They’ve cancelled Boo Boo Bunny.
If you are unfamiliar
with Boo Boo Bunny, let me introduce you:
This little guy is a valued addition to any family with
small children. He is just as cute in
person as he looks in the picture, and he takes up practically no space in the
freezer where you can always find him. Made of terry cloth, with space for an
ice cube, he provides immediate cute-as-can-be comfort to any toddler with a
scrape or cut or bruise. The ice
provides physical relief, but Boo Boo provides emotional support.
I purchased the Boo Boo Bunny pictured here from Amazon in
2017, when my older grandson was becoming a toddler. I remembered how we treasured
Boo Boo Bunny when HIS father was a kid, and how it added some fun to having
boo boos. It’s lived in the freezer ever
since and has soothed the pain of many scrapes and scratches for both grandsons. It came with a plastic ice cube that went missing
somewhere along the way, but no matter! We
just go OG and use a regular ice cube in the bunny.
Imagine my surprise when I was buying something on Amazon the other day and a warning about a recall flashed on my screen. It was for Boo Boo Bunny. Yes, that’s right, the same Boo Boo Bunny that I bought NINE YEARS earlier. They were vague about the cause of the recall, saying only that the materials do not meet recommended safety standards.
Mind you, I don’t take product recalls lightly. For the life
of me I cannot figure out how Boo Boo
could be harmful. It’s ironic, isn’t it, that this sweet little piece of cloth
that has provided nothing but healing and soothing to a couple of generations
of kids has suddenly been deemed unsafe? I also find it suspect that it took
them NINE YEARS – almost a decade – to figure this out.
What exactly is unsafe about this piece of terry cloth
wrapped around an ice cube? Who hurt themselves while applying the Boo Boo
Bunny to their abrasion? Are they saying
that it could be dangerous for the child to put in their mouth? Is it that
little ribbon between its ears? What person in charge just tosses Boo Boo Bunny
to the child after they hurt themselves and then goes on with their day rather
than sticking around to make sure that the bunny went on the boo boo and not in
the kid’s mouth? Oh, and, I don’t know, maybe comfort the child a little?
Excuse me while I go to find out what it takes to get a
terry cloth bunny designated as an emotional support animal.
