The manufacturer of an infant sleep positioner has issued a recall for their product after receiving reports that 12 infants had suffered personal injury and suffocated as a result of the product. Mothercare has pulled their Head ‘n’ Back, Resting Up, and Snugglenest products from store shelves in conjunction with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as well as U.S. Consumer Product Safety. As a South Carolina personal injury lawyer, I urge you to stop using your infant sleep positioner immediately.
The CPSC began receiving reports regarding infant suffocation with these products in 1997. Parents reported finding their infants face down or trapped between the crib mattress and the pillow-like positioner. The product was designed to actually decrease sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS, by helping infants stay positioned on their back while sleeping. Now it seems as though the products may potentially do more harm than good.
Now, the FDA is asking for other sleep positioner manufacturers to submit data that they’re products are not harmful to children. According to this article, the FDA even made a statement that there is technically no clinical proof that the sleep positioners reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome.
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