Greater than two million toddler swings and rockers have been recalled Monday for posing a hazard of strangulation after a child died and one other was rescued from entanglement.
The restraint straps on the MamaRoo swings and RockaRoo rockers hold beneath the seat whereas not in use, creating the chance that crawling infants might get caught in them, the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission said.
The corporate behind each fashions, 4moms, “has acquired two reviews of entanglement incidents involving infants who turned caught within the strap underneath the unoccupied MamaRoo toddler swing after they crawled underneath the seat, together with a 10-month-old toddler who died from asphyxiation, and a 10-month-old toddler who suffered bruising to his neck earlier than being rescued by a caregiver,” a launch by the security fee stated.
Gary Waters, the chief government of 4moms, stated in an emailed assertion that the corporate was “deeply saddened by the 2 incidents” and remained dedicated “to the best high quality and security requirements.”
Customers with crawling infants have been suggested to cease utilizing the recalled merchandise and to put them the place youngsters couldn’t entry them. The corporate is providing shoppers a free strap fastener that holds the straps after they aren’t in use to get rid of the security concern, the corporate and the product security fee stated.
“We take client suggestions very severely and work carefully with our product growth and engineering groups to constantly enhance our line of child gear merchandise to satisfy the wants of our mother and father and their households,” Amie Ley Stanton, a 4moms spokeswoman, stated in an e mail.
Two million MamaRoo swings and 220,000 RockaRoo rockers have been offered in america, with an extra 60,000 MamaRoo swings and 10,000 RockaRoo rockers offered in Canada. The MamaRoo is a swing with totally different motions, speeds and sounds, the security fee stated, whereas the RockaRoo is a rocker with a entrance to again gliding movement.
The recall consists of MamaRoo merchandise with three-point harnesses: variations 1.0 and a couple of.0 (Mannequin 4M-005), model 3.0 (Mannequin 1026) and model 4.0 (Mannequin 1037). The RockaRoo recall is for Mannequin 4M-012.
Each traces of merchandise have been offered at BuyBuy Child and Goal shops, in addition to on-line on Amazon and the 4moms web site, the security fee stated. The rockers have been offered between January 2010 and August 2022 for $160 to $250.
“We even have established relationships with exterior, impartial and internationally accredited testing labs — particularly for the aim of frequently testing our merchandise all through their life cycles,” Ms. Stanton stated.
The newest MamaRoo swing (Mannequin 1046) was launched in July and isn’t included within the recall, she stated. The harness and strap have been redesigned for its launch.
For extra data, clients can contact 4moms at 877-870-7390 or at safetyandrecall@4moms.com. The corporate stated it might contact all recognized purchasers immediately.
