My PSA

Following on the heels of Kerri's great PSA about tanning (BTW: thanks, Kerri- I was actually thinking about going because I'm going to be the palest woman alive at the end of the summer, since my two babes can't be in the sun- and your PSA reminder about tanning couldn't have come at a better time. I changed my mind.), I'd like to give you a PSA to always check to make sure the things your babies use and play with are not recalled. Like Kerri mentioned- I'm not the preachy kind. I pretty much operate on the "if it doesn't hurt anyone and doesn't affect me, you can do whatever you want and it won't bother me at all" philosophy. However, safety of children doesn't fit into that philosophy. When it comes to children and their well-being, I'll be as vocal as I need to be to help make sure that children are safe.

I want to share a little story about a toy I bought for Sam and Anna at a garage sale. It was a cute wind chime and I got it because the price was right, and it was a different sound than all of my babies' other toys, which, frankly, I've gotten a little tired of. Something actually drove me to check the company's website after I got home- maybe I wanted to see how good of a deal I got, maybe it was mother's intuition at work, who knows- but what I discovered was that the cute little wind chime has a big fat recall. Excerpt from the website's information, "...The complaints state that the wind chime was pulled apart exposing sharp metal rods."

Yikes!

The offending wind chime:

However, the company was gracious to replace the voluntarily recalled toys, as well as supply a $2 shipping reimbursement. Sam and Anna got two brand new toys (each worth $8) for the price of one $1 garage-sale-bargain-gone-bad:

I love a happy ending! And two toys... perfect for my two babies, to boot! Sam adores the giraffe... and he hasn't gotten attached to any particular toy yet. This might just be his new favorite toy!