Baby carrier RECALL: Playtex Hip Hammock
Health Canada has announced the recall of the Playtex Hip Hammock Infant Carrier and urges consumers to stop using it.
Health Canada has announced a recall involving the Playtex Hip Hammock Child Carrier. The buckles at the waist and the shoulder straps aren't reliable — thereby posing a serious fall hazard.
There have been four reported incidents of the straps breaking with no injuries, 83 reports of the buckles cracking or breaking — two serious injuries.
The affected products have been sold in stores and online throughout Canada from June 2004 to January 2010, and in the United States from June 2004 to December 2008.
If you have this product: Health Canada is advising consumers to stop using the carrier. Contact Playtex for refund instructions: 1-800-522-8230; or visit their website.
Weekly Newsletter
Keep up with your baby's development, get the latest parenting content and receive special offers from our partners
Haley Overland is a writer/editor at Today's Parent. Our resident celebrity queen, she dishes out all the sweetest scoop on celebrity families at our Celebrity Candy blog. She has interviewed celeb moms like Jennifer Garner, Jessica Alba and Jillian Michaels, and has shared her expertise on CTV’s ETalk. Haley also has an award-winning personal blog, CheatyMonkey.com, where she writes about everything from motherhood to yoga, her dog “Betty White” and what it's like to be Clive Owen's girlfriend. Haley has two kids, whom she fondly refers to online as “The Monkey” and “The Rascal.”