When I hopped on-line yesterday, all I wanted to do was buy a toddler bed conversion kit for the crib Latham now hurls himself out of every morning, noon, and night. Now that my 23 month old toddler knows he can crank his leg over his head, curl it around the crib and fling his baby body to freedom, that’s all he does. I guess he feels the 3 feet he has to fall to gain his independence is a small price to pay. Mommy disagrees.
But when I searched the stores to find a conversion kit, I couldn’t find one anywhere. Not Target. Not Wal-Mart. Not Babies R Us. It’s as if the company who made my crib disappeared. And in a way, they have.
After searching Google for all of 1 second, I discovered Jardine Enterprises no longer exists since the company had a MASSIVE recall last year of every one of its cribs made between the years 2002 – 2009. I bought mine in 2006, the year Reichen was born. Apparently, the slats on recalled cribs can break, leaving a gap where small children can get trapped or strangled.
STRANGLED!
The company was so damaged by the recall, they have changed their name from Jardine Enterprises to Bergamo in order to continue making and selling baby furniture.
How did I not know about this? I am so angry I wasn’t contacted by the company about the recall. I even filled out and mailed all the time sucking address, phone number and e-mail paperwork when I bought the furniture so I could be notified when and if something such as a recall ever happened.
The Google search went on to inform me Jardine Enterprises will give me a voucher for a new crib as soon as I give them the information about the recalled crib I purchased. But that doesn’t even come close to making me feel better about their company putting the lives of my little boys in danger and not telling me about it.
Not. Even. Close.
