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• Unsafe Sleep Environments Lead to Majority of Nursery Injuries: CPSC

  September 24, 2024

  Michael Adams

  New data suggests that 523 children under five died from 2019 through 2021, due to unsafe sleep environments created by nursery products.

• CPSC Issues OmvedTherapies Baby Pillow Warning Due to Suffocation Risks

  April 9, 2024

  Grace Muller

  The CPSC is warning parents and caregivers not to use OmvedTherapies Baby Pillows due to a suffocation risk, after the manufacturer refused to recall the pillows, which have been banned in the U.S. since 2022.

• Parents Continue To Place Infants in Unsafe Sleeping Conditions: Study

  March 29, 2024

  Martha Garcia

  A new study finds that women often knowingly employ unsafe sleep practices with their infants in order to improve both the baby's, and their own, sleep.

• CPSC Warns 160 Children Die Every Year from Nursery Product Accidents

  September 29, 2023

  Katherine McDaniel

  A new CPSC reports reveals that nursery-related products like inclined sleepers and crib mattresses have been linked to hundreds of infant injuries every year as well as dozens of deaths.

• CPSC Approves Rules Banning Inclined Infant Sleepers and Crib Bumpers

  August 18, 2023

  Katherine McDaniel

  The CPSC has finalized new rules which ban the sale of inclined infant sleepers and crib bumpers in the United States.

• CPSC Warns Parents to Provide Safe Sleeping Arrangements for Babies During Holiday Travel

  November 18, 2022

  Luke Tollen

  The CPSC and lawmakers met this month to issue new warnings and recommendations on providing safe sleeping spaces for infants.

• Pediatricians Release New Guidelines to Avoid Sleep-Related Infant Deaths

  June 28, 2022

  Martha Garcia

  The American Academy of Pediatricians have released new guidelines stressing that many cases of sudden infant death syndrome may be avoided by placing infants in a proper, safe sleeping environment.

• Crib Bumper, Inclined Infant Sleeper Ban Passes Congress and Heading to Biden’s Desk

  May 6, 2022

  Martha Garcia

  The Senate has approved a bill which would ban inclined sleepers and crib bumpers following hundreds of reports of child deaths.

• CPSC Proposed Rule Would Ban Many Types of Padded Crib Bumpers

  March 30, 2020

  Russell Maas

  The CPSC has proposed new standard for crib bumpers, following reports of dozens of infant deaths due to suffocation.

• Infant Nursery Furniture Injuries Increase Steadily: Study

  March 16, 2017

  Martha Garcia

  A new study finds that about 66,000 children per year are injured due to problems with nursery products and furniture.