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    Default Recall: BabyBjörn® Babysitter Balance and Balance Air bouncer

    BabySwede LLC Recalls Bouncer Chairs Due to Laceration Hazard

    WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.

    Name of Product: BabyBjörn® Babysitter Balance and BabyBjörn® Babysitter Balance Air bouncer chairs

    Units: About 6,500

    Importer: BabySwede LLC, of Cleveland, OH.

    Manufacturer: BabyBjörn AB, of Sweden

    Hazard: Small, sharp metal objects found in the padded area of the bouncer chair can protrude, posing a laceration hazard to children.

    Incidents/Injuries: None reported

    Description: The recall involves the BabyBjörn's Babysitter Balance and Babysitter Balance Air bouncers. These bouncing chairs for babies have a red safety latch on the height adjustment mechanism and a plastic footrest with the BabyBjörn® logo. Recalled models and colors are:

    BabyBjörn® Babysitter Balance:

    Black/Red; Model #009064US
    Black/Silver; Model #009065US
    Dark Blue/Blue; Model #009066US
    Brown/Beige; Model #009069US

    BabyBjörn® Babysitter Balance Air:

    White; Model 009001US

    Sold by: Baby product retailers and various mass merchants nationwide, online retailers and catalogs from September 2008 through July 2009. The Babysitter Balance sold for about $170, and the Babysitter Balance Air for about $190.

    Manufactured in: Sweden

    Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using both Babysitter Balance and Babysitter Balance Air bouncer chairs and contact BabySwede LLC for instructions on how to return the recalled products for inspection and relabeling. If any metal pieces are found through inspection, the consumer will be provided with a new BabyBjörn® Babysitter Balance product.

    Consumer Contact: For additional information, please contact BabySwede, LLC toll-free at (866) 424-0200 anytime, or visit the firm's Web site at www.babyswede.com

    To see this recall on CPSC's web site, including pictures of the recall product, please go to: http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09287.html
    Missy
    Mom to DD1 '03 and DD2 '05

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    Does anyone know if BabyBjorn planning on making a new model without the defect, or are they discontinuing it all together? I'm due in February, and it was the only bouncer on the market that I liked.

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