Recall on Infant Sleep Positioners ??

Personally, I have always thought they were dangerous. The idea that a baby cannot or does not move until they are several months old is totally wrong. All of my kids were moving in some way or other at about a month old. They just need to move a little bit to be against the side of the positioner which can cause suffocation.

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i love them, but anything is used incorrectly can be a hazard

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Try checking this site on recalls:
http://www.cpsc.gov/onsafety/2010/09/the-fisher-price-rec...

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Specific positioners made by Mothercare have been recalled from shelves, but the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the FDA have issued a warning on ALL infant sleep positioners and recommended immediate discontinuation of use based on several suffocation deaths in infants 0-4 months of age. I would return your sleep positioner and buy your friend something else instead.

http://www.cpsc.gov/CPSCPUB/PREREL/prhtml10/10358.html

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They are not recalled YET. The FDA has stated that they are dangerous, and are asking all manufacturers to pull them from the shelves. they have just issued a warning right NOW, but have stated to EXPECT a recall on them.

I would return it and get something else for your friend. I will say if a friend bought me something that was in the news with talk of a recall, I would be upset about it. i would really wonder what that person was thinking to give me something that is deemed dangerous.

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I used one for about one night...when I went in to check on my baby she had slipped down and her head was right inside the foam, they are dangerous - and really unessecary - I really think all this furor over sleep positions will come full circle - babies will naturally move in their sleep they do not need to be strapped down or held in a "position"
I think buy her something else just in case

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