Baby Gear Recalls: Are Your Baby Products Safe?

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With the recent baby sling recall, our minds got wondering and wandering about what other baby products have been recalled. We wanted to see what's been recalled and why, and the volume. Here's a nifty infographic of all that info - the what, why, and when of the baby gear recall world.

Pretty interesting stuff.

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baby products recalled in 2009 and 2010

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Wake Up! Do Your Homework

The biggest thing I learned from doing this infographic is that it's very important to do your homework and be attentive! Even though some products may have bad designs we still need to pay attention to our kids, research and test out before we bring it into our house.

Beyond research

Some things we have no idea have lead paint in them until much later. One of the best ways to avoid that is to buy American made toys and products.

Obvious

Why is it that month after month products are recalled because of drawstring strangulation hazards and other stuff that is so obvious it requires no effort to test.

It's almost like manufactures just make something and hope it doesn't get examined knowing that even if it does get recalled they've already sold enough to make money and the financial implications of a recall are next to zero.

Same goes for the manufactures that appear on the recall lists month after month. Do they learn nothing from the past or are they totally unconcerned about safety and only concerned about making money. There should be a limit to how many times you can have a product recalled after which your company is banned from importing to the US.

Thanks Hugamonkey!

When I was deciding which sling to purchase I did a lot of online research and checked out all of the brands. I ALMOST went with the Infantino one that was recalled, but after reading the many (many!)negative reviews from parents I bought the one I currently have from Hugamonkey. My girl (now 1) STILL loves it and so does her Mommy.

Great Resource

I bought mu Hugamonkey when my son was 3months old. It is the ONLY sling that he will hang out in! It is a great product! Thanks!

Your resource on recalled products is a great tool! It easily showcases all the major recalls into one easy to use resource with extra information included. A wonderful tool for the crazy, busy new mom! Thanks Hugmonkey for all you do for all of us moms!

Thank you!

This is great! You guys have an awesome company - thanks for all you do. Adding this to my blog now!

Shay @ Wonderfully Chaotic

number of items?

This is really interesting, thanks! I'd like to see a graph that compared the number of items recalled, not just the type, too.

Great Idea

I think that would look cool. In addition to what was recalled, the number of items recalled, I'd love to see the dollar value of each recall.

Great work

I like the graphics and the overall look of this. I will return and recommend it to my friends. I would also like it if you were able to look at Medical Insurance and dental insurance and put them through the same treatment in terms of companies that are family/kid friendly and those that are not!

agree

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