Child safety news: Tylenol recall, furniture tipover, more Tylenol recalls infants' and children's liquid medications. The maker of Tylenol is recalling 21 types of infants' and children's liquid Tylenol , because it may be contaminated with bacteria, including Tylenol Suspension, Tylenol Cold, Tylenol Plus Cough, Tylenol Plus Flu and Tylenol Plus Cold/Allergy in cherry, grape, strawberry and bubble gum flavors. The affected products were manufactured between April and June 2008. Learn more in the full Safety blog post . FDA bans flavored cigarettes. As part of the national effort to reduce smoking in America, the Food and Drug Administration announced a ban on cigarettes that taste like fruit, candy or clove . Talk about a gateway drug–who do you think is attracted to cigarettes that taste like candy? Check out the FDA advisory to parents on the risks associated with flavored tobacco products, and to the rest of this Safety blog post for more information. Dangers of furniture tip-overs highlighted by new CPSC outreach. The Consumer Product Safety Commission recently joined the blogosphere and the Twitter universe, opened a channel on YouTube and created a photo stream on Flickr. In

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Get baby-ready without spending a bundle Children’s products represent an $8.9 billion industry and new products are added to the lineup every year, but there are plenty of ways consumers can keep costs down. The 10th edition of Consumer Reports Best Baby Products ($16.95), which is available in all major bookstores and in our bookstore , provides a voice of reason, guiding you on what you really need and what you can live without.

Fisher price now offers the Precious Planets line of baby products. Actress Maggie Gyllenhaal teamed up today with Fisher-Price Inc., a subsidiary of Mattel, Inc. (NYSE:MAT), to unveil the company’s new Precious Planet™ Collection of baby gear and newborn toys and to announce the company’s $250,000 donation benefiting the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). The event, held at the Central Park Zoo, launched the adorable Fisher-Price Precious Planet line of must-have baby gear for new parents and their little ones.