. If the importer does not fulfill that obligation and the consumer suffers a loss (in this case possibly the ultimate loss), why shouldn't the consumer be entitled to relief?

Indonesia, is where the muslim Barak Hussein Obama, attended his first madrassa's. They promoted change and hope but never defined it until 9/11.

[Matt]

I love co-sleeping. I still have 2 who are in my bed often.

How scary. I have to wonder though why these have been being sold since late 2005 and nobody noticed until now. When my kids are in cribs I am always so crazy about making sure they can't grab on.


Me too. Some precious times.
Course I got peed on a few times back in the olden days.:)

I've heard several comedians do these routines on how things used to be. That's okay for them but it seems silly to buy into that. It's to laugh at, and then be thankful for all of the help we are getting in keeping our wonderful babies safe.
The stats posted by pb are proof enough that it's a good thing!

[Matt]

Yeah!! I just got a second star. Made it to 1000.
Must mark that on my calendar. :D

[BartonX]

Way to go Matt!

[Trueblue]

Me too. Some precious times.
Course I got peed on a few times back in the olden days.:)



:pisslaugh

[BartonX]

Hey Matt, are you sure you didn't mean you got peed on in the "golden" days??? :rofl