cribs

These days, there's intense social pressure on new moms to outfit their bundles of joy in expensive, trendy, upscale baby gear -- even when they can't afford it. And the mommy guilt that drives that emotional buying can be overwhelming.

Dream on Me recalled 22,000 full-size and portable drop-side cribs after numerous reports of children getting trapped between the mattress and its railings, said the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. The CPSC said there have been 69 reports of incidents involving the cribs, including a...

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission yesterday approved safety standards for toddler beds that tweak the current voluntary safety standards and add rules designed to prevent children from getting hurt. The CPSC said it knows of 122 incidents between 2005 and 2010, including four deaths and...

Last year, the federal government made substantial progress in the regulation of thousands of children's products, child safety advocacy group Kids in Danger (KID) stated in its 2010 annual report on recalls and other actions by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. "It seems CPSC is acting...

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has warned about using second-hand cribs after learning of a 7-month-old girl who suffocated in an accident in one that had been recalled. "Buying or accepting cribs second hand can be risky," CPSC Chairman Inez Tenenbaum said in a statement. "Second...

The federal government issued a warning today about the SafetyCraft line of cribs, which is believed to be identical to a brand of cribs blamed in the deaths of three babies and puts infants at risk of suffocation or strangulation. The low-cost, drop-side cribs were made by now-defunct Generation...

Keeping track of the latest product and food recalls can be a challenge, so Consumer Ally has collected them in one place for you to check each week. Here is this week's roundup of recalls: Some ready-to-eat salad products sold at major grocery chains, including Wegmans, Shop & Stop/Giant...

Get a 25% off coupon for Babies R Us or Toys R Us when you trade in a used baby item starting this Friday, Jan. 28, through Monday, Feb. 21, 2011. The items you can trade in for the 25% off coupon include any used cribs, car seats, bassinets, strollers, travel systems, play yards, high chairs or...

The biggest consumer product recall of 2010, it turned out, should not have been a recall at all. But a dozen recalls involved more than 1 million products apiece and left consumers scrambling to repair, replace or get rid of products found to pose safety hazards or have dangerous defects. When...

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission today made sweeping changes about how cribs must be made -- banning the once ubiquitous drop-side crib -- and requiring safety standards that few cribs on the market today can meet. That means virtually every crib in use or for sale in the country today...