Babies R Us Sleep Positioner Recall

Most of the infants suffocated after rolling from a side to stomach position.

Babies r us sleep positioner recall.

4 2017 healthday news infants should be put to sleep on their backs on a firm empty surface and never placed on a sleep positioner the u s. Food and drug administration is reminding parents and caregivers not to put babies in sleep positioners. Babies r us toys r us and target said they planned to stop selling the products online and in stores according to spokeswomen for the retailers. Over the past 13 years cpsc and the fda have received 12 reports of infants between the ages of 1 month and 4 four months who died when they suffocated in sleep positioners or became trapped and suffocated between a sleep positioner and the side of a crib or bassinet.

Since 1994 the american academy of pediatrics aap has recommended babies be put on their backs to sleep to prevent sudden infant death syndrome sids. At least five manufacturers told the fda they.