Categories: Caution, Toy Safety Warnings
I just spoke to a Manager at Toys R Us Canada and they have been notified by their Head Office to pull ‘Sophie’ off their shelves ACROSS CANADA. The product has been removed from their shelves and is no longer available for purchase.
Health Canada has not issued a recall or product warning but according to the representative at Toys R Us “the product is under assessment and they like to err of the side of caution.” There have been several reports of choking incidents and other toy stores have also pulled the product from their shelves.
I don’t understand. You promised on your own website on the 12th that you would stop writing about Sophie. You then, less than a day later, post some more negative and not fact based information on Indigo’s site.
Less than 24 hours later you post yet another pile of rubbish on your own site.
You go on and on about typing errors ??? What is this all about?
Do you care about toys and babies? Or typing mistakes?
Your comments are not based on fact. I would be very surprised if you are not contacted by a lawyer shortly.
By the way — what is your definition of ’several’ ? What are the other stores that have pulled Sophie?
Samantha, I suggest that you reread Sarah’s comment. In fact, let’s take a look at it together.
“This is the last time I will be discussing “Sophie the Giraffe” on this blog unless it is accompanied by a recall notice or safety warning.”
1. Do you see promise written anywhere? No.
2. Notice that she mentions “unless it is accompanied by a…safety warning”. I don’t know about you, but if a major toy store chain pulled a toy from their shelves for a potential safety issue, I would want to warn other concerned parents of a potential safety issue. Well, at least the parents who aren’t incredulously devoted to a small latex giraffe.
You mention that Sarah posted some more “not fact based” information (Kudos on you mastery of the English language by the way). You also mention that what she posted on this site is rubbish. Please elaborate how you know what she posted in “not fact based” and “rubbish”. Just because you don’t like the information being presented does not mean that said information is not factual or that it is rubbish. Your devotion to Sophie is incredulous.
You also mention that Sarah went on and on about typing errors. I can only find a short comment regarding atrocious spelling. Please explain how you can consider that “going on and on”.
Your attempt to undermine Sarah’s true concern for writing this blog is really pathetic, as is your comment regarding a lawyer calling her soon. Sarah cannot be sued for liable for presenting information that has been conveyed to her from a trusted third party.
I wish you could understand why Sarah shares the information that she does on her site. But as you so appropriately stated at the start of you comment, you don’t understand, so I don’t expect you to start now.
You mean libel, not liable.
Yes, I meant libel. A problem occurred between me an my spellchecker.
I do have to agree with Samantha. If you are unsure of something, would you not get it checked out before you spread your news. I could post potentional hazard warnings for every blood toy on the stores shelves, I am sure there is something wrong with every toy, but I guess if you have nothing better to do than be on the computer posting potentional hazards about toys then you need to find a hobbie. I say this with the up most respect. Don’t believe everything you here, find out the facts.
Michelle,
You raise a very interesting point, if you could ‘post potentional [sic] hazard warnings for every blood [sic] toy on the stores [sic] shelves’ — then why wouldn’t you do so?
The facts are :
- Health Canada have received notices from consumers on this toy and are now conducting their own testing based on Canadian standards.
- I completely support and encourage toy testing to ensure that products are safe for our children and believe that posting recalls and product warnings is an excellent use of my time.
- As an additional safety precaution Toys R Us independently decided to err on the side of caution and wait until Health Canada have concluded their findings.
- I have clearly annoyed the distributor of this toy and loyal Sophie consumers but the truth is although there are many children who have used the product safely there have also been children who have choked on the toy and I don’t think that should be ignored.
- There was a baby Bill* who was sucking/teething/mouthing one of the legs of this ‘giraffe’ and
choked. He turned blue and vomited after his parents removed the product from his mouth. He was 8 months old.
- I will no longer be receiving comments regarding Sophie the Giraffe. Simply because this blog will not be used as a forum to attack our parenting or judgment.
Before I get any comments about mocking the spelling of Michelle’s post – she is not from France but Alberta.
Thank you,
Sarah
This Girl Wears Glasses
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Just so you know Sophie the Giraffe has passed all safety tests and is back on the Shelves at Toy R Us. Just thought I would let you all know.