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Target and Wal-Mart Start to Slash Prices on Toys
Shoppers, listen up! The pumpkins are barely ripe for carving and already the mega stores are having price slashing wars. Target and Wal-Mart have made the 2009 holiday toy budget a tad more realistic as they have marked loads of games and dolls down to half-price.
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Stork Craft Recalls 2.1 Million Cribs in Largest Crib Recall Ever
A couple of years ago, it seemed like toy recalls were being announced daily for choking or lead poisoning hazards. This holiday season, parents are being hit with major baby gear recalls. First Maclaren issued a voluntary notification that its hinges could hurt small fingers if a child's hands were holding on to the sides of a stroller during the opening or closing of it.
Be Careful When Taking Bath Photos of Your Tots
What family album doesn't include a bath photo? An Arizona family may be thinking twice before ever having such snapshots developed again. The couple's three children were taken from them and placed in foster care after a Wal-Mart employee discovered nude images of the kids while printing up the clan's vacation photos.
Odd Shaped Straws: Kid Friendly or Are You Kidding?
Do these fun straws throw you for a loop? Kentucky mother, Andrea Bailey was beyond bothered when the box of straws she bought for her 3-year-old daughter, Ashlynn contained some that resembled penises.
She told her local news station, WSAZ:
“There are two of them that are shaped like the male private area,” said Bailey.
Dad Uses His Tot As a Decoy While Shoplifting
It's bad to be a thief, but being a terrible father is unforgivable. Twenty-eight-year-old Justin Black is both. He used his 2-year-old as a decoy to steal goods from a Wal-Mart store with an accomplice.
US Lawmakers Hope to Ban Toxins in Kid Toys and Books
House and Senate lawmakers agreed to ban the use of a group of harmful phthalate chemicals in toys and other children's products this week. The move is a big victory for parents and health experts who have been fighting for the government to set some regulations on what goes into tot toys, according to The Washington Post.
- The movement to ban the toxins accelerated last year when California prohibited their use in children's products.
- The rare action by Congress reflects a growing body of scientific research showing that children ingest the toxins by acts as simple as chewing on a rubber duck.
Mommy Alert! BPA Found in Formula Cans
When the bisphenol-A warning came out earlier this year cautioning the use of certain brands of baby bottles, I cleared out my cupboard.
Now, a research organization, the Environmental Working Group, insists that low doses of BSA can pose a risk to children and questions whether infant formula sold in cans lined with BSA (to protect the formula from the metal can) are safe.
EWG's website lists four major brands — Nestlé, Similac, Enfamil and PBM (who make store-brand formulas for WalMart, Target, Kroger and other retailers) as makers who use PBA in the linings of their liquid formula cans.
Baby Wellness: Lead Poisoning
When I think of lead poisoning, I think of old paint peeling off the wall. It can actually be a silent enemy. Just yesterday, a family in Utah discovered that their little girl has been affected by lead — not from sucking on a recalled toy, but from plates in their kitchen.
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