The CPSC urges parents and caregivers to immediately stop using the recalled cribs and to contact Stork Craft at (877) 274-0277. The company will send a repair kit that will convert your crib from a drop sided to a fixed sided crib. Do not use the crib until the repair kit has been properly installed.

The cribs were constructed of poor materials, notably plastic, that held up the drop-side of the crib. Also, the drop-side could be easily installed upside down, causing the hardware to break. These problems can cause the drop-side to detach, creating space between the drop-side and the mattress. The space can entrap infants and toddlers, causing possible suffocation. In cases where the drop-side detaches, children can fall out of the crib.

Please stop using the crib immediately! The problems with these cribs have already led to the death of 4 infant children by suffocation. Although some of the cribs have the Fisher-Price label, usually a sign of quality, they are still extremely dangerous. Despite the cost of these cribs and the belief that you purchased a safe crib, manufacturers still try to cut corners and manufacture cribs with the cheapest hardware, not the best or the strongest. Such cost-cutting action puts our children’s lives at an unreasonable risk of harm and the government should strictly monitor the initial design and manufacture, not come riding in after children have already died.

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The wooden crib slats on the recalled cribs can break, creating a gap. The gap presents an entrapment and strangulation hazard to infants.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has received 31 incident reports of slats breaking and two reports of children getting trapped in the gap created by the broken slats. Ten of the incidents were caused when a child broke the slats from inside the crib.

The cribs were sold at Toys “R” Us, Babies “R” Us, Kids World and Geoffrey stores around the country, as well as on www.babiesrus.com. They were sold between September 2005 and April 2009 for between $220 and $330.

Jardine previously recalled about 320,000 cribs in June 2008 and another 56,450 in January 2009. Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled products unless instructed otherwise.

For information on the recall, log on to www.cpsc.gov.

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