No toy is safe anymore
Wood blocks for Christmas?
First there was small magnets posing a danger, then lead paint, and now poisonous chemicals that can lead to a coma or death. Seems like every toy is a little death bomb waiting to pounce on our kids. I may be sticking to organic fabric and wood when shopping for gifts for the girls.
I’m not sure which is worse – listening to Cordy beg to watch Mickey’s House of Villains for the 78 gazillionth time, or having to sit through it again. Cordy will not accept that Halloween is over, and I’m slowly going insane from it. I think even at Christmas she’ll be walking up to Santa, saying “Look, mommy, a red monster! Happy Halloween!”
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i hate all these recalls. as if Christmas shopping for kids wasn’t stressful enough…what’s left??? 🙁
I know…another day, another recall. It’s awful.
Yeah, the recalls definitely suck.
We’re just going to lock Braden in the closet until Christmas, and then letting him out will be his gift.
What?
I’m boycotting China made toys from now on. That still doesn’t wreck me with worry over what’s already in our house. It really sucks and I hope that toy companies WISE UP and stop looking for cheap labor. :/
A new recall on what? I’m so behind the times…
I am so with you on the wooded blocks…unpainted of course.
Can you maybe find her a really great Christmas movie and trade her??
The recalls are getting scary!
Thank goodness my kids have only ever been given cardboard boxes to play with. Wait. Wasn’t there something in the news about those?
Nice ku.
From what I understand, even wooden toys aren’t immune from the dangers of lead paint. Poison, poison, all around. Merry Christmas!
I am with you. My kids are getting video games and DVDs for Hanukkah (who would have thought those were better for the kids!)
I’m on a lead paint free Thomas toys search!
As a kindergarten teacher, I’ve gone through my toys and thrown out a LOT of things I wasn’t sure about.
The five year olds don’t put toys in their mouths but they do handle the toys and put their hands in their mouths.
I’m restocking a little at a time with handmade wooden toys and the like. It’s going to be expensive to replace the toys but worth it!
I’m just gonna boycott toys entirely. Heh.