Baby Mod cribs, not portable

The reports, as CPSC published them

1. First aid

   Made Jul 7, 2014 · , sent to the company Jul 15, 2014 · , published by CPSC Jul 29, 2014

   The product, in the report: BabyMod Olivia crib, white with expresso base

   My 17 month old son’s leg became stuck in the crib (BabyMod Olivia) at the thigh. He had bruises and became very upset. In order to avoid further injury, we sawed him out of his crib.

   Model

   6901

   Serial number

   h005401

   Bought from

   www.walmart.com, Virginia

   Bought

   Jan 5, 2013, about then

   Where

   Fredericksburg, Virginia: Home/Apartment/Condominium

   Who was involved

   Age 1, Male

   The reporter’s relation to them

   My Child

   As this report names them

   Brand BabyMod, made or sold by MILLION DOLLAR BABY

   How badly, in CPSC’s words

   Injury, First Aid Received by Non-Medical Professional

2. No one hurt

   Made Dec 7, 2012 · , sent to the company Dec 27, 2012 · , published by CPSC Jan 11, 2013

   The product, in the report: Baby Mod - Cadence 4-in-1 Convertible Crib, Ebony

   On January 15, 2010 my mother had me purchase a Baby Mod(manufactured under Million Dollar Baby) Candice 4 in 1 convertible crib for my son who was due in May 2010. Got the crib and love it a lot. My son didn’t actually start using the crib until November/December 2010. We loved the crib so much we purchased a second one in September 2011 for our daughter born October 2011, which we later realized the matrices frame support and the parts to hold it on the wooden frame are different.

   On October 12, 2012 I went to put my son in his crib at nap time, to my horror I noticed that the thin metal that attaches to the frame of the support had broken free for almost half of the support. Upon farther inspection it looks like they were cheaply and minimally welded on, like a tack weld. My son is 2 years old but is delayed and we are in the process of getting him tested for Autism. We had tried to switch to a toddler bed around his second birthday, but he couldn’t understand what was happening and seemed to feel more secure with the crib rail back on.

   I called Million Dollar Baby after setting up my son’s playpen in his room to take a nap. I spoke with [REDACTED]. After sending many pictures [REDACTED] got his supervises approval to replace the support at their cost but I would have to pay $37.15 for “shipping and handling.” I was told they had to get special approval because the crib was out of the “one year warranty.” Which the kept going by date of manufacture(October 2009) that was on the crib, not the day that I bought the crib. I agreed to that since I had really no choice. I needed a place bed for him to sleep in. [REDACTED] kept insisting that “for his safety it MUST be turned into the toddler bed due to his age and weight.” Even after I explained that my son has delays, I’ve also looked over the manual for anything about weight/age. All it talked about was if the child was climbing out which my son wasn’t. I reluctantly agreed to give it a try. The support wasn’t shipped till Monday(Oct 15, 2012) since I called on a Friday(Oct 19, 2012) afternoon. We didn’t get it till the following Friday afternoon which it was put on my son’s crib right away with the toddler bed rail. In the mean time my son had to sleep in his pack and play.

   On December 6, 2012 I put my son to bed like normal. Around 1130pm I went to check on him. Again to my horror the support is broken AGAIN. This time one of the 4 metal “hangers” has snapped off the support. The support has been used less than 2 months and should NOT have broken that quickly. We did try to use it as a toddler bed for a week, but after lots of tantrums, little to no sleep for him(which in delayed children makes the tantrums worse and more frequently), and after talking with my son’s therapist it was agreed that he wasn’t ready for the toddler bed. So we put the crib rail back up. We have had no issues till tonight when I went in to see it broken.

   Model

   W5501E

   Serial number

   NO 9002682

   Bought from

   Walmart.com

   Bought

   Jan 15, 2010

   Where

   Fargo, North Dakota: Home/Apartment/Condominium

   Who was involved

   Age 2, Male

   The reporter’s relation to them

   My Child

   As this report names them

   Brand Baby Mod, made or sold by MILLION DOLLAR BABY

   How badly, in CPSC’s words

   Incident, No Injury

3. No one hurt

   Made Oct 29, 2011 · , sent to the company Nov 4, 2011 · , published by CPSC Nov 21, 2011

   The product, in the report: Baby Mod-Cadence 4-in-1 convertible crib, cherry made by milliondollarbaby model number W5501,serial PO/LOT #002700, date manufature oct. 01 2009 hs, C910HS

   We bought a babymod fixed side crib in February of 2011 made by million dollar baby. The crib immediately started losing its varnish and has huge spots without the varnish now and a child can very easily scratch off the varnish. After just a couple months the crib is now becoming very wobbly and unstable despite new screws and such some screws dont even fit any longer. Finally when we tried to convert the crib into a toddler bed the guard rail started splintering. I am very worried about my child’s safety in this crib and feel that this crib should be looked into. This crib is the Cadence model, model number W5501.

   Model

   cadence #W5501

   Serial number

   PO/LOT #002700

   Bought from

   Walmart.com, Georgia

   Bought

   Feb 1, 2011, about then

   Where

   Fort Stewart, Georgia: Home/Apartment/Condominium

   Who was involved

   Unspecified

   The reporter’s relation to them

   Unspecified

   As this report names them

   Brand Baby Mod, made or sold by MILLION DOLLAR BABY

   How badly, in CPSC’s words

   Incident, No Injury

4. No one hurt

   Made Jul 20, 2011 · , published by CPSC Aug 11, 2011

   The product, in the report: Baby Mod-Cadence 4-1 convertible crib

   (today 7/20/2011)

   My husband and I purchased a Crib from Walmart.com. we found out that 2 of our cribs were on the recall list but that we for some reason couldn’t get a voucher to purchase a new crib. so I did a lot of research on different cribs from different stores and because the “Baby Mod-Cadence” 4-1 Convertible crib in ebony had so many 5star reviews over 100+ we thought that it would be the safest crib for our 2yr. old. We ordered it and picked it up on 6/28/2011 the next day my husband put it together it was very nice looking and seemed to be very sturdy and safe...but when we put him in the crib he was standing along the long front part of the crib and just leaned forward a bit and it scared me so much that my heart felt like it went to my stomach! my husband said that he didn’t think that he was tall enough to fall out and because he dosn’t try to climb up or out of his crib he (my husband didn’t think we needed to worry about this) well a few days later on July 8th I was putting my 2 little ones to bed and I put him in his crib and turned to put my daughter in her crib when all at once there was a big bang on the floor and he had flipped over and out of the crib onto the floor flat on his back and his head, needless to say we were quite shaken and VERY UPSET!!! we checked him over really good and had him stand up and walk, after we got him calmed down!! I checked on him durning the night to make sure he was ok while he was sleeping, I did not sleep at all that night, I was to upset!! We put him in his pack n play to sleep and a few days later we bought a different crib. Not from Walmart.com or the store itself. I called Walmart.com the next day to report this and the person I talked to said that he would let the higer up people know? and that we would have no problem returning the crib. I wrote a review about this on the site to warn parents that this crib is NOT safe for toddlers!!! and of course they DID NOT post my review...not that I’m surprized. I am reporting this to you because this crib needs to be checked out asap, also we found that the short side came loose for no reason and if we wouldn’t have caught it the whole side would have come off from the top part!!! The model number for the crib is #W5501E, the Walmart # that is on the store website for it is #002628080. This crib is still being sold and when I went back to look at the reviews again they are from parents that just had a newborn or were going to have a baby and hadn’t actually used the crib yet, I didn’t see any from a parent that used it with an older child older then newborn. There are a lot of cribs that are being made this way with the higher back and lower front part that does kind of have a curve to them. These are DANEROUS CRIBS!!! like I said my 2 and 3 yr. olds do not try to climb up or out of their cribs. and our 2 yr. old is actually our foster baby and so we have to follow strict guidelines for the babies in their cribs so he doesn’t even have bumper pads in there. My husband and I would grately appreciate it if you could please check into this so that NO other child is seriously hurt!! I would also like to say that there are A LOT OF PEOPLE SELLING DROP SIDE CRIBS ON CRAIGS LIST!! me and another person keep posting the new laws for the cribs from your site etc. so that people will be informed but people are still selling them and I am so upset at these people for doing this because they care more about making some money more then the life of a child!! the crib that I had for my 2yr. old was a very nice crib that I bought off of craigslist last yr. I had not ever heard of these recalls, I found out because the one day when I went to put the side down to remove him from the crib the side broke at the bottom right off of the crib and so I took the numbers of that crib and my daughters crib and looked them up on your site and they were both on there, I have to say we were very upset about that happing but glad that it happend when I was putting the side down and not when he was by it!! We thought we were purchasing a SAFE crib this time and instead it was just as DANEROUS IF NOT WORSE!!! Thank you for your time.

   Model

   W5501E/002628080

   Bought from

   Walmart.com

   Bought

   Jun 17, 2011

   Where

   Westland, Michigan: Home/Apartment/Condominium

   Who was involved

   Age 2, Male

   The reporter’s relation to them

   My Child

   As this report names them

   Brand Baby Mod, made or sold by MILLION DOLLAR BABY

   How badly, in CPSC’s words

   Incident, No Injury

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