Since 1994 the american academy of pediatrics aap has recommended babies be put on their backs to sleep to prevent sudden infant death syndrome sids.
Babies r us sleep positioner recall.
Food and drug administration.
At least five manufacturers told the fda they.
Babies r us toys r us and target said they planned to stop selling the products online and in stores according to spokeswomen for the retailers.
Food and drug administration is reminding parents and caregivers not to put babies in sleep positioners.
These products sometimes also called nests or anti roll products can cause.
Over the past 13 years cpsc and the fda have received 12 reports of infants between the ages of 1 month and 4 four months who died when they suffocated in sleep positioners or became trapped and suffocated between a sleep positioner and the side of a crib or bassinet.