Today, Acting Chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission Robert Adler said in a statement: “I applaud Amazon, Buy Buy Baby, eBay, and Walmart for their decision to help protect our most vulnerable population by removing infant inclined sleep products from their product listings … Their actions will save children’s lives.”
William Wallace, CR’s manager of home and safety policy, noted that “There’s now enormous momentum to get all infant inclined sleep products off the market entirely.”
But the changes from major retailers won’t eliminate the potentially hazardous products entirely, said Rachel Weintraub, legislative director and general counsel with Consumer Federation of America. “It’s a very important step that retailers are banning inclined sleepers but it doesn’t solve the fact that manufacturers are still making these products,” she said.
And several retailers and online marketplaces that CR contacted have not yet agreed to stop selling or listing infant inclined sleepers. They include Craigslist, Facebook, Kohl’s, Macy’s, Magic Beans, and Target.
Further, several manufacturers of infant inclined sleepers told CR today that they plan to continue to sell their products.
For example, a spokesperson for SUMR Brands said that while the company “has no plans to make more” of its SwaddleMe By Your Bed Sleeper, the company is not recalling the products. And a spokesperson for Baby Delight, said, “We stand by the safety of all of our products.” That includes its Baby Delight Go With Me Sway Portable Infant Rocker.
Other inclined sleepers still on the market include the hammock-shaped insert sold with Chicco's Lullaby Dream Playard and the Hiccapop DayDreamer. Neither company responded to a request for comments.
The Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association, an industry trade group, said it continues to support the sale of some inclined infant sleepers. “There are many products with inclines that are essential for the protection and care of babies,” a JPMA spokesperson said. She also referred CR to a previous statement, which said that the CPSC-commissioned study “is insufficient to draw concrete conclusions on risks related to inclined sleepers, and we encourage additional research on this topic.”
But experts emphasize that the evidence against all infant inclined sleepers is strong. And the American Academy of Pediatrics has warned caregivers not to use any of the products because they increase the risk of suffocation and run counter to established safe sleep guidelines. The AAP recommends that babies should be put to bed alone, on their backs, on a firm, flat surface, unrestrained and without any soft bedding—and infant inclined sleepers go counter to that advice.
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