Sentences with phrase «as sleep positioners»

Some of these items, such as sleep positioners and the soft bumpers that run around crib rails, are sold at baby stores.

Brown says parents shouldn't bother to spend their money on items such as sleep positioners, which claim to reduce the risk of SIDS or create a safe environment.

Even so - called «SIDS - safe» products, such as sleep positioners and alternative bumpers, do not currently fall subject to FDA regulation, leaving manufacturers free to make unsubstantiated safety claims about their products.

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Most babies do not need a crib wedge, but if your baby does, it is not inherently unsafe like most other sleep positioners, as it does not create a space for baby to become entrapped or an in - crib barrier that could result in suffocation.

Another fact about SIDS, which is often not very well known, is that all commercial devices marketed to reduce the risk of SIDS, such as wedges, sleep positioners, special mattresses, and special sleep surfaces, have never been approved by the FDA to prevent SIDS.

Products such as wedges, positioners, special mattresses, and specialized sleep surfaces have not been shown to reduce the risk of SIDS.

They specifically mention baby sleep positioners as something that purports to make sleep safer for your baby but has not been proven to do so:

A few infant sleep positioners have been cleared by the FDA to treat specific medical conditions, such as gastroesophageal reflux.

While city and statewide bans on the sale of bumpers are important to raise awareness of the hazard and reduce the risk to some degree, it will take a nationwide ban or warning such as the CPSC and FDA issued on sleep positioners to have a real impact on safety.