Fisher-price Rocker
Amaia Novara
Consumers are encouraged to report incidents involving these or other infant products to CPSC at saferproducts.gov. CPSC investigates incidents and fatalities that occurred while infants were in the products.
Parents and caregivers should never use inclined products, such as rockers, gliders, soothers, and swings, for infant sleep and should not leave infants in these products unsupervised, unrestrained, or with bedding material, due to the risk of suffocation. CPSC recently finalized a rule requiring that infant sleep products have a sleep surface angle of 10 degrees or less. The rule goes into effect on June 23, 2022.
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is once again warning parents and caregivers not to use any models of Fisher-Price's Rock 'n Play sleepers, a type of chair used to soothe and rock infants to sleep.
The recall applies to approximately 4.7 million sleeper products, many of which were sold between 2009 and 2019 at major retailers such as Target and Walmart and online on e-commerce sites like Amazon.
The sleepers were recalled in 2019 after 30 children were reported to have died after they were placed in a Rock 'n Play sleeper and \"rolled from their back to their stomach or side while unrestrained, or under other circumstances.\" Since the initial announcement, there have been reports of at least 70 more children who have died in connection to the sleeper, according to the CPSC.
A congressional investigation was launched following the initial recall, and in June 2021, the House Oversight Committee released its findings, alleging that Fisher-Price \"ignored multiple warnings that the Rock 'n Play was not safe for infant sleep, including reports of infant injuries and deaths,\" according to former Rep. Carolyn Maloney, the committee chair at the time.
When reached for comment, Fisher-Price told \"GMA\" it had no new statement on the matter, but the company told ABC News back in June 2021 that there \"is nothing more important\" to the company than the safety of its products and that its \"hearts go out to every family who has suffered a loss.\"
\"The Rock 'n Play Sleeper was designed and developed following extensive research, medical advice, safety analysis, and more than a year of testing and review,\" a Fisher-Price spokesperson said at the time. \"It met or exceeded all applicable regulatory standards. As recently as 2017, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) proposed to adopt the ASTM voluntary standard for a 30-degree angled inclined sleeper as federal law.\"
Fisher-Price has had to issue consumer alerts about other rocker models before and issued a notice to consumers to stop using their Infant-to-Toddler and Newborn-to-Toddler rockers for sleep in June 2022.
We received the Fisher Price infant to toddler rocker as a gift. DH set it up and we don't have the box it came in anymore. Just curious if there is a minimum weight requirement for infants or can I just stick LO in there already? He was 8.5 pounds at his 4 week well baby check up, is 6 weeks now and has some control over his neck. Thanks!
I have one and used it as soon as my LO got home from the hospital. When he was new born I'd put one of those head positioners around his neck, now, he's heavy enough to sink in a bit, and doesn't need it. (he's six weeks and just over 9 pounds).
Health Canada would like to remind parents and caregivers that Fisher-Price Infant-to-Toddler and Newborn-to-Toddler Rockers should never be used for babies' sleep. Babies should also never be unsupervised or unrestrained while using the rocker.
The incline of the product is dangerous to a baby while sleeping, as it can cause suffocation. Between 2009 and 2021, there have been at least 13 deaths reported to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) which occurred when babies fell asleep in the Fisher-Price rockers.
While there have been no similar reported incidents in Canada, Health Canada reminds parents and caregivers that the safest place for a baby to sleep is on their back on a firm surface intended for sleep. Products designed for play should not be used for sleep.
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In 2022, the CPSC and Fisher-Price issued a warning notice advising parents and caregivers not to use these products for sleep after reports of at least 13 infant deaths between 2009 and 2021 linked to the products. On the same day, CPSC and Kids2 released a similar warning about a Bright Starts rocker that was associated with one infant death.
While pressing for companies to take greater responsibility for the safety of their products, Consumer Reports also recommends that parents and caregivers take extra caution to ensure that a baby in a rocker stays awake and to move an infant that falls asleep in a rocker to a crib, bassinet, or play yard. Inclined products are not safe for any kind of infant sleep, including supervised sleep or napping. American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) safe sleep guidelines say that babies should be placed alone on a firm, flat surface in their own space, with only a fitted sheet and no added items such as blankets, pillows, padded crib bumpers, or toys in their sleeping area.
At least 13 reported deaths between 2009 and 2021 involved Fisher-Price Infant-to-Toddler Rockers and Newborn-to-Toddler Rockers, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Fisher-Price said on Tuesday. Fisher-Price has sold more than 17 million of the rockers worldwide since the 1990s.
Parents and caregivers should never use inclined products, including rockers, gliders, soothers and swings, for infant sleep and should never leave babies in the products unattended or with bedding material due to the risk of suffocation, the agency and companies stated.
"Companies should not market or depict infant products such as rockers, gliders and inclined products as a way to get babies to sleep or as sleep products since they are not safe for infant sleep," Dev Gowda, assistant director of Kids In Danger, said in a statement.
A House committee found llast year that Fisher-Price ignored warnings about its Rock 'n Play inclined sleepers, which were on the market for around 10 years before being recalled in 2019 and which were linked to more than 30 infant deaths.
"Just three years ago, this agency oversaw the recall of the Fisher-Price Rock 'n Play after a staggering number of infant deaths. Tragically, we now grieve 13 more infant deaths in Fisher Price Rockers," Trumka said in a statement.
"Here, the gag rule delayed our message to the public by two months," Trumka said ,adding that "Even with cooperation from Fisher-Price, we fought an uphill battle to release this information to warn parents and caregivers."
Per Consumer Reports, there was a letter sent to the chair of the CPSC, Hoehn-Saric, on March 14. The letter was co-signed by Sens. Peter Welch, D-Vt., Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Edward J. Markey, D-Mass.
The three senators asked the CPSC for more information regarding the incidents that have occurred in these rockers and other similar rockers from other companies and asked the agency if they would consider adding a minimum age requirement to the rockers.
Specifically, parents and caregivers have expressed safety concerns after finding that infants can roll to the side or forward while placed in the rockers, posing a risk of suffocation or injury. In fact, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) warned in June 2022 that at least 13 deaths had been reported of infants in Fisher-Price Infant-to-Toddler and Newborn-to-Toddler rockers, and Consumer Reports called for the products to be recalled after another death was reported in November 2023. To date, no recall has been issued.
As part of their investigation, the attorneys specifically want to hear from consumers who live in California, Illinois, Massachusetts, Missouri, North Carolina, New York, Texas or Virginia and stopped using their rockers due to safety concerns.
Parents and caregivers have complained in online reviews about the Fisher-Price Infant-to-Toddler and Newborn-to-Toddler rockers, with many reviewers expressing safety concerns and calling for a recall and refunds. Specifically, parents said the rockers were flimsy or unstable and could not properly restrain their children. Many reviewers said their babies flipped the rocker and fell on their faces or heads.
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