I love my Dutailer glider chair and glider ottoman. I had always known that there was a danger with baby's fingers getting caught in the "swinging" parts that rock back and forth. I figured that baby would have to deal with it and learn not to get her fingers pinched, or more likely these days since she is crawling, get bopped in the head!
I recently discovered a choking hazard on the glider ottoman. I never expected this, especially on something that many nursing moms use. I have the nursing ottoman which has a nursing stool that pulls out for use while nursing. One day I found a small black piece of plastic on the carpet. I wondered where it came from. It looked like the two plastic pieces on the front end of the nursing stool, but I saw that those two pieces were still attached to the rod, so I was puzzled!
In the picture above, you can see what the rod looks like on the front end of the nursing stool. This rod rests on the floor when the nursing stool is in use. I placed a Sur La Table catalog underneath so that it is easier to see; it's hard to get a good look at it when it is resting directly on the carpet. I removed one of the plastic pieces so you can get a better look at what it looks like ... basically a small plastic cylinder with enough of a "slit" cut off so that you can snap it onto the rod. This plastic piece is about 1 inch long and 1/2 inch wide.
Here is another picture, where both pieces are attached to the rod:
In the picture below, you can see the rod on the back end of the nursing stool. I didn't even know there was one until I found this little black plastic piece on the carpet. This rod apparently latches onto the underside of of the nursing stool (as pictured below) to keep the ottoman stationary while using the nursing stool. Now I have periodically check to make sure that this plastic piece hasn't fallen onto the carpet. My baby has just started crawling and it is possible for her to stumble onto such a small 1 inch x 1/2 inch piece on the carpet. Anything this small is a chocking hazard for babies ... and you know how babies love to put things into their mouths. That would be horrible!
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