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Its official drop side cribs are death traps
Biggest recall ever. Stork craft cribs are being recalled. The drop side thing again. Seriously is there a such a thing as a safe crib. Seems to me like the only safe thing to do is co sleep. Don't be fooled by the name apparently it goes by other names also. And was sold by target, and other store. Please check your cribs. just watched a mom telling the story of her strangled child and I just lay ed my son to sleep on the couch. *sigh*
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 2.1 million drop-side cribs by Stork Craft
Manufacturing are being recalled, the biggest crib recall in U.S
history, following reports of four infant suffocations.
The
Consumer Product Safety Commission said late Monday the recall involves
1.2 million cribs in the United States and almost 1 million in Canada,
where Stork Craft is based. Sales of the cribs being recalled go back
to 1993.
Nearly 150,000 of the cribs carry the Fisher-Price logo.
The CPSC said it is aware of four infants who suffocated in the
drop-side cribs, which have a side that moves up and down to allow
parents to lift children from the cribs more easily.
The Stork
Craft cribs have had problems with their hardware, which can break,
deform or become missing after years. CPSC said there can also be
problems with assembly mistakes by the crib owner. These problems can
cause the drop-side to detach, creating a dangerous space between the
drop-side and the crib mattress, where a child can become trapped.
The commission is urging parents to stop using the cribs until receiving a free repair kit from Stork Craft.
The cribs, which were manufactured and distributed between January 1993
and October 2009, were sold at major retailers including BJ's Wholesale Club, Sears and Wal-Mart stores and online through Target and Costco. They sold for between $100 and $400, and were made in Canada, China and Indonesia.
Consumer advocates have complained for years about drop-side cribs.
More than 5 million of them have been recalled over the past two years
alone — recalls that were associated with the deaths of a dozen young
children.
ASTM International, an organization that sets
voluntary industry safety standards for everything from toys to the
steel used in commercial buildings, approved a new standard last week
that requires four immovable, or fixed, sides for full-size cribs —
essentially eliminating the manufacture of drop-side cribs.
CPSC is also considering new rules for making cribs safer and could
adopt the ASTM voluntary standard as a mandatory one, outright banning
the cribs.
Toys"R''Us started phasing out drop-side cribs earlier this year and will no longer carry them next month.
In the Stork Craft recall, the manufacture date, model number, crib
name, country of origin, and the firm's name, address and contact
information are located on the assembly instruction sheet attached to
the mattress support board. The firm's insignia "storkcraft baby" or
"storkling" is inscribed on the drop-side teething rail of some cribs.
Consumers can contact the company, 877-274-0277, to order the free repair kit, or log on to www.storkcraft.com.
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- by on Nov. 23, 2009 at 8:42 PM
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I know my mom never did cribs, and we got one just so at night we could get a few hours of "us time" but otherwise ds sleeps wit us. But I am totally thinking of just going right to toddler beds that lay on the floor and putting my kids on the floor.
Quoting catholicmamamia:
It is so sad all the babies that are injured due to those things!
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- by on Nov. 23, 2009 at 8:43 PM
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i'm confused. Is it any crib where the sides drop down or just this particular brand?
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- by on Nov. 23, 2009 at 8:45 PM
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so far just this particular brand but the last big graco recall was also drop side cribs. So I am thinking that if you have any drops side crib it may be the next one recalled. Some stores are just not going to sell them anymore at all.which seems like the bet thing to do.
Quoting MrsTWalsh:
i'm confused. Is it any crib where the sides drop down or just this particular brand?
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- by on Nov. 23, 2009 at 8:46 PM
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Not saying stuff don't happen, but honestly I have used cribs that drop the sides and had no problems. Hardware on cribs or anything for that matter can wear out if they are used for YEARS. You have to check all of your childrens' things toys, cribs, furniture for damages or wear and tear. Common sense. If your crib mattress also has to fit snug, so your child can't fall in. I can't get my hand between the bars of my toddler's crib and the mattress, so I'm pretty sure he can't fit his head in. However, in my city within a 3 months time 5 babies have died due to co-sleeping. So, either way stuff happens. Do what you want with your own babies. I'm going to keep using my crib until he's ready for a toddler bed, which will also be checked regularly to make sure everything is in working good condition.
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- by on Nov. 23, 2009 at 8:49 PM
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I agree. We have a drop side crib and we just check it all the time. Also, my DD is 2 so we have to have the crib side all the way up to keep her contained. lol
Quoting officerjoeys:
Not saying stuff don't happen, but honestly I have used cribs that drop the sides and had no problems. Hardware on cribs or anything for that matter can wear out if they are used for YEARS. You have to check all of your childrens' things toys, cribs, furniture for damages or wear and tear. Common sense. If your crib mattress also has to fit snug, so your child can't fall in. I can't get my hand between the bars of my toddler's crib and the mattress, so I'm pretty sure he can't fit his head in. However, in my city within a 3 months time 5 babies have died due to co-sleeping. So, either way stuff happens. Do what you want with your own babies. I'm going to keep using my crib until he's ready for a toddler bed, which will also be checked regularly to make sure everything is in working good condition.
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- by on Nov. 23, 2009 at 8:51 PM
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I saw that one the news, my question is - what are the other options.
My son had a crib with a gate in the side, alhtought it also went down on the side.
Without at least a gate in the side someone like me would have a problem getting an infant in and out (im 5ft)
I just could never figure out how to put the side down so it always stayed up anyhow, and I used the gate which was always much more convient.
Will all cribs now have this gate?
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- by on Nov. 23, 2009 at 8:51 PM
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I think the problem is with the plastic clips that make up the drop side hardware on the new cribs. My 3 girls all used my oldest child's crib from 1995. Metal drop side hardware. I never heard of this until they started using the plastic. For my son we bought an IKEA crib. No drop side, and lower to the floor.
This is the crib we had, notice the long metal bars at either side. They made it vitally impossible for a baby to get caught in the drop side.
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