Whew!

I ordered a car seat and stroller traveling system in December and about a week after it arrived I got a notice from the store I bought it from that there was a voluntary recall due to a 'fall hazard'. Apparently the handle on the car seat had/has a tendency to come off while you're carrying your child.

Nice!

So now that the holidays are over and my focus is on preparing the nursery and getting things in order I looked up the recall notice on the manufacturers website where it said that the recall was for my model of car seat, however, the recall is for car seats manufactured before my car seat was manufactured.

Yay!

I am impressed how quickly the store notified me of the recall. I'm hoping that now that I've (finally) mailed in the child restraint registration card the manufacturer will be just as fast to notify me of any recalls, voluntary or otherwise, as fast as the store did.

I bought the system from Kohls, yay for Kohls! And the traveling system is a Cosco Brand manufactured by Dorel Juvenile Group. I must say that Dorel's website is very easy to navigate and I was impressed how easy it was to find the recall notice I was looking for. There is also a way to search by your product model number for any notices just to be sure you know if there are any updates or alerts for your particular product.

I'm happy that the recall doesn't affect my particular car seat and that is one less thing to worry about right now but I'm definitely comforted by how quickly I was notified and how easy it was to verify the info on Dorel's website.

Now when I bring her home from the hospital I wont have to worry about the car seat holding up and can enjoy the adorable print and how precious my little one is. :)