Some Baby Loungers Sold on Amazon and Walmart Have Been Linked to 5 Infant Deaths
Regulators say parents should immediately stop using these loungers, sold under five different brand names
Update, Oct. 24, 2024: The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced on Oct. 16, 2024, that it had voted unanimously to adopt its new rule for infant support cushions, including loungers like these. The agency says the new safety requirements will reduce the risk of injury and death to babies—especially those risks that come from babies sleeping on or with these pillows or falling from elevated heights when left in pillows unattended.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is warning customers about five baby loungers that it says have been linked to five deaths. The loungers have been sold at Walmart and on Amazon under the brand names Cosy Nation, DHZJM, Hyhuudth, Mamibaby, and Yoocaa—but they appear to all be manufactured by the same company, Ningbo Tree Nest Children Products, of China, according to the federal agency.
The CPSC press release on Thursday identified several dangers posed by the loungers: “The sides are too low to contain the infant; the sleeping pad is too thick, posing a suffocation hazard; and an infant could fall out of an enclosed opening at the foot of the lounger or become entrapped.”
These hazards are not hypothetical. Two babies have died in recent years in Mamibaby loungers when they were used for bed-sharing, according to the CPSC, and two babies died in Yoocaa loungers, including a 3-month-old who was put to sleep in a Yoocaa in an adult bed and became entrapped between the bed and a wall. And, the agency says, one baby suffocated in their sleep in a DHZJM lounger, which the CPSC had previously reported in June.
Over 3,000 infants die in sleep-related incidents in the U.S. every year, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.