Monthly Archives: November 2009
Largest Crib Recall in History
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 23, 2009 Release # 10-046 Firm’s Recall Hotline: (877) 274-0277 CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772 CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908 HC Media Contact: (613) 957-2983 Infant Entrapment and Suffocation Prompts Stork Craft to Recall More Than 2.1 Million Drop-Side Cribs WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), in…
Keeping Kids Safe at a Wedding
My dear friends Xochitl Gonzalez and Mayra Castillo, are the founders of Always a Bridesmaid, the greatest wedding planning company in the North East, actually make that the country. They have appeared in just about every wedding publication out there, Lots of TV shows such as, The Style Network’s Whose Wedding is it Anyway, and…
We Have a Winner
Congrats to Dionne Sinclair of NYC, the winner of the StrollAway. What will you with all your new found extra room, now that your stroller will be tucked away out of sight? I’m sure you will make good use of the space. For those of you that did not win, keep checking back. We have…
Maclaren Recall
Stroller maker Maclaren announced a recall on Monday that affects about 1 million umbrella strollers that can reportedly amputate or lacerate children’s fingertips. So far, the company said there have been 12 amputations across the country. This happens when children get their fingers stuck in between the stroller’s side hinges while it is being opened…
Brilliant Solution for Stroller Storage!
A few weeks ago, I was contacted by Mary Ann, the founder of MetroTOTS. She gave me information about her brilliant invention called the StrollAway. I told her that I had to have one. The StrollAway is every NYC and apartment dwellers answer to stroller storage. The StrollAway is a sturdy steel hanger that goes…
More Parents Are Using Second-Hand Baby Items, How Safe is This?
It’s no surprise that in today’s down economy, more parents are looking to purchase second-hand items for baby, or take hand-me-downs from friends and relatives. The problem is that some second-hand items may be putting your baby at risk. Recently Toys “R” Us, Inc launched a national program to spotlight potentially unsafe baby products still…
