Posted on 10/11/2024 12:33:46 PM PDT by Red Badger
The Fisher-Price company is recalling more than 2 million of its Snuga infant swings, after the suffocation and deaths of five infants who went to sleep while in the swings. Photo by U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission/HealthDay News
The Fisher-Price company is recalling more than 2 million of its Snuga infant swings, after the suffocation and deaths of five infants who went to sleep while in the swings.
"The swing should never be used for sleep and bedding materials should never be added to it," according to an alert from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, which announced the recall.
"If the product is used for sleep or bedding material is added, the headrest and body support insert on the seat pad can increase the risk of suffocation," the agency explained.
The CPSC's advice to parents who already have one of the Snuga infant swings at home: "Consumers should immediately remove both the headrest (by cutting the tether) and the body support insert from the seat pad before continuing to use the swing for awake-time activities."
A full list of the 21 recalled Fisher-Price infant swing models, with photos, can be found at the CPSC.
https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2025/Fisher-Price-Recalls-More-than-2-Million-Snuga-Infant-Swings-Due-to-Suffocation-Hazard-After-5-Deaths-Reported#:~:text=Between%202012%20and%202022%2C%20there,were%20added%20to%20the%20product.
As the agency explained, five reported deaths of infants between one and three months of age were linked to use of Snuga swings between 2012 and 2022.
"In most of those incidents, the infants were unrestrained and bedding materials were added to the product," the CPSC noted.
Besides the danger from the Fisher-Price products under recall, the agency reminded parents and caregivers that they "should never use any inclined seated products, such as swings, gliders, soothers, and rockers, for infant sleep and should not leave infants in these products unsupervised, unrestrained, or with bedding material due to the risk of suffocation."
Instead, always lay an infant flat on their back for sleep "on a firm, flat surface in a crib, bassinet, or play yard, with nothing but a fitted sheet," the CPSC advised.
The agency noted that in 2022, Congress banned the sale of any form of inclined sleeper for infants.
Product Number/SKU Product Description
BGB32 My Little Snugakitty™ Cradle ‘n Swing
CCF38 My Little Snugabunny™ Swing
CHM56 My Little Snugabear Cradle ‘n Swing
CHM69 My Little Snugabear Ballerina Cradle ‘n Swing
CHM76 Safari Dreams Cradle ‘n Swing
CHM78 Moonlight Meadow Swing
DRG43 Sweet Snugapuppy™ Swing
FKL21 Deluxe Swing- Surreal Serenity™
GJB53 Sweet Snugamonkey Swing
GKH44 Blooming Flowers Swing
GNG38 Fawn Meadows Deluxe Swing
GNG40 Peek-a-boo Fox Swing
GVF83 Dots & Spots Puppy Swing
HBM23 Snow Leopard Swing
HDY10 Hearthstone Swing
HGX49 Baby Raccoon Swing
V0099 My Little Snugabunny Cradle ‘n Swing
W9510 My Little Sweetie™ Deluxe Cradle ‘n Swing
X7051 My Little SnugaMonkey™ Cradle ‘n Swing
X7345 My Little Snugapuppy™ Cradle ‘n Swing
X7347 My Little Snugabear Cradle ‘n Swing
Any replacement seat pad for the above Product Numbers/SKUs
How horrible!
Did Fauxi go to work for Price-Fisher???? /s
They die by suffocation, absolutely HORRIBLE. My sister thankfully does NOT have this one for her 6 month old(She loves being in the swing helps her fall asleep)
The problem is people put blankest and pillows in these things and an infant cannot breathe if they turn over in their sleep.. Number one, babies should not be left unattended in these contraptions............................
Exactly..especially tiny babies, 1-3 months old, you dont leave them in a swing and just leave..they have to be watched constantly
Well no nooner naps for Biden.
Eastern European mothers, and I suppose some Asian one as well, still ‘swaddle’ their babies like their ancestors have done for millennia.
Wrapping a baby in a cocoon-like bundle does not allow the baby to turn over and suffocate and it also quieten the baby from crying so much because it simulates the baby being still in the womb.
Perhaps Americans and Western mothers should learn the basics all over again.
But that would be bad for business like Fischer-Price and others.🙄........................
At what point do safety measures become draconian in view of human negligence?
No DFMEA?
The investigation will get down to engineering release signatures and test results. Heads are going to roll. The engineer and manager will be lucky to get out of this without prosecution and with just termination.
Looks safer than the junkyard refrigerator playhouse.
A much different standard than the one used for Covid vaccines.
Or a car trunk.
Why would anyone put a baby in that contraption?
In the old days they didn’t have cushy materials in there design.
They recall 12 baby swings after 5 mysterious deaths and the covid vax is still treated as though is legal, safe, effective, mucho profitable for big farm and the politicians who hid there.
Now they have inside lights and a glow in the dark escape handle!
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