Suzy Khimm is a national investigative reporter for NBC News based in Washington, D.C.
Staff at the Consumer Product Safety Commission have proposed a major redesign of most baby loungers and similar infant cushions, citing 79 deaths from 2010 to 2022 — most of which occurred after babies were placed to sleep on the pillowy products. If adopted, the proposal would create the first federal safety requirements for infant loungers, which are intended to provide a place for caregivers to safely put their babies down while awake and supervised.
Since then, more babies have died in the Boppy Newborn Lounger and loungers made by other companies, NBC News’ investigation found. The CPSC staff did not mention brand names for the products in the 79 deaths, which came from an analysis of data from January 2010 to December 2022. Staff said that 63 of the fatal incidents involved loungers, but did not specify if that included nursing pillows that are also marketed for lounging, which were not in NBC News’ count of lounger deaths.
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