Bloom cribs, not portable or not said

The reports, as CPSC published them

1. No one hurt

   Made Jun 21, 2023 · , sent to the company Jun 23, 2023 · , published by CPSC Jul 17, 2023

   The product, in the report: Bloom Baby “Alma” Crib Can be found at: https://www.bloombaby.com/products/alma-papa-convertible-folding-crib

   Here’s the note I sent to the manufacturer:

   On a recent visit to New York while staying at [REDACTED] Hotel we had the most frightening experience of our lives by using one of your cribs.

   I can’t express how damaging this experience has been to our lives. We came away from the incident with a deep seated fear for the well being of our child and children in general that will linger, likely for the rest of our lives.

   Here’s what happened:

   We checked into [REDACTED] New York on the afternoon of May 16th this last month. My wife [REDACTED], our [REDACTED], our 11 month old baby [REDACTED] and I were all tired from a long flight in from Greece and shown to our rooms. A hotel employee ([REDACTED]) delivered a Bloom crib along with our luggage and due to the very cramped space in the bedrooms we elected to use the provided crib despite having brought our own “[REDACTED]” along with us. The porter assembled the crib by unfolding it and inserting the folding base and mattress. We were told “these cribs were cutom made for the hotel, they’re great”. I jostled the crib aggressively and while it had more play than a typical crib it seemed to be structurally sound, at least in my jetlagged brain at the moment.

   The morning of May 20th however was a different story. At about 5:30am our nanny who was sleeping on the bed next to [REDACTED] heard a crash and woke up. The floor of his crib had collapsed and he had slid down into the gap crated between the mattress and long sides of the crib, pinning him in place. Our nanny swiftly pulled him free, comforted him and held him in her bed for an hour or so until his usual wake up time.

   As shown in the attached images, this was a horror scene for any parent.

   We spent an hour or so between us all discussing what had happened, if we needed to leave the hotel immediately, and obviously if [REDACTED] was in fact ok. I went to inspect the crib more closely and found that every safety feature had been circumvented:

   1. The two cross bars had not been installed.

   2. The safety pins at the long ends of the crib were not present.

   3. The tongue-and-groove catches on the wide sides of the crib did not align and were off by several inches, as if the base and main body were from different cribs.

   This could have been much much worse. [REDACTED] is very big for his age and quite robust. Our nanny is amazing. If this had happened when [REDACTED] was just a few months younger he could have had life threatening injuries. If our nanny hadn’t heard the crash at 5:30 am [REDACTED] could have suffocated.

   These cribs are not appropriate for hotel use. They require diligent reassably each time that obviously cannot be ensured by whatever hotel staff is doing that work.

   Further, this is a tremendously flawed and dangerous design. Competing cribs of similar, foldable design simply have hinges rather than removable parts so they can’t be assembled without critical safety features in place. To solely rely upon warning labels and an instruction manual is immensely negligent.

   I urge your company to immediately recall these cribs and correct their design flaws before any child is injured or worse. I’ve filed an “unsafe product report” with the Consumer Products Safety Commission.

   I hope you do the right thing. If not, please consider this note to be discoverable upon legal review.

   Sincerely, [REDACTED]

   Model

   Alma

   Where

   New York, New York: Other

   Who was involved

   Age 0, Male

   The reporter’s relation to them

   My Child

   As this report names them

   Brand Bloom, made or sold by bloom

   How badly, in CPSC’s words

   Incident, No Injury

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