Baby Sleep Positioners too dangerous to use

[anam_moon]

Mothercare and Tesco pull baby sleep positioners from shelves after U.S. warns they are 'too dangerous to use'

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[deirdremoon.livejournal.com]

The baby-safety class that El Camino Hospital offers to new parents (that Jeff, my parents, and I just took) was already warning parents not to use these, for this very reason. So the word is getting out, at least to parents who are actively trying to get educated.

When a bassinet hand-me-down came to us recently with a set of those, I just threw them away. As it turns out, the whole bassinet was ALSO recalled (thank you, CPSC recall website), and part of me is cringing at the thought that I have to throw the whole damn thing away, but what can you do? If it's unsafe, we're sure as hell not going to donate it or pass it on.

[intrepid-glory.livejournal.com]

When we had Donovan this warning was not out there, nor talked about in the parenting classes we went to. He used a sleep positioner and for a few months would not sleep through the night without it. We were very paranoid about suffocation, however, and we started the positioner at his waist so that his torso and head were well clear of it. I probably would have taken it out if he was the type of baby that scoots down when he sleeps, but he would always scoot up when he moved, which was away from the positioner. In the daytime when I was sitting next to him for his naps I would use it to lay him on his side to help round out his head, not that it worked but the doctor kept telling us to. We agreed that we would never leave him unattended while on his side, just to be safe. So for us it was a good thing. I'm sorry for the parents who lost children, I don't even want to imagine that. I'm glad they're making the public more aware of the safety hazards of baby gear.