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Bumbo warning on GMA this morning

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i was just going to post the same thing.

Safety Commission Investigates Bumbo SeatAfter 7 On Your Side Reports
7 ON YOUR SIDE
Oct. 17, 2007 (KGO) - It appears the federal government is about to make a major announcement about the bumbo baby seat. A 7 On Your side investigation has raised serious questions about the potential dangers of the Bumbo.

The Bumbo baby seat is hugely popular but there have been some scary accidents that caused serious injuries to babies. After our reports, the Consumer Product Safety Commission put its own investigation into high gear.

The spotlight on Bumbo has intensified since our last reports. The Consumer Product Safety Commission has been interviewing not only parents whose babies fell, but doctors who treated the injuries, and Bumbo chairs are becoming a bigger part of family life.

What's most glaring? Parents are using it in the most dangerous place -- up high.

A video posted on YouTube shows a baby named parker wriggling in a Bumbo on a tabletop and she almost topples over.

This is exactly the kind of scenario that has caused horrible injuries to other babies using the Bumbo chair.

"By the time we got there, there was no pulse three more minutes and he'd be dead," said Kevin Lamm from Santa Rosa.

"I just turned around for a split second and I heard a thump and she was on the floor," said Marshall Gill from Carnation, Washington.

"She was going in and out of consciousness, she was going down and coming back up and we just freaked and called 911," said Amber Black from Discovery Bay.

7 On Your Side has received more than a dozen reports from all over the country of children falling from Bumbo chairs; most of them from high surfaces. The maker of the Bumbo chair is Bumbo International of South Africa.

It says the seat is safe with proper supervision and it points to a warning label saying: Never use on a raised surface."

But its own marketing materials also say Bumbo is safe on any level surface and some pictures show babies up high.

An online search found parents rave about the chair and many of them ignore the warning not to put it up high.

"She likes it obviously we put it up on chairs and she's fine with that it has a really big base so there's no big worries there,'' said one parent

"You can put it on any hard surface. it's great because all babies for some reason need a lot of attention while you are eating dinner so you can put him in the middle of the table while you eat," said another parent.

And here's a scary scene: little Zach right at the edge of a countertop.

A home movie even features Bumbo on many high surfaces and a humorous movie posted on Yahoo -- starring the Bumbo chair.

But it wasn't so humorous for Analyn Stewart of Napa. She placed her baby Heidi up on a picnic table and was right there feeding her when it happened.

"I went to scoop another spoonful out of the bowl and she arched backward and at that point one of her legs came out and she tumbled over," said Analyn Stewart of NAPA.

Federal investigators spoke with some of those we interviewed including the Lamm family of Santa Rosa whose son nearly died after a fall.

"There'll be a tendency to become lax with it because it seems so good. You turn your head and the baby's out or the baby flips the seat, and there's damage done," said Kevin Lamm.

The government has not taken any official action yet, but a spokesperson from Consumer Product Safety Commission says our reports had such disturbing information they want to act soon.

To read other 7 On Your Side investigations,

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Thank you for posting.

I never put DS in any carseats, bouncer, bumbo seat other that on the floor.

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Thank you i never put it up high i put it on the floor cause that is what my dd does she acrchs her back and gets out of it.

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Thanks for posting the article. We actually do put DS up on the table with the Bumbo but we will definitely stop that now. So far he has never really wiggled around in it but I know that things happen in the blink of an eye. I'm no longer comfortable with that location now and don't want to take a chance with him.

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omg! thank you for posting! we have prince lion heart which is similar to the bumbo. i've been noticing ds squirming around a bit more and more lately. and i do place him on the coffee table. he's in the seat mainly to eat in. but i do step away to do quicky things. i'll be more alert about the seat from now on. THANKS!!!!!!!!

Re:Bumbo Recall Notice

They're issuing a voluntary recall on the product.

CPSC Bumbo Recall Notice