Perhaps those lead paints on toys are still tolerable. Have you ever wondered what goes into our food? You know, those canned food, especially the ones that come out of China? I don't think I wanna know...
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[BusyDad] Some cans are better left unopened...

I love how you flat out broke it to him! You will die!! I love how we was concerned about keeping relations with Diego!! ~lol~ sounds like my house!!

You've gotten linktastic up in here!! Busy Dad indeed! ;)
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[BusyDad] I think he wouldn't have accepted anything less than death as a consequence. If I said "if you lick it, there's a 2% increase in the chance you'll have a low sperm count" he would have given me an odd look and then licked it.

Today my boy wanted to paint his nails so they'd look pretty. What do I do then? I'm like totally stuck.
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[BusyDad] Tell him the nailpolish was made in China?

Ugh. 2007, the year of the recalls. I'm turning to all wooden, boring, no detailed toys from here on out!
We had to return a few Thomas trains, and they sent us a train as a gift while we waited on our new ones, then the gift was recalled!
Sounds like you're little guy handled it well.
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[BusyDad] Oh my god, the replacement gift also got recalled?? At that point you just gotta laugh. Wood causes splinters. No good.

You know I am so over the toy recalls. Between my 4 children we had over 35 toys that were no longer "safe".

Needless to say I have a great time trying to explain to our 4 year old why we had to take her toys back. LOL
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[BusyDad] If it's this bad now, I'm willing to bet it's been like this all along. It's not like China just discovered the cost savings of lead-based paint. This is just another ".05% risk of this or that" thing for us parents to worry about. Can you tell I'm not taking this too seriously? My wife is making us take Diego back to Toys R Us though.

Dude you just seriously crack me up. I was having a bad day and read this and just picturing your kid asking if he could lick diego and how funny that sounds made me chuckle outloud.

Thanks for that!
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[BusyDad] I'm glad my kid can be so infectiously entertaining. That's why no matter how stressed I am with life, I can't help but laugh when I come home.

Man...I'm starting to wonder how many of our toys were chock full of lead and magnets when WE were kids. Back then, a toy was only recalled if it did something serious, like take off a leg or put out an eye or something. Even then, the parents were blamed for the mishap, not the toy. I guess its back to playing with rocks and sticks outside with my little one. At the very least, she can get some fresh air.
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[BusyDad] Exactly Terance. That was my first thought - these toys were probably worse when we were kids. My biggest fear with all these warnings and recalls is that it creates a world in which parents stop using common sense. And stop taking responsibility for mishaps. I'm not going to let Marcus put small plastic objects in his mouth - whether they are lead based or not. I am going to follow instructions if I put something as important as a crib together. Simple as that.

It is a sad day when kids can no longer lick their toys. Sad, sad, sad.
hehe
:)
Cindy
www.adayinthelifeofcindy.blogspot.com
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[BusyDad] Yeah! I likked all my toyes as a kid and nathing iz rong with mee!

Video Games, I tell you! VIDEO GAMES have no lead, nothing to lick. Who cares if they turn our children's minds to mush and their butts to blubber.
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[BusyDad] And you can't choke on them! Well, you can for PSP games...

I found you over at bossys blog..tisk! tisk!..Now I feel I must add you to my "I Wish These Folks Lived Next Door" links...Way to go with the Diego crisis! Smooth and to the point.
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[BusyDad] Thanks for stopping by! Just added you to my reader... I look forward to checking out your blog between lets see... a dentist appointment, classmate's b-day party and a much-needed haircut. I'm writing this at Starbucks right now... 5 minutes before the dentist appointment! nuts...

Hiiiillllarious post. You've got an adorable child.
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[BusyDad] Thank you :) One of the main reasons I started this whole thing was to force myself to document all his antics. I would hate to forget them all someday (and I know my brain - I would).

oh man that is too funny! How did our generation ever survive? I am pretty sure Cap'n Crunch had lead in it when we were kids.
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[BusyDad] We had lead-based toys, perverted Sesame St., white bread, trans fat and refined sugar. We should all be dead. Ten times over.