Baby Carrier Recall

My new little one is already 15 pounds! I do get nervous about carrying him around in the baby carrier. I feel like he could get really hurt if the handle broke. I basically have to swing him up in the minivan to get the thing inside because it is so heavy. So this story made me worry a little. I usually take my kids out of the baby carrier by six months. So I only have two more months of this. I don't like switching them to the other car seat either. Then you have to wake them up every time you go somewhere. I guess it's a trade off. Although, it seems a little ridiculous that we would have to worry about the handle of the car seat breaking off!

Here's the recall:

(this link has the model numbers) FROM CPSC: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.

Name of product: Dorel Infant Car Seat/Carriers

Units: About 447,000

Manufacturer: Dorel Juvenile Group Inc., of Columbus, Ind.

Hazard: When used as an infant carrier, the child restraint handle to the seat can loosen and come off, posing a fall hazard to infants.

Incidents/Injuries: Dorel has received 77 reports of the child restraint handle fully or partially coming off the car seat/carrier resulting in at least three injuries to infants including bumps, bruises and a head injury.

Description: This recall involves Safety 1st, Cosco, Eddie Bauer and Disney branded infant car seat/carriers with the following model numbers and that were manufactured from January 6, 2008 through April 6, 2009. The model number and manufacture date are located on a label on the side of the car seat/carrier. They were sold with Travel Systems. The stroller portion of the travel system is not affected by this recall.

Sold at: Department and juvenile product stores nationwide from January 2008 through December 2009 for between $120 and $220.

Manufactured in: China

Remedy: Consumers should not use the handle of the car seat/carrier until the repair kit has been installed. The product can continue to be used as a car seat when properly installed in the vehicle. Contact Dorel Juvenile Group to receive a free repair kit.

Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Dorel Juvenile Group at (866) 762-3316 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or visit the firm’s Web site at www.djgusa.com/safety_notice

-NewsAnchorMom Jen

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Car Seats as Cribs

FROM NBC: Moms and dads -- you'll want to hear this story if you allow your babies to sleep for long periods of time in their car seats. A new study finds sitting upright in car safety seats can partially compress the chest wall.

That reduces the amount of oxygen babies are able to breathe in. Researchers compared the oxygen levels among healthy, full-term infants when they were in cribs and car seats. In cribs -- oxygen saturation levels were at nearly 98-percent.

But that percentage fell to 95.7-percent when they were in a car seat. This does not mean infants should ever be in a moving vehicle without being strapped into a car seat -- it's the safest way to travel and, of course, the law.

Researchers say the car seat should not be a substitute for a crib. This study used 200 healthy, full-term infants. The study also looked at infant car beds, and found the oxygen saturation level was at 96.3%. It's used for premature babies, low-birth weight babies and babies who need to lie down for medical reasons when traveling.

Oh man, I admit I have used the infant car seat as a crib before. My second son had horrible reflux and if he wasn't sleeping at an angle, he just cried and cried. It was much easier to put him in the car seat and rock him to sleep. He also slept in the bouncy seat-which I highly discourage. He got a flat head and had to wear a helmet because of that!
I am going to try using the baby sleep positioner for the first few months. My mother-in-law bought me one that has a tab on the bottom. It helps you keep track of which way the baby's head is turned when he sleeps. Then the next time you lay him down, you turn his head the other way. I hope it works!

-NewsAnchorMom Jen

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