In a unanimous vote by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the manufacture, sale and resale of drop-side cribs has been banned. All cribs being created and sold must have fixed sides by June 2011. Over the past decade they’ve caused dozens of infant and toddler deaths. Since 2005, 9 million of the movable cribs have been recalled because the drop-side rail can detach from the frame, creating a gap between the mattress and side rail. When that happens little ones can get caught and suffocate or strangle.

“I feel like it’s a celebratory time because things are finally being done about the issue,” Michele Witte of Merrick, N.Y. told the Associated Press.  Her 10-month-old son, Tyler, died in a drop-side crib in 1997.

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Parents currently keeping their babies in drop-side cribs are encouraged to inspect the hardware on their cribs to make sure it’s working properly. The Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association, says properly assembled drop-sides that haven’t been recalled can be still be used.

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HollyMoms, if you have a drop-side crib that hasn’t been recalled, are you going to keep it or invest in a new one?

–Amy L. Harper

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October is national breast cancer awareness month, but some American schools aren’t thinking pink — instead they’re seeing red over a bunch of risque rubber bracelets.

Breast cancer is no laughing matter. But that doesn’t mean that you always have to be super-serious when it comes to raising awareness. At least, that’s what the Keep A Breast Foundation thought, when they launched their ‘I [heart] boobies” campaign. The California based nonprofit organization managed to sell two million of the colorful $4 bracelets, and even celebrities like Madonna‘s daughter Lourdes Leon are fans of the bands. Now, school officials in some states have banned the bracelets from their classrooms.

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So what’s the big deal about these bracelets? According to the Associated Press, administrators aren’t happy about the wording. They consider the word “boobies” to be inappropriate and don’t support that kind of language being used in their schools. Ironically, the money raised from the bands is going toward breast cancer research as well as education programs.

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According to the Keep A Breast Foundation‘s marketing manager, Kimmy McAtee, breast cancer kills almost 40,000 women and 400 men every year in  the U.S. With those figures in mind, McAtee says if the bracelets make more people aware of breast cancer, then they can’t be that bad. “A lot of kids don’t want to do pink ribbons,” she says. “These bracelets are a conversation starter that I think the pink ribbons don’t have in a younger demographic. Keep A Breast really feels that ‘boobies’ is not a four-letter word. We’re using a word that’s not scary.”

Where do you stand on the issue, HollyMoms? Do you think the bracelets are a funny way to bring attention to a deadly disease or do you think they’re just a tasteless and tacky trend?

–Amy L. Harper

Still not sure what your little girl is going to be for Halloween? You could always dress her up as singing sensation Katy Perry — just avoid the low-cut dresses!

Halloween is just 19 days away, so you better get cracking on those costumes for your kiddies! If you’re not a fan of any of these totally cute costume ideas, why not transform your tyke into Katy Perry? Sure, she was banned from Sesame Street for showing a bit too much boob, but that doesn’t mean your daughter can’t be a more wholesome (but equally colorful) version of the singer.

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All you needs is this fun blue wig and maybe some cotton candy or cupcakes to transform your little lady into Katy! It doesn’t get much easier than that, HollyMoms. But, then again, we’re curious if you think it’s totally inappropriate to dress up your baby as a sexy star?

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As for Katy, she’s not quite ready to have kids with fiance Russell Brand. “I see myself as a professional right now and hopefully when I decide it’s time for children, I’ll be able to devote myself to that,” she says. Can’t wait to see what costumes she eventually dresses up her kids in!

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–Amy L. Harper