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Since our daughter Sophie is still putting everything in her mouth, I dutifully shipped Sammy’s 4 recalled Thomas items to the RC2 Corporation immediately after the recall was issued. I knew that they were received a few days later because I ordered Delivery Confirmation through the Post Office. RC2 recently sent me this letter via [...]

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Toddler intoxicated via sippy cup
Earlier this month, a toddler was inadvertently served a margarita in a sippy cup at a popular eatery in California. The toddler’s mother gave the server her son’s sippy cup to fill with apple juice at an Applebee’s restaurant. While the two year old did not finish his cocktail, [...]

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Twenty-six items from the Thomas & Friends™ Wooden Railway series are being voluntarily recalled by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and the manufacturer, RC2.
“RC2 has determined that the surface paints on the recalled products contain lead. Lead is toxic if ingested by young children and can cause adverse health effects.”
Most of the [...]

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Our son Sammy loves anything remotely related to trains. He likes to read about trains and tracks, draw and color them, watch real trains, play with toy trains, and watch movies and cartoons about trains.
Sammy’s favorite movies are the “I Love Toy Trains” DVDs. He enjoys the entire series, which consists [...]

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One of my favorite parenting websites is BabyCenter. To my delight, they referenced my “Is your infant getting too much fluoride?” article in their discussion about what kind of water should be used in formula.
Since I used to work as a Registered Nurse with premature infants and because Sammy was born six weeks early, [...]

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