Attention moms with infants! The manufacturers of the very popular Bumbo seats have recalled 4 million of their products nine months after the government issued a warning that children were at risk of suffering grave head injuries–this following reports of many children falling out of the seats.
Bumbo is best known for its seat meant to teach babies how to be in a sitting position before they can do so on their own. But now the company is in hot water and being faulted for the lack of safety restraints on their baby seats. As a company that soley focuses on manufacturing products for infants, how can they forget to double check if they're safe to use or not? While the baby seats are of great use, Bumbo should've maybe known that babies who don't have full use of their muscles in seats with no safety restrains are a bad combination.
Thankfully, the company is doing something about this mistake!
Bumbo seats first came on the market in August 2003 and are sold between $30 and $50. This isn't the first time Bumbo has faced a scary recall, though. In 2007, they were forced to issue new safety instructions after reports of babies falling out of the seats and off of tables and other elevated surfaces. Parents were then told to not use the seats anywhere other than the floor.
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Since 2007, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) says that they've received at least 50 incidents of infants falling out of the seats from elevated surfaces–including 19 who suffered skull fractures.
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If you own one of these seats, don't panic–just stop using it immediately and contact the company to receive a free safety kit (which includes a safety belt and instructions about how to safely use the seat). Visit Bumbo's recall site or call (866) 898-4999.
Have you purchased a Bumbo baby seat in the recent months? Do you plan to return it or order the safety kit?
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