Parents should stop using sleep positioners!

agreenaffair · September 2010

CPSC and FDA ask parents to stop using sleep positioners!

laurel22 · September 2010

Agreed! You should only use one if your pediatrician recommends it for acid reflux problems or other sleeping issues.

pawcall · September 2010

laurel22:
Agreed! You should only use one if your pediatrician recommends it for acid reflux problems or other sleeping issues.

If your pedi is recommending it even after the CPSC and FDA have said they are DANGEROUS, I'd ask for another opinion. Preferably from a competent doctor.

LittleApple · September 2010

cdobry01:
laurel22:
Agreed! You should only use one if your pediatrician recommends it for acid reflux problems or other sleeping issues.
If your pedi is recommending it even after the CPSC and FDA have said they are DANGEROUS, I'd ask for another opinion. Preferably from a competent doctor.

Yeah seriously considering that clinical studies were never cleared by the FDA and APA.

woollypetals · September 2010

Thank you! I just got a sleep positioner from my MIL that I didn't register for and I will not be using it after reading that.

laurel22 · September 2010

LittleApple:
cdobry01:

laurel22:
Agreed! You should only use one if your pediatrician recommends it for acid reflux problems or other sleeping issues.

If your pedi is recommending it even after the CPSC and FDA have said they are DANGEROUS, I'd ask for another opinion. Preferably from a competent doctor.

Yeah seriously considering that clinical studies were never cleared by the FDA and APA.

Sorry, I didn't read the article very well; just kind of skimmed it and didn't realize they recommended that sleep positioners not be used at ALL under any circumstances... I have a couple of friends whose pedis recommended them when their babies developed acid reflux and digestive issues, but this was a year or two ago, obviously before this big warning came out. I'm sure that most doctors who know about the warnings wouldn't recommend a sleep positioner now.

Did anyone else notice that it took 12 deaths over 13 years before the CPSC/FDA issued this warning??

CheyenneShaw · September 2010

Looks like ill be taking the one that was bought off of my registry back...

AimeeL85 · September 2010

Whenever I see those in the store or online I always think "umm do I need one of those? should I be getting that?"

Guess that's one less thing to figure out!

JillBean78 · October 2010

While I agree that "back to sleep" is a good thing and agree it has reduced SIDS. It is pushed so much that parents feel like they have to force their kids on their backs, so in turn purchase these contraptions. Even before this came out I always thought they looked like death traps. It is okay in some cases to allow your child to sleep on their sides or belly and I wish more people would let go sometimes. My son refused to sleep on his back, but I wouldn't use a sleep positioner, I didn't like the looks of them. He has always slept on his belly since he was about a month old.

It is sad that these things that are sold to keep kids on their backs to keep them from passing away from SIDS are in turn causing deaths of infants. I really hope that they stop being manufactured.

AppleMomma · October 2010

LittleApple:
cdobry01:
laurel22:
Agreed! You should only use one if your pediatrician recommends it for acid reflux problems or other sleeping issues.
If your pedi is recommending it even after the CPSC and FDA have said they are DANGEROUS, I'd ask for another opinion. Preferably from a competent doctor.
Yeah seriously considering that clinical studies were never cleared by the FDA and APA.

Yes I'll be asking our pedi next time.

Parents should stop using sleep positioners!

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