The government warned Friday that those chic baby slings that hip moms and dads are sporting these days can be dangerous, even deadly for their little ones.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission said it has investigated at least 13 deaths associated with sling-style infant carriers over the past 20 years, including three deaths last year. One other case involving a fatality is still being investigated. Twelve of the deaths involved babies younger than 4 months of age, the agency said.
The commission is advising parents and caregivers to be cautious when using infant slings for babies younger than 4 months. It said that many of the babies who died in slings were a low-birth-weight twin, were born prematurely or had a cold.
A “baby sling” is a piece of cloth that supports an infant or other small child from a carer’s body. The use of a baby sling is called babywearing.Using a baby sling offers many emotional and physical benefits to families, from birth to school age.
comment:”The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is advising parents and caregivers to be cautious when using infant slings for babies younger than four months of age.”Seems a little different from Lisa Stark’s opening and closing statements, no? Did she not read the actual report? Or is she intentionally trying to twist the facts? Amazing!
CPSC Warns of Dangers of Baby Slings
WASHINGTON (AP) _ The government is preparing a safety warning about baby slings _ those popular and fashionable infant carriers that parents strap around their chests to give the little ones a cuddle on the move.
The concern: Infants can suffocate, and at least a few have.