24,000 Baby beds recalled after 2 deaths
The Consumer Product Safety commission announced the recall of 24,000 baby beds made by Amby Baby because of the risk of suffocation. Two babies died this past summer; a 5-month old in Oregon and a 4-month old in Georgia. The Motion Beds are a hammock like bed marketed to parents of babies with colic or reflux. The beds hang from a swing and have mesh and fabric sides. When a baby is put into the bed it moves up and down and swings from side to side mimicking the motion of a baby in the womb. The side to side shifting or or tilting of the hammock can cause an infant to roll and become trapped or wedged on the side against the hammock's fabric or mattress pad. This can pose a serious suffocation risk. Anyone with an Amby Baby Motion Bed should stop using them and return them for a refund. These beds were sold on line through Ambybaby.com from January 2003 to October 2009.
