We were offered advanced details of an imminent voluntary recall of BabyBjörn's Babysitter Balance ($170) and Babysitter Balance Air ($190) bouncy seats. The recall involves 6,468 balance seats, and the company would like to "inspect the seat padding and attach an updated warning label." The two products are sold in all the places you see BabyBjörn stuff - independent retailers, chains, online, and in catalogs - and items subject to this recall were made beginning in September 2008. The model number of items affected by the recall is 0090. We expect the release to be published some time today.

From the planned announcement:

While no incidents related to the pieces have been reported, BabySwede, the North American distributor, received notification from BabyBjörn AB, the manufacturer, that two consumers in Japan had found small metal pieces in the padded section of the babysitter’s fabric seat. After further inspection by BabyBjörn AB of 15,000 babysitters, five more small metal pieces were found. As a precaution, BabySwede is performing a voluntary recall of the product.

If you have one of these, you should stop using it and contact BabySwede LLC at (866) 424-0200 to return the product for inspection. It's worth the hassle to protect your little one from strange metal objects, isn't it?

Update: The recall has now been published; you can read the full recall notice on the CPSC website.