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Now, normally I don’t get overly excited about toy recalls. I mean, they happen all the time, and sometimes it seems like it’s nearly impossible to keep up with all of them. Well, last week I heard about Infantino’s recall of some of their toys that had blue metallic fabric. Thinking it was just another overreaction, I halfheartedly grabbed Small Person #3’s Lil Chef Set pan out of the diaper bag… and discovered that she nearly died.

Ok, not really. The fact is, though, the fabric was indeed detaching from the toy. If I hadn’t been looking for it, I might not have noticed it, and she could have theoretically suffocated. Granted, the odds of that happening are pretty slim, but it suddenly became a much more real thought when I saw that our product actually suffered from the feared malfunction.

Of course, she still loves the other piece in the set, the plastic measuring spoons (we lost the shaker a while ago). When she starts swinging those around, watch out! Hopefully our replacement pan will arrive soon so she’ll be able to play cooking with her brother… or at least have something to gnaw on while he happily spills water all over the floor.

• Infantino Recalls from the CPSC

When Small Person #3 was about to be born (she arrived yesterday), we wanted to be prepared with small gifts for the older Small People to give her. But, since there’s not much you can really get for a newborn, we were somewhat limited in our options. Ultimately, the boys picked out some wrist rattles and sock rattles to present her with at the hospital. So, how did she like them?

Well, let’s face it folks, she’s a newborn. She eats. She poops. Occasionally, if we’re really lucky, she sleeps for more than five minutes at a time. So needless to say, we didn’t get much of a reaction out of her. Still, she did open her eyes (slightly) when the boys held them up in front of her face, and that seemed to satisfy them, so all in all I’d have to say they were a success. We can velcro them onto her wrists and the boys will feel like they’ve contributed to her care, so all is good. As she grows I’m sure she’ll appreciate them more, but for now they’ve served their purpose. Plus, you can’t beat the price ($4.99 at Babies R Us), and they certainly feel like they’ll hold up to a few months of drooly chewing.

The good news is that she got some even nicer gifts to surprise her older brothers with when she comes home from the hospital tomorrow….

Buy Infantino’s Monkey and Elephant Wrist Rattles Online:

• at Amazon.com