Important news on the parenting front: IKEA is recalling 40,000 junior beds sold in the United States and Canada because of metal rods that can break in use and cause a laceration risk. The recall involves KRITTER and SNIGLAR beds, which have guard rails on one side. There have been no reported injuries, but there have been two reports of metal rods breaking. Read on to find out if you have one of the affected beds and if so, what you can do about it.
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Recalled pine wood KRITTER beds have animal cut outs on the headboard, such as a dog or cat, and a date stamp of 1114 to 1322. Recalled SNIGLAR natural beech wood beds have a white painted fiberboard insert on the headboard and footboard and a date stamp of 1114 to 1318. The date stamp will be on a label attached to either the headboard or the underside of the bed. Model numbers included in the recall are 600.904.70 for the KRITTER and 500.871.66 for the SNIGLAR, supplier number 15361 (KRITTER) and 19740 or 18157 (SNIGLAR) printed on the same label as the date stamp.
If you have one of the affected beds, STOP using the bed IMMEDIATELY and contact IKEA to receive a free repair kit. You can get information by calling 888-966-4532.
If you have one of these beds, please check out the information and make sure yours isn't one that is being recalled. My firstborn had a crib that was recalled and I was sure that our crib wasn't one of the ones being recalled, but my husband made me check and I'm SOOO glad he did because our crib was totally one of the recalled ones and I never let her sleep in it again. Can you imagine what could have happened? I don't even like to think about it.
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