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BebeLove Recalls Baby Walkers Due to Fall and Entrapment Hazards

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Recall Date: February 6, 2014

Recall Number: 14-102

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Consumers should stop using this product unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.

Recall Summary

Name of Product: BebeLove™ Baby Walkers

Hazard: The walkers failed to meet federal safety standards. Specifically, style number 358 can fit through a standard doorway and is not designed to stop at the edge of a step as required by the federal safety standard. In addition, style number 368 contains leg openings that allow the child to slip down until the child’s head can become entrapped at the neck. Babies using these walkers can be seriously injured or killed.

Remedy: Repair

Consumer Contact: BebeLove toll-free at (888) 464-1218 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. PT Monday through Friday or online at www.bebeloveusa.com and click on “Recall Contact” for more information.

Photos available at http://www.cpsc.gov/en/Recalls/2014/BebeLove-Recalls-Baby-Walkers/

Recall Details

Units: About 3,600

Description: The recalled includes all BebeLove walkers that were sold for babies age 6 months or older. The walkers contain a plastic- covered foam padded seat with a plastic base and toy tray. Model 358 walkers have a green, pink or orange musical tray with a white toy bar and solid colored seats. Model 368 walkers have green, pink or white musical tray with a yellow toy bar and printed patterned seats. Both models have white stoppers on the bottom of the base of the walker and model numbers printed on a label on the rear bottom inside of the base. “BEBELOVE” is printed on a label on the seat back and on the base of the walkers.

The walkers were sold in the following color combinations:

Product Name Model Number Color
BebeLove Baby Walker 358 (white toy bar) Pink Base with White Tray,

Blue Base with White Tray,

Green Base with White Tray

BebeLove Baby Walker 368 (yellow toy bar) Blue Base with Yellow Tray,

Pink Base With White Tray,

Purple Base with Pink Tray

Incidents/Injuries: None reported.

Remedy: Consumers should stop using the recalled baby walkers immediately and contact BebeLove for a free repair kit.

Sold at: Small retail stores in Arizona, California and Utah and online at Amazon.com and Overstock.com from November 2011 through July 2013 for about $25.

Importer: Bebe Love USA, of Pico Rivera, Calif.

Manufactured in: Taiwan and China

Author: Marianne Halterman

Marianne is a member of the SafeKids Coalition of the Central Shenandoah Valley.

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