The 11 most dangerous baby products

Baby

Photo: iStockphoto

There’s a picture of me at around age one, propped up in a green baby walker with a big grin on my face. “You loved it!” my mother is fond of saying, followed by the story of how I used this particularly treacherous product to fall down a (small) flight of stairs. Apparently I wasn’t the only one—there were enough injuries from these walkers that by the time I had my own baby, 30-odd years later, they were banned in Canada. But this required a huge campaign over many years. “It’s really difficult to make a product unavailable to consumers,” says Claude Cyr, a paediatrician in Sherbrooke, Que., who works on the Canadian Paediatric Society’s Injury Prevention Committee. Cyr explains that a ban can only be implemented when the product in question is dangerous when used as directed, not just under some circumstances.

Plus, banning is usually the last step in a comprehensive strategy, after educating the public about the product and introducing new guidelines for manufacturers to follow, says Cyr.

As a result, there are plenty of baby products sold in Canada that still pose hazards for your little one, especially if you’re not using them correctly. “A couple of years ago, a medical student did a project with me where he went around to stores selling baby stuff in Calgary and the displays were a million miles from what we recommended,” says Ian Mitchell, a paediatrician at the Alberta Children’s Hospital and a professor of paediatrics at the University of Calgary.

Here are 11 products currently on store shelves with the highest potential to be dangerous, depending on how you use them.


Fisher-Price Rock ‘n Play Soothing Seat

Read more:
Why is a product blamed for infant deaths in the United States still available in Canada?
Top 10 choking hazards
Study: “Crib bumpers are killing babies”




Products You May Like

Articles You May Like

Green Tea Keeps My Mind Sharp Like Nothing Else. Here’s How.
Vahdam India Black Tea Makes The Perfect Morning – Get It Now For 20% Off

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *