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NEWS ABOUT: strollers

strollers stories: 5 news summaries

Fingertip Amputations Force Maclaren Stroller Recall

Company offers hinge covers on 1M models

Nov 9, 09 7:30 PM CST
(Newser) - A million models of the popular Maclaren brand of baby strollers were recalled today after the Consumer Product Safety Commission received reports that children’s fingertips were amputated by a hinge as strollers unfolded. Maclaren is offering free covers for the hinges on nine models sold at Target, Babies R... More »

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product recall • Target • amputation • strollers • fingers • Maclaren • Babies R Us

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Baby in Stroller Survives Train Collision

Australia video is going viral

Oct 16, 09 5:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Step aside, balloon boy. Today's endangered child in the news involves a baby in a stroller who somehow escapes with only minor injuries after rolling in front of a train. The video from Australia is quickly going viral. It shows the baby's mom losing track for a second as the... More »

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baby • train • viral video • strollers

Forward-Facing Strollers Have Backward Effect

Heart rates, stress levels rise in infants who can't see parents

Nov 21, 08 4:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Parents who place babies in forward-facing strollers could be harming their child’s development, a study suggests. Infants in carriages who were not turned toward their caregivers were less likely to sleep, laugh, or interact with them, the Telegraph reports. The study also found that babies in away-facing carriages have... More »

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study • parents • stress • baby • infants • strollers

Tyke Pulled From Lake Michigan Improving

Stiff gust thrusts stroller off Chicago pier

Apr 20, 08 12:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - A toddler pulled from frigid Lake Michigan yesterday after being submerged for some 15 minutes was improving today, reports the Chicago Sun-Times. The boy's stroller was blown in as his grandfather was pushing him along a Chicago pier. The grandfather, who leaped in after him as he called for help,... More »

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children • Lake Michigan • accident • toddler • strollers

No Booze for You, Baby

Bars are banning
Gen-X parents who bring kids, sparking angry debate

Feb 12, 08 7:07 PM CST
(Newser) - A mellow Brooklyn watering hole has recently banned an unlikely irritant: babies. Gen-X parents in New York, Philly, and DC are rolling their strollers into bars, the New York Times reports, and response has been vocal, with thirsty young moms and their childless counterparts waging a spirited Web war... More »

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New York City • baby • smoking ban • Generation X • new parents • bars • strollers

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