“These recalls are critically important to getting infant inclined sleep products off the market, out of child-care centers, and out of homes,” says Rachel Weintraub, legislative director and general counsel with the Consumer Federation of America. The products run counter to safe sleep recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics, which state that babies should be put to bed on their backs, alone, unrestrained, and on a firm, flat surface that is free of bumpers and other soft bedding. Research shows that infant inclined sleep products-which are designed to put babies to bed at an incline between 10 degrees and 30 degrees-are not a safe sleep environment for babies because they can increase the risk of airway compression, suffocation, and death. Several major retailers, including Amazon, Buy Buy Baby, eBay, and Walmart, pulled all infant inclined sleepers from their stores and websites in December 2019. In October 2019, the CPSC warned consumers not to use any infant inclined sleep products and proposed banning all such sleepers from the market. Overall, infant inclined sleepers have been linked to at least 73 reported infant fatalities and more than 1,000 incidents, including serious injuries. That ongoing investigation prompted the recall of 4.7 million Fisher-Price Rock ’n Play Sleepers, plus the recall of more 670,000 inclined sleepers made by Kids II, 71,000 inclined sleeper accessories sold with the Fisher-Price Ultra-Lite Day & Night Play Yards, and 24,000 Disney and Eddie Bauer rocking inclined sleepers made by Dorel. Today’s recall comes after a CR investigation uncovered dozens of infant deaths linked to infant inclined sleepers in April 2019. Delta did not respond to a request for comment. Spokespeople from Graco and Evenflo noted in statements to CR that the recall was issued out of “an abundance of caution” based on infant fatalities that have involved other manufacturers’ inclined sleepers. A spokesperson for the company told Consumer Reports that the company was voluntarily recalling its product now as a “precautionary measure.” Earlier this month, the CPSC warned consumers to avoid the SwaddleMe By Your Bed Sleeper after Sumr Brands (also called Summer Infant) initially refused to recall the product.
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