Skip Hop Recalls Baby Sesame Street Elmo Silicone Teethers Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death from Choking Hazard
Brand: Skip Hop. Units affected: About 22,660 (In addition, about 3,177 were sold in Canada). Hazard: The black eyes can detach from the recalled teether if frozen, posing a risk of serious injury or death from a choking hazard.
What was recalled
This recall involves the Skip Hop Baby Sesame Street Elmo Silicone Teether. The product is in the shape of Elmo’s face (red, orange, and white, with black eyes) and includes a textured key (blue) and fabric crayon box (beige, blue, green, yellow, orange, red). The model number for the Baby Sesame Street Elmo Silicone Teether is 9R263210. A red tag with the Skip Hop brand name and teether model number is attached to the side of the crayon box.
Remedy
- Consumers should stop using the recalled teether immediately, take it away from children and contact Skip Hop Inc. at www.skiphoprecall.com to obtain a refund in the form of a gift card and further instructions on disposal of the product. The gift card can be used at any The William Carter Company brand store, including Carter’s, Skip Hop, OshKosh B’gosh and Little Planet.
Sold at
- Sold At: Carter’s retail stores nationwide and online at www.carters.com and www.skiphop.com from January 2025 through March 2026 for about $12.
How to reach the manufacturer
Skip Hop Inc. toll-free at 800-692-4674 from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or online at www.skiphoprecall.com or www.skiphop.com and click on “Product Recalls” at the bottom of the page or for more information.
What kind of recall is this?
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issues recalls for consumer products that pose a substantial risk of injury or death. Unlike food and drug recalls, CPSC recalls do not use a numbered class system — instead, the notice describes the specific hazard (for example: fire, burn, laceration, entrapment, choking, or tip-over). The hazard for this recall is listed above. Stop using the product until you have completed the remedy the manufacturer offers, which is typically a free repair, replacement, or refund.
What should you do now?
- Stop using the product immediately. Set it aside somewhere it can't be used accidentally by another member of your household.
- Confirm you have an affected unit. Match the model number, lot code, date of manufacture, or serial number to the list above. If the details don't match, your unit is likely not part of this recall.
- Contact Skip Hop for the remedy. The manufacturer is required to offer a free repair, replacement, or refund. Contact details are listed below.
- Add the product to Recalled.co so you get an alert automatically if a follow-up recall or expansion is issued for the same product family.
How this recall was reported
This recall notice was published by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on September 3, 2026. Recalled.co cross-references CPSC recall notices against the products our users have registered. If you want to be notified the moment any product you own is recalled — from any U.S. federal agency — you can register your products in under a minute. It is free.
Where this recall fits
Context from the Recalled.co recall database, as of 2026-09-14.
- Choking: 24% of CPSC recalls, past 12 monthsRecalls citing a choking hazard make up 24% of CPSC recalls in the past 12 months (139 of 569). The year before, the share was 14% (48 of 352). Hazard groups are keyword classifications of the agency's hazard text.
- 41 CPSC recalls in the past 30 daysCPSC has dated 41 consumer product recalls in the past 30 days, against an average of 45 per month over the prior 12 months in the Recalled.co database, about the usual pace.
Counts cover recalls in our database, not every recall an agency has ever issued; coverage differs by agency. See recall statistics for methodology and monthly trends.
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