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CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using La-La-Me Infant Loungers Due to Suffocation Risk and Fall Hazard; Fails to Meet Safety Requirements for Infant Sleep Products  [new]

Name of Product: La-La-Me infant loungers

Hazard: The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is warning consumers to immediately stop using La-La-Me infant loungers because they do not comply with mandatory federal safety standards for infant sleep products and pose a suffocation risk and fall hazard to infants.

Release date: August 10, 2023.

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CPSC and The Boppy Company Urge Consumers to Stop Using Recalled Boppy Newborn Loungers and Urge Online Marketplaces to Stop Selling the Recalled Product; Two Additional Infant Deaths Reported Shortly After 2021 Recall  [new]

Name of Product: Boppy Original Newborn Loungers, Boppy Preferred Newborn Loungers, and Pottery Barn Kids Boppy Newborn Loungers

Hazard: Risk that infants can suffocate if they roll, move, or are placed on the lounger in a position that obstructs breathing, or roll off the lounger onto an external surface, such as an adult pillow.

Remedy: Refund

Release date: June 6, 2023.

Read more here.

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Serotonin Receptor Binding and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome


A number of articles hit the news in May 2023 regarding Serotonin Receptor Binding and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. The news refers to a Harvard team study that was published May 25, 2023 in "Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology", Volume 82, Issue 6, June 2023, Pages 467–482. We have received many e-mail messages asking for more information. The public has been on an information roller coaster, the result of an explosion of medical reports, each heralding a "breakthrough in SIDS research." We need to help people separate myth from fact and risk factor from cause. We will post information as it becomes available to us.  [new] (5/30/2023)

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Skip Hop Recalls Silver Lining Cloud Activity Gyms Due to Choking Hazard  [new]

Name of Product: Silver Lining Cloud Activity Gyms

Hazard: The raindrops on the cloud toy included with the activity gym can detach from the ribbon, posing a choking hazard if a child places it in their mouth.

Remedy: Repair

Release date: February 9, 2023.

Read more here.

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CPSC and Baby Trend Warn Consumers About Entrapment Hazard with the Detachable Canopy on Baby Trend Sit N’ Stand Strollers; One Death Reported  [new]
Release date: February 9, 2023.

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Fisher-Price Reannounces Recall of 4.7 Million Rock ‘n Play Sleepers; At Least Eight Deaths Occurred After Recall
On April 12, 2019, at the time the original recall was announced, over 30 fatalities were reported to have occurred in the Rock ‘n Play Sleepers after the infants rolled from their back to their stomach or side while unrestrained, or under other circumstances. Since the recall, approximately 70 additional fatalities have been reported, which includes at least 8 fatalities that were reported to have occurred after the initial recall announcement. Approximately 100 deaths have reportedly occurred while infants were in the products. Fisher-Price notes that in some of the reports, it has been unable to confirm the circumstances of the incidents or that the product was a Rock ‘n Play Sleeper.
Announcement date: January 09, 2023

Read more here.  [new]
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Dockatot Deluxe+ is Unsafe for Sleep; CPSC Issues Notice of Violation
It is unsafe for your baby to sleep in a DockATot Deluxe+; immediately discontinue its use. There are publicly available reports of infant deaths associated with the product. CPSC has notified DockATot that it cannot import, distribute, or sell any DockATot Deluxe+ made after June 23, 2022.
Announcement date: November 09, 2022

Read more here.
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TJX Recalls Mittal International Baby Blankets Due to Choking, Entrapment and Strangulation Hazards
Hazard: The threads in the recalled woven baby blankets can come loose and detach posing choking, entrapment and strangulation hazards.
Remedy: Refund
Recall date: October 20, 2022

Read more here.
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4moms Recalls More than 2 Million MamaRoo and RockaRoo Infant Swings and Rockers Due to Entanglement and Strangulation Hazards; One Death Reported
Hazard: When the swing or rocker is not in use, their restraint straps can dangle below the seat and non-occupant crawling infants can become entangled in the straps, posing a strangulation hazard.
Remedy: Repair
Recall date: August 15, 2022

Read more here.
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American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statement: Updated 2022 Recommendations for Reducing Infant Deaths in the Sleep Environment

Rachel Y. Moon, MD, FAAP, Rebecca F. Carlin, MD, FAAP, Ivan Hand, MD, FAAP,
THE TASK FORCE ON SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME AND THE COMMITTEE ON FETUS AND NEWBORN


Safe sleep guidelines have been substantially revised since 2016.
Read the AAP's revised Policy Statement here (6/21/2022)

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CPSC and Fisher-Price Warn Consumers About 13 Deaths in Fisher-Price Infant-to-Toddler and Newborn-to-Toddler Rockers: Advise Rockers Should Never Be Used for Sleep
Release date: June 14,2022

Read more here.

CT’s senior senator wants immediate recall of infant rockers
Release date: June 21, 2022
Read more here.

CPSC’s New Federal Infant Sleep Products Safety Standard Takes Effect
A new federal rule to ensure that products marketed or intended for infant sleep provide a safe sleep environment for babies up to 5 months old takes effect today. The new Safety Standard for Infant Sleep Products, makes it unlawful to sell non-compliant infant sleep products, and applies to products manufactured on or after June 23rd.
Release date: June 23, 2022
Read more here.

 

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Butyrylcholinesterase levels and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome


A number of articles hit the news in May 2022 regarding Butyrylcholinesterase levels and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. The news refers an Australian study that appears in the online eBioMedicine published May 06, 2022. The public has been on an information roller coaster, the result of an explosion of medical reports, each heralding a "breakthrough in SIDS research." We need to help people separate myth from fact and risk factor from cause. We will post information as it becomes available to us. (5/12/2022)  [Changed] (5/18/2022)


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This Instagram-Ready Photograph is Profoundly Dangerous
In 2010, Dr. Sam Hanke fell asleep on the couch with his 4-week-old son Charlie and woke up, hours later, to find his child dead.

By Patrick A. Coleman
Published on the Fatherly web site on 6/2/2017
(8/11/2021)

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Loss Research Project: Would you be willing to share your thoughts on your journey post child-loss and how marketing has helped or hurt you along the way?
The project involves interviewing loss moms to see how marketing has hurt or helped them after loss (e.g., think of those formula samples that just keep coming and retrigger feelings of no longer having a child). The study goal is to find out if there are things that loss moms want from companies or anything that can be done to ease the pain and better honor one's child.

If you are interested, details on the study can be found at https://elizabethminton.weebly.com/loss.html.

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Fisher-Price Recalls 4-in-1 Rock ‘n Glide Soothers After Four Infant Deaths; 2-in-1 Soothe ‘n Play Gliders Also Recalled
Hazard: Infants who are placed unrestrained in the product and later found on their stomach are at risk of suffocation.
Remedy: Refund
Recall date: June 3, 2021

Read more here.


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The Sunshine Was Mocking Me––How It Feels To Lose Your Baby On A Pretty, Spring Day
By Melissa Yoskowitz
Published on the ScaryMommy web site on 6/1/2021


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Baby Sleep Safety Tips For You And Your Little One So You Can Both Snooze Soundly
By Sabienna Bowman
Published on the ScaryMommy web site on 5/6/2021


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Bill to Ban Crib Bumpers Introduced in Congress
Bipartisan legislation called the Safe Cribs Act seeks to reduce infant deaths due to soft padding in cribs
By Rachel Rabkin Peachman
Published on the Consumer Reports web site on 4/21/2021



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