Yup, folks, it's that time of year again. Time for the manufacturers of car seats to rain on your Christmas parade and announce that your infant seat, the one you trust to cradle your sweet infant and protect her in the car, is actually dangerous and being recalled.
Now I respect the manufacturer's decision to act quickly on a problem and recall their products, lest someone become injured or worse. But really. A car seat? I mean, really. How could a car seat possibly have gotten on the market if the "child restraint handle to the seat can loosen and fall off, posing a fall hazard for infants"? Don't they do strenuous tests on these things to make sure something just like this isn't going to happen? Before they begin selling them?
I know, I know. I am being very simplistic here. But I'm a mom. With kids in car seats. This is a particularly sucky design flaw.
For all the dirty details, go here. These are the brands with recalls: Safety 1st, Cosco, Eddie Bauer, and Disney, with several different travel systems included in the recall. And these were all sold between January of 2008 and April of 2009, so I'm certain there are lots of these car seats out there still seeing daily use.
Sorry to be the bearer of such yucky news. I promise to post a bathroom update soon. Maybe that will cheer us up!
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