Gap socks have PERMANENTLY SCARRED my 4 month old daughter... I want to write to them I AM SO LIVID

[newmomma]

My daughter wore some GAP socks (3-6mths) when she was just 3 months.

She wore them for a day (8am - 6pm ish) and was left with a VERY swollen and red raised bleed behind the skin - not just your normal bruise, really quite heavy duty.

I have just seen the doctor as 6 weeks on it isn't going away to be told that the dark red stripe across thoe whole of the back of her calf is a scar and won't improve much.

I cried. I am so cross that I want to write to gap and feel like asking for compensationas my perfect little girl will always carry this scar across the back of her legs.

Does anyone have any bad experience with faulty clothing and the outcomes?

Or any advice as to what I should say to GAP?

Please help.

mumsnet have removed the link to the facebook photos.

i'm a security risk to myself apparently...

Only their names and a link to their fb page sure they would be thrilled to know that.

oh fgs, surely it's up to us what we share online???

and the fact is... it's FACEBOOK! anyone can see any of those pages depending on how good your own personal security is on facebook

how ridiculous

Off topic, it is up to us what we share online but given the recent possible trolling which used FB amongst other things I think MNHQ are being sensible in keeping nicknames and real names separate.

bit too Big Brother for my liking

Yeah protecting people when they should know better is just like big brother ffs

it's up to the OP if she wanyts to share FB with everyone on here.

any links to parents/siblings/friends are only what any of us could find on FB anyway... what with it being totally public and on the internet

i don't think anyone on here needs "protecting" least of all by mumsnet themselves

in fact, i would like to know if MN have a site policy on this?

and if so, why are many, many links to facebook still on here?

Yes their policy is that personal info should not be shared in this way hence they have deleted it. They warn about the dangers of giving too much personal info and there have been people who ahve taken advantage of this.

pretty much everything on facebook is public knowledge anyway, you've only got to look on 192.com!

and if people are not on the electoral register etc etc and don't want to be found then it's highly unlikely they'd be on FB.

and if they are on FB they would presumably have their security settings such that no-one could see any info about them without being added as a friend

this kind of hysteria really pisses me off.

ok... so ALL links to FB will be removed yes?

despite us all being able to use and search facebook?

and yo're telling me that MN has a blanket ban on people giving out any personal information? even if that person WANTS to?
so, we can't have meet-ups or tell each other our names?

i'd like a link to the site guidelines because i can't find them

my sister was a paed in a&e and she's told me she saw a bunch of things like this - she drilled into me that if a baby ever cries for a prolonged time you strip it completely and examine it carefully to make sure nothing is hurting it.

With two refluxy dc I have ample practice, but I never neglect doing it (and a couple of times I did find something rubbing/marking them.

You mentioned your baby cries about 14 hours a day (or did I get it wrong?) -- have you had her investigated for various chemical sensitivities? A neighbour's baby used to do this, and the doctor and everyone else just shrugged and said 'babies cry, she'll be fine in the end, don't let it worry you' (it was driving them all nuts of course) but after they bought scent-free and colour-free detergent one time by accident the crying miraculously tailed off to normal levels.

I agree with ib. My friend's DD was crying for hours one day. It wasn't until she stripped her that she realised that one of her hairs had wrapped itself around her toe and the circulation was cut off. She was lucky her DD didn't lose the toe.....

Not that this was the case here, but certainly a reason to think there might be some other cause for her distress...

Write to Gap, with the photos and perhaps a letter from your GP.

Even if you do not want compensation, Gap should know this is a problem and could harm other babies.

And why not ask for compensation? Gap are obliged in law to ensure their products are safe. Your daughter has suffered as a result of an unsafe product.

Don't bother with a no win no fee lawyer and don't bother with a solicitor's letter yet.

There may be a compensation culture but tort law exists to protect and recompense people. You are not being vexatious or trivial here.

We have the same problem with the sock marks. What was the resolution eventually? Did they leave a permanent mark? Was it established that it was definitely the socks?

my granddaughter wore a new pair of pjs with feet bought in the states. she woke up with those horrible lines on her feet. and r not going away. its been 2 weeks. dr wasnt concerned at all . its sad that people just turn to blame the parent of neglect when its truly nothing anyone would of thought of .