Second-hand baby items may be a bargain, but parents should keep updated on product recalls, safety standards, and wear-and-tear guidelines to keep their young ones safe.
Parents have been warned to be careful when buying second-hand baby and children’s products after the consumer watchdog recalled 30 items since the start of the year.
Baby rattles rank high on the list of recalled items, with an average of one recalled per month this year due to choking risks.used and second-hand items in Australia, according to a 2022 survey, behind clothes, shoes and accessories. An Ikea change table that was recalled in 2019 due to the possibility that part of the table may come loose, is listed on Facebook Marketplace.purchasing second-hand mattresses, child car restraints, older-style baby gates or bike helmets, and recommends parents check manufacturing dates and evidence of deterioration for a range of other products including toys, cots and swimming pools.
Standards Australia general manager Adam Stingemore urged parents to buy second-hand items from reputable sellers.New products from poor sellers can have dangerous paint, micro-screws or button batteries that can be exposed, he said, while second-hand items such as mattresses may have deteriorated to a point where they are no longer safe.
have died each year since 2001 while using inclined infant products such as rocking sleepers, with an additional death per year linked to other sleep items such as cots, inflatable beds and mattresses, the ACCC found.Red Nose Australia senior education officer Tiffany Fryett said inclined sleepers and bouncinettes could be dangerous, as babies’ heavy heads were at risk of tilting forward, increasing the risk of suffocation.
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