Product Recalls

Help keep your family safe by checking product recalls and safety news from CPSC (Consumer Product Safety Commission).

Visit www.cpsc.gov/cpsclist.aspx to sign up for free email alerts. Expect to receive them at least daily. There are far more product recalls than I ever imagined!

Sally Bacchetta - Freelance Writer
Freelance Writer
Parenting
Motherhood

La Cosa Nostra

"All done with your bath, Little One. Time to put your lotion on." (I said)

"I can do it." (replied my two year-old)

"Oh, that's Mama's job. Mama will do it." (me again)

"I want to do it." (my two year-old)

"I'm sure you do, but Mama's going to do it."

"But I'm going to do it."

"Honey, Mama will put your lotion on."

"IcandoitIcandoitIcandoit!"

"No, Child, I will do it."

"No, Mama, I will do it."

"I will do it... I'm the boss." (I said firmly, and a touch exasperated)

"I'm the other boss."

Will I lose my last finger-hold on authority if I laugh?

Sally Bacchetta - Freelance Writer
Freelance Writer
Parenting
Motherhood

Why I Love The Splash Park

Hanging out with toddlers in bathing suits - almost everyone's thighs are chubbier than mine.

It opens at 8 a.m.

When my hair's wet no one can tell that I haven't showered.

No one wants to get their cell phone wet, so they don't stand around having loud private conversations into their phone.

Water play in the sun has been scientifically proven to induce euphoria. (The euphoria lingers almost as long as it takes to pull out of the parking lot; ironically, that's exactly how long it takes your ravenous, exhausted kid to realize that the snacks are gone and wet bathing suits turn cold in the air-conditioned car.)

Sally Bacchetta - Freelance Writer
Freelance Writer
Parenting
Motherhood