Deadly Risks on Baby Slings
March 15, 2010 – 8:29 amThese hip products which moms and dads are comfortable at using might not be safe for your little angels. CPSC or Consumer Product Safety Commission has investigated about the said product and it is said to have at least 13 deaths over the last 20 years with 3 cases involved only for last year.
Most of the cases involved infants below 4 months of age, according to CPSC and the number of cases involved has alarmed the agency and are now considering recalling all baby sling products to avoid hazardous effects to babies or infants.
According to the safety panel, there are two possible ways that baby slings can pose hazardous effects to the baby. These are through suffocation and blocking normal airway passages of the baby.
Suffocation
The material or fabric being used for such products presses against the baby’s mouth or nose, which causes suffocation of the baby within a minute or so. This is quite the usual scenario for cases that have been investigated by the safety panel and it has alarmed quite a few parents about this deadly risk of using baby slings.
Blocking normal airway passages
The baby once placed in the sling is being cradled by it or in a C-like position. Babies don’t have strong neck or head control to flip upwards for normal breathing once on this type of position, so what happens is that the baby’s normal airway passage is being blocked, depriving him or oxygen intake within. Babies then won’t be able to cry for help, inducing them slowly to suffocation.
These are troublesome scenarios which could take our babies in just a nick of time, and might cause terrible effects to them as well. Parents should be well-aware about this and they should choose wisely as to what specific products they will use for their baby’s safety.
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