The best I can do

Just about every parenting related site I go to is talking about the Graco recall. The injuries involved in that recall are very similar to Maddie's broken leg. She broke her leg after getting it trapped in the railing of her toddler bed. The bed was manufactured by Simplicity, Inc, but sold under the Graco name. It is not included in the recalls, and Graco took very little interest in the incident, since it wasn't technically their product. The CPSC filed a report on Maddie's injury, including a visit to our home to investigate. Unfortunately, it seems this company will continue to make unsafe products, so I want to do everything I can to get our story out there. Every single convertible bed Simplicity makes has the same design flaw that cause Maddie's entrapment. PLEASE if you have a baby or toddler, do not buy these products. If you have one, discontinue use. If you know anyone who is shopping for a crib, especially a convertible, pass this info along. My daughter was in a hip spica cast for 4 weeks (see pic), and a leg cast for 2, because of a product I bought to keep her safe. Below is a pic from Simplicity's site, www.simplicityforchildren.com. It was a difficult site for me to find, even the JPSC didn't have a link, only an email, and google only picked it up by model number. The particular bed we have is sold at Wal-mart and other retailers. Ultra Deluxe 5-in-1 bed.



The bed

My hand in the toddler railing


Madison in cast


Updated: I think I should add a brief description of what happened. Madison woke up and stood up to get out of her bed. Nate was at the door to gree the kids, and she tried to get out of her bed to go to him. Her leg slipped through the bars on side rail at the foot of the bed, getting caught at her shin. The force of her movement caused her to fall forward, and then wedged her leg between the rail and the mattress. As she fell towards the ground, with her leg still caught between the railing and the mattress, her leg bent and twisted. The impact caused a spiral fracture of her femur. She was hospitalized in traction overnight, to set the bone back into place so they wouldn't have to do surgery, which might have caused further damage to her growth plate. The spica cast in the above picture goes up to her chest, and was in place for 4 weeks. After that time, she was placed in a walking leg cast for an additional 2 weeks.