Fisher Price: After the death of four babies, they are forced to withdraw the Rock n 'Glide rocking chair from the US market

Faced with the tragic death of babies in chairs, the Consumer Product Safety Commission will approve new standards for products marketed or intended to “sleep” babies under 5 months.

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The Fisher-price company has recalled two of its baby balancers due to “heartbreaking incidents” in which 4 babies lost their lives while using it.

These are “Rock ‘n Glide” products, specifically the 4 models in 1 and 2 in 1 that were sold in American mass consumption stores in the United States such as Walmart, Target and Amazon. This was reported by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).

The four fatal incidents occurred between April of the year 2019 and February of the year 2020:

“The fatalities were a 4-month-old baby from Missouri, a 2-month-old baby from Nevada, a 2-month-old baby from Michigan, and a baby from 11 weeks of Colorado. There have been no fatalities in the 2-in-1 Soothe ‘n Play Gliders. ”

These unfortunate incidents occurred, according to investigations, while the babies were on their back, unrestrained and found on their stomach.

For Chuck Scothon, CEO of Fisher-Price, the most important thing to the company is safety of their products and the trust that each family places in them by placing their children at a time rest.

In the same way Scothon pointed out that the company reiterates its commitment in educating parents about the “safe” use of its articles and invites customers to use them following the recommendations and warnings in the instruction manual of each one, “to guarantee the health and safety of babies and children.”

The use adequate that should be given to this type of bullet ncín or rocking chair is: as a motorized sliding seat and rocker; in both modes the chair can move vertically or horizontally.

One of the important warnings of this type of rocking chair is that it should not be used for baby’s sleep, as there is always the risk of suffocation. By the fact of being inclined, being rocking chairs or swings. It is recommended that babies sleep on a flat and firm surface.

It is clear that parents buy these types of products without expecting any tragedy, but they must always be vigilant. It is not recommended to leave babies alone, unsupervised, in these chairs.

What are the details you should know to identify this rocking chair and return it

• The first thing you should do is identify the code or model of the rocking chair that you have at the base of it.
• One of them is: Rock ‘n Glide 4-in-1 Pacifiers, CHP Model Numbers 55, CHP 55 and CBT 81, sold since January 2014 until December 2020 for about 108 Dollars.
• And the other model is: Pacifiers 2 in 1 Rock ‘n Glide, GDD Model Numbers 28, GDD 39, GDD 41, GGW 85, GNX 43, GVG 43, HBD 26 and HBD 27 (and HBT 17 in Canada only), sold since November 2018 until May 2021 for about 125 Dollars.
• Once the model is identified, you must stop using it immediately .
• Once you identify them, you must contact Fisher-Price to obtain the return instructions and the respective refund.
• Contact can be made through: http://www.service.mattel.com , then click on “recall and safety alerts” or call 855 – 853-6224 Come in 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. ET on weekdays.

Meanwhile, this is not the first type of incident. entities that occur with baby products, therefore, the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the approval of a new set of standards for products marketed or intended to “sleep” babies under 5 months.

Between January of 2018 and December 2019, there are around 254 incidents, included 26 deaths, related to baby sleeping products. But since 2005 until 2018, more than 1 have been reported, 000 Incidents related to tilted products to put babies to bed, of which are reported 73 deaths.

The “Recall ”Of these rocking chairs is in both the United States and Canada.