Silly ballerina mouse playmat and silly me

[Lipsmacker01]

Just wanted to warn others about what freaked me out just this morning. DD1 was playing on her ballerina play mat and I knew it was her feeding time as she started to winge. So I picked her up and the mat came up with her. I couldnt understand why it was doing that so I lifted my girl a little higher. To my shock horror the string with the love heart attached to it was wrapped around her poor little neck!! :no::no:
I felt so silly and am thinking of throwing the damn thing out now. Lucky she wasnt hurt. She fed well and is sleeping peacefully now.
Ive learn't a hard lesson. Please be careful out there.

[Roopee]

:eek::eek: Ring the manufacturers and get your money back! Thats disgraceful! OR take it back to where you bought it, tell them what happened and ask for a refund.

Glad she is ok though:)

[cwsmum]

There's a little opening in one if the petals for the heart to tuck into...I always left it tucked in coz I was worried DD would get tangled in it. She often stuck her hand/foot into the pocket tho and the whole thing would lift up when I picked her up :laughing:

[Myztik]

I agree about making a complaint. They shouldn't have any strings on baby products long enough to go around a bubs neck.

[Lipsmacker01]

Unfortunately I bought mine second hand on ebay and cant take it back now. Thanks guys for your opinions. I still use the mat however I watch her now while she is on it and yes you can tuck the heart thing into a pouch. We play more in her porta cot now and she loves it in there.
I was so grossed out by the play mat when I first bought it as I wasnt aware that the mat wasnt from a pet free home. I found cat hairs on a ballerina mouse!! Gross! Sorry cat lovers but I wasnt happy at all! Threw away all the beams and dangly toys and just ended up keeping the mat. Gave it a good wash though but still!
Im gonna sew a new mat anyways as DD1 is rolling a lot more and I have lots of wadding from DH's speakers that I can reuse.

[catalicious]

Even though you bought it on ebay the manafacturer doesnt know that say you threw your recipt out and even if they dont give you a refund they should stil look into it furthur and make it noted that they need to make it shorter!!

[Tam-I-Am]

I personally would be cutting the string OFF the heart, and tucking the heart, sans string, inside its pocket. So what if it gets lost - but at least it won't be a threat to your little girl again!

:hugs: How scary for you

[biscotti]

I have the same play mat but the string on mine must be way shorter than yours. It's much too short to wrap around anything :yes: Maybe yours slipped through quality control or something. Playgro are usually pretty good I find :)

[little bean]

I would definitely let the manufacturer know so that they can correct the problem. You might prevent somebody's baby from being hurt or killed.

[Lipsmacker01]

No worries Ill email them tonight and Ill let them know what happend. Thanks ladies

[SassyMummy]

We have the same one, and the string was only about 5cm in length... not nearly enough to wrap around a neck!

Perhaps you got a faulty product? Did you buy it on eBay 2nd hand? Perhaps the one you bought was hand-mended or damaged, and that's why it was longer than usual...???

[Lollie86]

We have the same one, and the string was only about 5cm in length... not nearly enough to wrap around a neck!



Ditto. We have the same but the string is waaay too short to wrap around bubs neck. I always had it tucked into the petal as well.

Maybe email them and ask why the string is too long?