But some of these companies are still selling their products, choosing to market them as “loungers” instead.

In 2021, the CPSC passed a new rule that effectively banned from the marketplace several types of unsafe sleep products for babies, including inclined sleepers (like the Fisher-Price Rock ’n Play) and in-bed sleepers (like the DockATot and the Baby Delight Snuggle Nest). Here are five products that CR’s safety experts say parents and caregivers should skip when they’re getting geared up for a new baby or when they have children of any age in the home. Consumer Reports is also here to help however we can. So it’s often up to consumers to research product safety themselves, by reading reviews or looking things up on the public database of incidents reported to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the federal agency that oversees thousands of household products. Or sometimes, even when regulators and safety advocates think a product on the market poses a risk, the manufacturer doesn’t agree to a recall. For instance, new types of products might not yet have mandatory safety standards, and so they hit store shelves before any independent testing has taken place. The reality is that while many kinds of baby products do have to undergo safety testing before hitting the market, a lot can still slip through the cracks. Especially baby gear, when the stakes are so high, right? Most people assume that if something is for sale in the U.S., it must be safe to use.

Cosco portable crib board