![]() ![]() Graco DreamGlider Gliding Seat & Sleeper.SwaddleMe By Your Bed Sleeper (made by Sumr Brands).Baby Delight Nestle Nook Comfort – Plush Infant Napper.Baby Delight Go With Me – Sway Portable Infant Rocker.Hiccapop DayDreamer: This company makes a highly misleading claim that the product “passes all federal test standards for sleep products as well as the federal CPSIA laws of 2008.” But a company spokesperson has confirmed that this refers to relates to lead and phthalate levels, not safe sleep.Evenflo Pillo Portable Napper, recalled in Canada.Kids II Rocking Sleepers, including the Ingenuity Moonlight Rocking Sleeper, attributed to at least 5 infant fatalities.Fisher-Price Rock ’n Play Sleeper: This product has been recalled due to at least 32 infant fatalities.Contact TorkLaw to take action to prevent further infant deaths.ĭo not purchase any of the below products, or any brand of inclined sleeper, for use by infants due to the risk of death: If you know of an infant who has died due to an inclined sleeper, it is important to hold the manufacturers these unsafe products accountable. MORE THAN 50 INFANT DEATHS have been attributed directly to inclined infant sleepers. If you have or care for an infant, DO NOT USE INCLINED SLEEPERS for prolonged sleep, or anytime the infant is not under the direct supervision of an adult. IMPORTANT WARNING: Infant deaths from inclined sleepers has now risen to 50. The Fisher-Price Rock’n Play Sleeper, and other infant inclined sleepers, are responsible for at least 73 infant deaths ![]() See a full list of these products below, as well as recommendations for safely positioning babies for sleep. However, on November 4, Consumer Reports issued a recommendation for a recall of all inclined infant sleep products. The Fisher-Price Rock ’n Play Sleeper, which was recalled in April 2019, is linked to at least 32 infant deaths.Ī full ban on the sales of inclined infant sleepers awaits the Commission’s final approval. Consumer Product Safety Commission stating that these infant inclined sleep products have been conclusively linked to at least 73 infant deaths. This was in response to an October 31 warning by the U.S. The Washington Post has reported that Amazon, eBay, Wal-Mart, and Buy Buy Baby have all halted sales of inclined sleepers that incline more than 10 degrees. Latest Update – 73 Infant Deaths Prompts Ban on Infant Inclined Sleepers If you or someone you know has suffered the unimaginable pain of an infant’s death due to suffocation in a Fisher-Price Rock ‘n Play or similar product, contact the product liability attorneys at TorkLaw right away. To prevent infant death through suffocation, always place the babies to sleep on their back, on a flat, firm surface without soft objects or loose bedding. If you have such a product, check the manufacturer website for recall information. If you are a parent or caretaker of an infant, DO NOT use a Fisher-Price Rock ‘n Play sleeper or any type of inclined sleeper. This recall affects around 165,000 products that have been sold and may currently be in use in homes across the United States. ![]() On January 30, 2020, Consumer Reports published an article about a CPSC that four more companies (Graco, Evenflo, Sumr Brands, and Delta) recalled their infant inclined sleepers due to the risk of suffocation. Moreover, recalls are seldom effective for those who have already purchased the product. In the meantime, 32 precious babies had died while using the Fisher-Price Rock ‘n’ Play product, and thousands more were at risk of suffocation. It was not until a number of lawsuits threatened Fisher-Price’s bottom line that they finally issued a recall. They are all dangerous.ĭespite a May 2018 Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) about the risk of death by suffocation when placing infants in inclined sleepers, Fisher-Price continued selling these dangerous until April 2019. Since then, many other manufactures have begun selling similar unsafe inclined infant sleepers. The single doctor they consulted has since had his medical license stripped. According to the Washington Post, Fisher-Price did so without any input from knowledgeable pediatricians, or any sort of medical safety testing. Instead, the Rock ‘n Play places the baby in a soft cocoon-like holder at a 30-degree angle, which is inherently unsafe.įisher-Price, a subsidiary of Mattel, invented this category of sleeper a decade ago. The Rock ‘n Play product violates all of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ medically evaluated “ABC” safe-sleep guidelines for babies, which recommend that infants only sleep Alone, on their Backs, in a Crib with a firm mattress/surface, and not to use bumpers, blankets, or toys that can smother the infant. TorkLaw has been retained by a client whose beloved 4-month old child suffered a wrongful death due to the unsafe Fisher-Price Rock ‘n Play “Sleeper.” ![]()
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