Child Craft Cribs Are Safe Cribs
Posted: Tuesday, July 06, 2010
by Ursula Ansbach
mybabyfurnitureplus
On November 23, 2009 the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with StorkCraft Manufacturing Inc., of British Columbia, Canada, announced a voluntary recall of more than 2.1 million Stork Craft cribs.
No cribs manufactured by Child Craft, Legacy, or Foundations Children's Products were subject to this recall. Child Craft, Legacy, and Foundations have produced safe and durable drop-side cribs for many years and select models of Foundations commercial cribs continue to be offered with drop sides.
It is imperative that owners of these products do not attempt to modify them in any way in an attempt to disable the drop-side function. Additionally, all cribs, regardless of make or model, should be inspected regularly to insure that they are not damaged and do not have any loose, broken, or missing parts. Cribs assembled to the manufacturer's instructions and used properly provide the safest sleeping environment for infants. We do not offer a retrofit kit to convert our cribs from drop side to non-drop side. For additional information, please refer to the JPMA link: JPMA Responds to Recent Safety Concerns of "Drop Side" Cribs.
The hazard with the Stork Craft Cribs resulted from metal support brackets that were used to support the crib mattress and mattress board cracked and broke. When one or more support brackets break, the mattress can collapse and create a dangerous gap between the mattress and crib rails, in which a child can become entrapped and suffocate. Ten incidents have occurred causing bruises and minor injuries.
This recall involves Stork Craft Baby cribs and Stork Craft cribs with the Fisher-Price logo. All Stork Craft Baby cribs with manufacturing and distribution dates between May 2000 and November 2008 are included in this recall. All Stork Craft cribs with the Fisher-Price logo have distribution dates between May 2000 and December 2004. The cribs were sold in various styles and finishes. The manufacture date, model number, crib name, country of origin, and the firm's name, address, and contact information are located on the assembly instruction sheet attached to the mattress support board. The firm's insignia "Storkcraft baby" or "storkling" is inscribed on the drop side teething rail of some cribs. In the product that contains the "Fisher-Price" logo, this logo can be found on the crib's teething rail, in the manufacturer's instructions, on the assembly instruction sheet attached to the mattress support board, and on the end panels of the Twinkle-Twinkle and Crystal crib models.
Once again, however, you can fully trust the Child Craft lable to provide the safest baby furniture available. Your baby's crib should be the safest place in your house. And with Child Craft, it is!
Ursula Ansbach is the owner of the online baby furniture store MyBabyFurniturePlus. She is also a parent, grandparent , teacher and educator who lives on the shores of Lake Erie with her family.
http://www.mybabfurnitureplus.com
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Top-level comments on this article: (1 total)It's horrifying that so many potentially defective cribs were on the market. One hopes that they were all recalled.Because we have had no unsafe baby furniture at Child Craft we are not involved in recalls. And I agree with you in hoping that the hazardous furniture is immediately recalled. It is distressing that unsafe products, especially for children, can make it to the market place so easily. Caveat Emptor indeed!
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