Tucker & Tate shoes

The reports, as CPSC published them

1. No one hurt

   Made Jul 7, 2017 · , sent to the company Oct 17, 2017 · , published by CPSC Oct 31, 2017

   The product, in the report: Tucker & Tate shoes 939-206-81

   My son, [REDACTED] was in his car seat in the back seat of my car. He was in the back with seat with his lamb stuffed animal, bath book, and shoes. My son was wearing his Tucker & Tate shoes style number 939-206-81. While driving I began to hear him cough. The coughing became a little more urgent and I heard some soft choking noises. I quickly pulled over to the side of Rockville Pike in front of National Institute of Health and looked at the baby. He looked in distress and his mouth was sputtering saliva. I quickly took him out of the car seat. When I took him out of the car seat he began to vomit formula on himself, in the car, and on the street outside of the car. I flipped him over and then stuck my fingers in his mouth. I did not feel any foreign objects in his mouth. I went to the other side of the road and he continued to vomit. A biker saw us and pulled over and asked me if I needed assistance with the baby. I told him no, that I thought we were going to be OK. My mother-in-law then took the baby and started pushing on his diaphragm trying to perform the hemlick maneuver. I then searched the back of the car to see if any foreign objects could have gotten into his mouth. The only thing I noticed is that [REDACTED] had one shoe on and one shoe off. His stuffed animal and bath book were on the side of his car seat.  Once [REDACTED] appeared OK and no longer distressed, I put him back in his car seat to move the car to a safer location. To make sure [REDACTED] was OK, my mother-in-law sat in the backseat with him. According to my mother-in-law, as I was driving to a safer location, [REDACTED] pulled a sticker from his mouth. My mother-in-law handed me the sticker and said this is what he must have been choking on. Once in the parking lot of CVS I looked at the sticker and realize it had come from his shoes.

   This sticker on his shoe has me extremely concerned because my son could have choked and died on the sticker. I am truly concerned for manufacturers that put stickers in their infants shoes. Naturally babies try to get their shoes off. And while teething they may even chew on their shoes as well. But you have a sticker that is easily removable on the shoes can be a serious choking hazard. I am asking that this email be circulated to the manufacture of the shoes and maybe to consumer protection so this won’t happen to another parent. My son appears to be OK and the pediatrician tells me to closely monitor him and call if he appears in distress again.

   Model

   939-206-81

   Bought from

   Nordstroms, Maryland

   Bought

   May 24, 2017

   Where

   North Bethesda, United States: Street or Highway

   Who was involved

   Age 1, Female

   The reporter’s relation to them

   My Child

   As this report names them

   Brand Tucker & Tate, made or sold by Nordstrom

   How badly, in CPSC’s words

   Incident, No Injury

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