Last night, there was a massive recall of more than 2.1 million drop-side cots, sold in the USA and Canada.

The recalled cots have all been made by the Stork Craft company, with some bearing the Fisher-Price logo. It is believed that no major retailer in the UK sells these particular cots. However, it is possible that British consumers may have purchased them on the Internet and had them shipped over.

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10 TOP INTERNET SAFETY TIPS FOR PARENTS 

The tips below come from the Thinkuknow website.  

Thinkuknow is the education programme delivered by the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (www.ceop.police.uk) which is a national law enforcement agency dedicated to tackling child sexual abuse. 

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Yesterday, just as every week, was Twin Tuesday, and I like to participate in the Twin Tuesday meme on my blog and on Twitter.  However, when I checked on the Twin Tuesday page of www.twinhappy.com yesterday, Twin Happy Jen had not yet updated the page with this week’s post.  (This is what happens when you live in a different time zone on different sides of ‘The Pond’!)  Not wanting to miss out on all the fun, I decided to post my answer to Jen’s Question of the Week today, even though it is now Wednesday!

Now, here’s the Question of the Week:

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Shopping Lovelies in Navy and Cream

I have a fabulous Trolley Dolly from ZPM London to give away.  This magnificent product in the ‘Shopping Lovelies’ design retails at £29.95 (GBP). 

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Pondering Meerkat

'OTTER-ly' Cute Couple

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The consumers’ association Which? is calling for equal protection for UK consumers from pram manufacturer Mclaren.

See my previous post on the McLaren product recall: http://www.mammakerr.com/2009/11/warning-mclaren-recalls-one-million-prams/

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If you have a McLaren pram, or you know someone who does, you should read this article in today’s Daily Mail re the pram manufacturer’s recall of ONE MILLION models:

Pushchair maker Maclaren recalls ONE MILLION models after children sever fingers

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1226583/Pram-maker-Maclaren-recalls-1m-models-after-children-sever-fingers.html#ixzz0WRuWixwM

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I received an email from a friend today, containing the following inspiring / comical quotes, which I thought I’d share with you:

1. Aspire to be Barbie – that bitch has everything.

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"WolfMan" Hubby & "Witch" Me

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It is two and a half years since little Madeleine McCann disappeared from her Praia da Luz apartment, while on holiday with her family in Portugal’s Algarve region.

I vividly remember the news breaking of four year old Madeleine’s disappearance.  Like most people, I was mortified that such a thing could happen.  As a parent of twin girls who were just a year younger than Madeleine at the time, I empathised with her parent’s distress.

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This week’s Twin Tuesday question at www.twinhappy.com is:

“What kind of experiences have you had, that could only happen to a parent of twins?

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The weather is  always a hot topic of conversation here in Scotland.  Yes, we Scots just love having a right good moan about it!  Usually we moan about the wind and rain and about how cold it is.  However, many Scots (you know who you are!) even have a winge about the heat on the odd day that the mercury nudges 25 C. 

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