Chamber News Secondhand stores can be a great place to buy the items you need before a grandchild comes to visit. But be sure the equipment you buy meets current national safety standards, is in good condition, and has not been recalled because of safety hazards. Crib mattresses should fit snugly so that infants can not slip between crib slats, or the mattress and its sides, and become entrapped and strangle. Children can be entrapped by folding play yards that collapse or be strangled if clothing becomes entangled on protruding hardware. The handle locks on some models can unexpectedly release when used outside of a car, pitching an infant onto the ground.
Children can become entrapped or wedged in the bed s structure and suffocate.
Don t buy bean bag chairs with zippers that can be opened. More than 12 million chairs have been recalled because young children can unzip them and choke or suffocate on the small pellets of filling.