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+Infancy | March 31, 2011

Why Parents Should Stop Using Crib Bumpers Now

By Bonnie Rochman

Earlier this year, I wrote about the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission’s (CPSC) decision to re-examine the safety record of crib bumpers in light of 52 infant deaths in 20 years. Now, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is pre-empting the agency’s process and calling on parents to stop using the pads that cushion the perimeter of a baby’s crib.

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+Pregnancy | January 6, 2011

Are Crib Bumpers a Nursery Necessity? CPSC Vets their Safety Record

By Bonnie Rochman
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For nine months of pregnancy, babies-to-be are cushioned in watery darkness. Once they’re sprung, few parents are eager for them to bang their noggins on hard crib rails, hence the indispensable crib bumper.

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+Parenting | December 17, 2010

Baby Asleep in a Drop-Side Crib? Soon They’ll Be Banned

By Bonnie Rochman
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It’s a good thing I sold my crib last month because it will soon be illegal to do so.

+Safety | October 20, 2010

Graco Recalls 2 Million Strollers After Infant Deaths

By Meredith Melnick
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The Graco Children’s Products, Inc., is voluntarily recalling 2 million older models of Quattro Tour and MetroLite strollers after receiving reports of four infants who strangled to death between 2003 and 2005. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPCS) also reports five infants getting trapped in the strollers and suffering cuts and bruises.

+Photos Public Health | March 24, 2010

Infant deaths prompt baby sling recall

By Tiffany O'Callaghan

After at least three infants died of suffocation while being carried in Infantino “SlingRider” or “Wendy Bellissimo” baby slings, the San Diego-based company issued a recall of 1 million of the products in the U.S. and 15,000 throughout Canada. Earlier this month a spokeswoman for the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) told the Associated [...]