Rare Post-Recall Safety Warning for Bumbo Baby Seats

KDAF TV Ch. 33’s Dawn Tongish spoke with Rose•Walker attorney Liz Cunningham after the Consumer Product Safety Commission issued another warning about serious safety risks associated with the Bumbo Baby Seat.

According to the CPSC, more than 45 babies have been injured since the molded rubber seat was placed back on the market after a recent product recall. Stressing that the Bumbo seat should only be placed on the ground and never on any elevated surface, the CPSC also reports that serious skull fractures have occurred even when the seat is used at ground level.

"The Bumbo Baby Seat is simply a dangerous product, even when used the way Bumbo says it should be used," says Cunningham, who represents a dozen families of children injured in Bumbo seats. "The likelihood that even the most responsible caregivers will unknowingly misuse this product is so great that it should be permanently taken off the market immediately."

The November 2011 CPSC advisory is just the latest warning about the Bumbo seat. Writes a 2007 CBS News report: The plastic seat is designed to help babies sit upright and develop trunk control before they can do so on their own. But babies who arch their backs while sitting in the Bumbo can flip out of the seat and land on their heads, a fall that could be deadly if the Bumbo is placed high on a table or countertop.