ONTHEWEI Baby Bath Seats Recalled and Dresser Warning Issued: What Parents Need to Know

Two separate Consumer Product Safety Commission actions this week target common nursery and young-children's-room items that can pose serious risks to infants and toddlers. If you have an ONTHEWEI baby bath seat in your bathroom or a Jocoevol 6-drawer dresser in a child's bedroom, you need to act now.

Jocoevol 6-Drawer Dressers — CPSC Warning

The CPSC issued a separate safety warning urging consumers to stop using Jocoevol 6-drawer dressers. The warning states that the dressers violate the mandatory standard for clothing storage units because they pose tip-over and entrapment risks.

Dresser tip-overs are one of the most common causes of furniture-related injuries and deaths in young children. A typical scenario: a child opens a low drawer and climbs on it, shifting the center of gravity until the dresser falls forward. The weight of a dresser — particularly a six-drawer unit — can be fatal for a toddler or young child caught underneath it.

What to do: If you have a Jocoevol 6-drawer dresser in a child's bedroom or play area, stop using it in that location immediately. Options include: securing it to the wall with a furniture anchor strap (available at most hardware and big-box stores for under $20), moving it to a room where young children don't have unsupervised access, or removing it from use entirely. Check for a remedy notice at cpsc.gov/Recalls.

A Note on Furniture Anchoring

Furniture tip-over incidents are preventable in most cases with anchor straps, and they're not specific to recalled or warned products. Any bookcase, dresser, or tall storage unit in a child's bedroom should be anchored to the wall — regardless of brand or age. If you've been meaning to do this and haven't, this week is a good time.

Most hardware stores carry anti-tip furniture straps in the furniture or child-safety aisle. Installation takes about 15 minutes per piece of furniture and requires only a drill or screwdriver. The CPSC has additional guidance at cpsc.gov on which types of furniture most commonly tip over and how to anchor them properly.

What's Next

Both the ONTHEWEI recall and the Jocoevol warning are listed on the CPSC's active recalls page at cpsc.gov/Recalls. The CPSC updates its recall database regularly — families can sign up for recall alerts by email at cpsc.gov to receive notifications directly rather than finding out secondhand. If you're unsure whether a baby or toddler product in your home has been recalled, the CPSC site has a search function that lets you look up items by brand or product type.