Fisher-Price Recalls Rock’n Play Sleepers Again After Seat Now Linked To Over 100 Baby Deaths

Millions of Fisher-Price Rock’n Play Sleeper infant seats are being Recalled An additional time was required after the seats were linked to the deaths more than 100 babies. 

Around 4.7 million Fisher-Price Rock’n Play Sleepers were first Recalled After reportedly killing more than 30 children, 2019, the number of deaths was now at over 70. Since the recall was announced, more than 70 deaths have been reported. Eight of these deaths were reported to have occurred after the recall was announced. 

The American Academy of Pediatrics will be celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2019. Push U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), to remove the baby sleeper from the marketplace. Consumer Reports was consulted in response to the demands. investigation The investigation revealed that 32 babies had died in their baby seats since 2011, including ten in 2015. These deaths were highlighted in a Fisher-Price Safety Alert and a CPRSC Safety Alert. Release In 2019.

“I am thrilled that the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Fisher-Price took the advice of the American Academy of Pediatrics and issued a recall of the Rock ‘n Play Sleeper,” Ben Hoffman, M.D., chair of the AAP Council on Injury, Violence and Poison Prevention said at the time. “This product is dangerous and I urge parents and caregivers to stop using it right away.” 

“As a pediatrician and a father, I know that infant sleep is a major concern for families, and pediatricians are ready to work with as many parents as possible to find solutions to help everyone sleep safely and soundly,” Hoffman noted. “We know that inclined sleepers like the Rock ‘n Play are not safe and put babies’ Lives are at risk. I am glad to see this product off the market and urge all parents to talk to their pediatricians about how to keep their babies safe during sleep time and any time.”

Fisher-Price Submitted Consumer Reports reported in its 2019 investigation that it knew about 32 deaths. However, it didn’t think so. “any deaths have been caused by the product,” To “the many situations where a medical/health condition was identified as the cause of death, and/or those in which the product was clearly used in a manner contrary to the safety warnings and instructions.”

Consumer Reports was launched in the early part of last year. reported Numerous people who bought the sleeping device were suing Mattel and Fisher-Price, claiming they were never informed about the recall. 

It’s common for companies to get low responses for recalls on items, but the situation was especially concerning.

“It’s outrageous that millions of these dangerous products could still be out there, with babies at risk of being seriously injured or killed,” Oriene Shin, Consumer Report’s product safety policy counsel, said at the time. “Fisher-Price has had years to get Rock ’n Plays out of people’s homes yet, at best, appears to have done the bare minimum. Slow and ineffective recalls can have terrible consequences, and parents deserve better from a company they rely on for safe baby and toddler products.”