If you’re anywhere on social media this morning, you’ve seen that 4 million Bumbo Seats have been recalled because, according the the CPSC, “Babies can maneuver out of or fall from the Bumbo seat, posing a risk of serious injuries.”
Am I the only one looking at this and saying a big huge DUH??
I mean, if a child is placed in a bumbo placed on the floor and scoots out of it, isn’t that USER ERROR? And by user, I mean the caregiver, not the baby.
Come on, the Bumbo is not marketed as a molded plastic babysitter! Kids can (and often do) climb out of EVERYTHING. I think ANY baby device could potentially be unsafe, if used incorrectly or without supervision. We’re talking babies here, right?
This is what consumers are supposed to do:
Consumers should immediately stop using the product until they order and install a free repair kit, which includes: a restraint belt with a warning label, installation instructions, safe use instructions and a new warning sticker. The belt should always be used when a child is placed in the seat. Even with the belt, the seat should never be used on any raised surface. Consumers should also immediately stop using Bumbo seat covers that interfere with the installation and use of the belt. A video demonstrating proper installation of the restraint belt and proper use of the Bumbo seat are available at www.recall.BumboUSA.com
So yeah, we should be using a belt, maybe, but 75% off what you’ll get if you send your information in is a printed warning. On a seat that already carries a warning.
Here’s a warning:
Don’t put your baby’s bumbo on a raised surface. Don’t leave your baby alone in the bumbo. Watch your kid.
End of story.
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This really irritates me… because of people being dumb and not paying attention to their kids, this company has to recall their product. This seems to happen more often than not anymore, strollers, car seats, high chairs… the list goes on. If people would pay attention and not just put their kids in something and leave them be, we wouldn’t have this problem.
My thoughts exactly Sarah. It’s ridiculous — watch your kid! Same for an increase in death of children left in cars. Watch your kid! Parents/Caregivers need to assume all responsibilty in all instances when a child under 18 is involved. Get with it people!
You crack me up – I said the same thing!! I even wrote “DUH” in an e-mail to my hubby when he sent me the link telling me about the recall. Poor Bumbo – but at least there are “repair kits” so they wont’ go out of business.
” Parents not reading directions aren’t to blame for this latest recall, though: it’s possible for babies to wriggle out of the seats or tip them over, even at ground level, which has led to skull fractures and other boo-boos”
The Consumerist
You all must have very well behaved infants or incredibly fast reflexes if your child never wiggled out of anything ever.
I have neither– but I wouldn’t put my kid in something I thought he could wriggle out of and hurt himself. In related news, I’m buying an insulated plastic bubble for my kids to wear 24/7.
I’ve personally always thought that Bumbos were dumb because of this. So many people just do not get it! You can’t leave you baby in anything unsupervised or on a counter/high place. Of course, babies are falling out and getting hurt…because people are using Bumbos as a “babysitter”.
And honestly I don’t think the strap will help much. If a baby leans too far over…the will still fall. It’s just now the seat will fall with them.
I thought the purpose of the bumbo was for a baby to practice sitting up? That’s what I used it for with my son, and he was never in it longer than 15 min at a time, wouldn’t a better babysitter be a play yard and a TV within eye-shot?
Honestly, I think a better babysitter would be just watching the kid.