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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is urging parents and caregivers to immediately stop providing “My Baby Soother” pacifiers to their children. The pacifiers were distributed by T & L Trading Corp., of Brooklyn, N.Y. The pacifiers failed to meet federal safety standards because the nipples can separate from the base easily, posing a choking hazard to infants and toddlers.
CPSC is issuing this warning because T & L Trading has refused to recall these pacifiers.
About 16,500 “My Baby Soother” pacifiers were sold at grocery stores, delis, and discount stores in Bronx, Brooklyn, Broadway, and Coney Island of New York from August 2007 through July 2009 for about $1.
The “My Baby Soother” pacifier has a ring-shaped handle and a blue, pink, red, white or yellow heart-shaped mouth guard with two ventilation holes. The nipple is made of either silicon or latex. The pacifier package has the words “My Baby Soother” printed on the top and a picture of an infant on the background.
Distributors and retailers who purchased the “My Baby Soother” pacifiers from T & L Trading should immediately stop distributing the pacifier and call CPSC. Consumers should immediately take the recalled pacifiers away from infants and toddlers and discard them.
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Comment by Leila on Nov 17 2012 02:30:44:
Great stuff here. I have a child in great love with her passy and we have gradually cut back when and where she is able to have it. This has been a big step so far. I don’t penlarosly care if she has it until she is three or three and a half really. Then we will draw the line. I think every child is so different. In Una’s case, I don’t think its so much to plug her but its a huge soother for her, and one that calms her immensely. In the book Mother Daughter Wisdom by Christine Northrup, MD there is a great section on oral needs, and I tend to take her perspective. I know that Una giving up her passy will be hard for all involved ( I love the idea of giving them to the babies, this is so great), and we will eventually get there. But I don’t care if she has it until she gets bigger if it helps her cope and feel secure. Northrup feels that in some cases, a draw the line approach on using pacifiers and bottles can create oral fixations and proneness to addictions like smoking later in life. Again, I think you have to figure it out in relation to what your child needs, and what you sense about your child. Per Una, I feel like it would be a negative to draw that line right now. We ARE ditching the diapers this week however (during the DAY to start). Taking a special trip to buy undies with Mom tomorrow!