Had to share, can't help but think someone here might have a kid with this bed. Scary!
Pirate and boat beds recalled after death of child (http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml08/08323.html)
And while I'm at it...
POTC sleeping bag contains lead (http://www.cpsc.gov/CPSCPUB/PREREL/prhtml08/08278.html)
Really awesome pirate game contains lead (http://www.cpsc.gov/CPSCPUB/PREREL/prhtml04/04144.html)
/mommy
i thank thee
Do you expect anything less coming from China?
Sadly to say MANY American pharmasuticals are now made in China, Do you trust them? I don't. And the US Government isn't calling this Domestic Terrorism, Sure seams like it is to me. Sure seems like an easy way for the Chinese to take over. Just poisen us Americans, take our jobs away, and you now have all of America conquered.
Thank you for sharing. The one reason why i don't have a lid on my son's toy chest. They are bad news !
Quote from: tigerlilly on August 26, 2008, 08:18:40 PM
Really awesome pirate game contains lead (http://www.cpsc.gov/CPSCPUB/PREREL/prhtml04/04144.html)
/mommy
I have that game but not the chest. I have the wooden book set. off to read the site.
It's a cool game. I have a version made after the recall.
http://www.frontporchclassics.com/games/details.php?id=17
Quote from: Lady de Laney on August 26, 2008, 10:18:02 PM
Do you expect anything less coming from China?
Sadly to say MANY American pharmasuticals are now made in China, Do you trust them? I don't. And the US Government isn't calling this Domestic Terrorism, Sure seams like it is to me. Sure seems like an easy way for the Chinese to take over. Just poisen us Americans, take our jobs away, and you now have all of America conquered.
Yes, this is just another in a long line of recalled items with lead from China. >:( Time means nothing to them...just slowly poison them and hopefully they won't notice. Also, watch out not just for pharmaceuticals...many dental prostheses are also made in China and contain lead.
I'm SO weird about the things I get for my son. It seems there are so many items being recalled.... all the way down to bottles. >:(
No kidding. I threw out a ton of sippy cups a while ago. And they were Gerber, for heavens sake. Gerber!!!! But that was for poisonous plastic, not lead.
Quote from: tigerlilly on August 27, 2008, 12:05:29 PM
No kidding. I threw out a ton of sippy cups a while ago. And they were Gerber, for heavens sake. Gerber!!!! But that was for poisonous plastic, not lead.
The whole BPA thing... yeah. Although they have recently come out and said there shouldn't be any need to worry too much about it and they aren't exposed to enough to harm them... I still double check they aren't labeled with a 7 on the bottom... If I can avoid it at all, I will.
And we wonder why we have so many hormones in the water that affect everything. Like cross gender fish and frogs. Not to worry about all the mercury, better also start worrying about all the other things in the water you drink, the food you eat, the clothing you wear, the things you touch. everything. Then add in all the stuff made over seas.
Even organic is not 100% organic as the rain which falls on it also has chemicals in it.
That settles it, I'm going nude and not eating anything anymore :o
Quote from: Lady de Laney on August 27, 2008, 12:14:22 PM
And we wonder why we have so many hormones in the water that affect everything. Like cross gender fish and frogs. Not to worry about all the mercury, better also start worrying about all the other things in the water you drink, the food you eat, the clothing you wear, the things you touch. everything. Then add in all the stuff made over seas.
Why do you think my 13 year old daughter looks like she is 18???? Those wonderful hormones in Chicken and Beef to make the chickens and cows grow fatter faster. Well, they also help a child develop much faster... Thanks alot corporate america, you have just brought me MORE gray hairs... like I needed them.
the BPA thing scares me too. I'm finally going to be a grandmother and i have to research everything for the baby. Dammed China!
Not just China, blame it on the US for importing all this Sh!t, and giving away our jobs. Its all planned.
Its time to wake up people.
As for that bed, what the hell is a 22 month old sleeping in that bed anyway? Stupid parents, should still be in a crib.
Quote from: BrokenArts on August 28, 2008, 11:40:38 PM
Not just China, blame it on the US for importing all this Sh!t, and giving away our jobs. Its all planned.
Its time to wake up people.
As for that bed, what the hell is a 22 month old sleeping in that bed anyway? Stupid parents, should still be in a crib.
My son could climb out of his crib by 22 months. We put him in a twin bed rather than have him fall on his head. The top of the mattress was considerably closer to the ground than the top of the rail on his crib.
I think a bed that fancy is sort of too much for a two-year-old, but the problem wasn't the bed itself but the toy box at the foot. Toy box lids are supposed have hinges that hold the lid open at any angle, to prevent the lid from closing unexpectedly and trapping a child's head. This toy box was made with the wrong type of hinges, the parents didn't think to check (because if it's made for a kid then it should be safe, right?) and a little boy lost his life.
While I'm sure the boys parents will spend the rest of their lives blaming themselves, they didn't really do anything all that stupid.
I realize it was the toy box. I agree much too much of a bed for a 22 month old, kid can't enjoy what its really about anyway, he's too little. Bed usage really depends on the child and what the parents feel is adequate. I've got a 13 yr old daughter, I know about the beds. I still feel its a bit stupid to put such a young child in a bed like that. Of course the parents will be punishing themselves the rest of their lives.
Quote from: PurpleDragon on August 27, 2008, 12:16:55 PM
Why do you think my 13 year old daughter looks like she is 18???? Those wonderful hormones in Chicken and Beef to make the chickens and cows grow fatter faster. Well, they also help a child develop much faster... Thanks alot corporate america, you have just brought me MORE gray hairs... like I needed them.
I feel your pain there PurpleDragon. I also have a 13 year old daughter who could easily pass for 17 or 18...I'm getting the gray hairs too...more than once I've had to give guys the "move along, she's 13" death glare. >:(
I absolutely agree with you about the hormones in meat causing kids to develop faster, I've said that for years. I've read there's a lot of controversy surrounding this issue, but I believe it's true.
Quote from: tigerlilly on August 29, 2008, 01:41:41 AM
Quote from: BrokenArts on August 28, 2008, 11:40:38 PM
Not just China, blame it on the US for importing all this Sh!t, and giving away our jobs. Its all planned.
Its time to wake up people.
As for that bed, what the hell is a 22 month old sleeping in that bed anyway? Stupid parents, should still be in a crib.
My son could climb out of his crib by 22 months. We put him in a twin bed rather than have him fall on his head. The top of the mattress was considerably closer to the ground than the top of the rail on his crib.
I can't remember how old my son was when he first climbed out of his crib-but it nearly scared the life out of me. Luckily he wasn't hurt. I remember at the time thinking that he was waayy too young to be climbing out of the crib, and too young to be in a bed. We opted to get a simple no frills toddler bed that only sat a foot or so high off the floor. We left the guard rails off, figuring they could possibly be more of a hazard than him falling 12inches to a carpeted floor. We never had any problems with it.
Quote from: Lady Neysa on August 30, 2008, 01:01:13 PM
I can't remember how old my son was when he first climbed out of his crib-but it nearly scared the life out of me. Luckily he wasn't hurt. I remember at the time thinking that he was waayy too young to be climbing out of the crib, and too young to be in a bed. We opted to get a simple no frills toddler bed that only sat a foot or so high off the floor. We left the guard rails off, figuring they could possibly be more of a hazard than him falling 12inches to a carpeted floor. We never had any problems with it.
We have the same problem right now. My little monkey of a daughter will soon find her crib converted into a toddler bed. She's getting reeeeealy close to being able to climb out. We're also going to have to reformat the rest of her room from "baby" mode to "toddler" mode. She's only 15 months. Cripes!
... my toy chest didn't have fancy hinges... but I don't remember when I got it... horrible that it takes events like this to make people realize that stuff like this can be dangerous...
Sometimes it just doesn't occur to people that something could be dangerous. It doesn't mean they're bad, just perhaps uninformed. This is a little off topic but important nonetheless...
I'm ashamed to admit it, but here's something that happened to me a long time ago that could have been prevented.
I've always known you shouldn't ever put a crib near a window with blinds because of the danger of a child getting wrapped up with the cord. However, it never once occured to me that blind cords could also be dangerous to pets. My cats had sunned themselves in windows for years with no issues. Then one day I was in the kitchen on the phone, the cat walks in and jumps up on the windowsill like normal. A few seconds later I hear a scuffling behind me and turn around to find the cat struggling, with the blind cord wrapped around his neck and he's being lifted up and hung by the cord. I believe the cord was originally around his torso then when his weight made it start going up, he started thrashing and twisting and wrapped it right around his neck. He was all tangled up. I grabbed a knife and was trying to free the poor cat while he's being slowly lifted up inch by inch making it even harder for me to free. I finally managed to get a finger under the cord to cut it without harming the cat. I was thankful I saved him-he completely shredded me, but it served me right. I can't imagine how I would have felt if I hadn't been home and then walked in on such a horrible scene. As terrible as it was I'm grateful it wasn't a child instead. After that valuable lesson I learned the importance of wrapping up the cords so they don't dangle. I was always so focused on keeping my babies safe it honestly never occured to me the cats were at risk too.
Idiot lesson learned..
My daughter was out of her crib when she was about a year and a half. We couldn't keep her in her crib, so we cut out the middle man and got her a toddler bed instead. No more thuds onto the hardwood floor.
I threw out our plastic reusable water bottles and purchased stainless steel instead. I don't use plastic in the microwave either.
We try to eat organic whenever possible availability wise, and financially speaking. My daughter is twelve (going on thirty ;D) and hasn't experienced the rapid development like some of her peers who most likely eat the "conventional" fare available. If we cant get organic, I try to get local and/or foods labeled claiming to no have no hormones etc in it.
Not that you can always believe those either.
It goes to remind you of something that pediatricians have been saying for years. Do not give infants or toddlers toy chests with hinged lids. Actually, do not give them toy chests with lids at all, even the tupperware kind. They think it is funny to close things in them, and how horrible would it be to come home and ind out they had sufocated a pet or something even worse, by closing it in their toy chest? Kids are kids after all, the toys wont stay in the box long enough for the lid to matter.