The DockATot was placed on a hard floor, and the child was swaddled. In March 2022, a 6-month-old girl was found unresponsive and died from apparent suffocation after she was placed to sleep in a DockATot.Tragic incidents involving DockATots that have been reported in the public database include: Together, padded crib bumpers and inclined sleepers have been linked to more than 200 reported infant deaths. Inclined sleepers also typically have soft padded surfaces which pose an asphyxiation hazard. Inclined sleepers (often referred to as rockers, nappers or loungers) place babies at angles as great as 30 degrees, allowing infants to get into a chin-to-chest position in which their airway is blocked. The new law prohibits the manufacture and sale of padded crib bumpers and also inclined sleepers that put babies at angles of greater than 10 degrees. News of the violation notice came just three days before the Safe Sleep for Babies Act went into effect on November 12, 2022. AAP recommends that infants be put to sleep on their backs, on a separate, flat and firm sleep surface without any bumpers, loose bedding or stuffed toys.

The product is pillow-like with padded sides, which the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) advises against due to the risk of asphyxiation if a baby’s face sinks into a soft surface. The DockATot Deluxe+ Dock is a flat sleep product that does not have a stand, does not meet stability requirements and has sides shorter than 7.5 inches. Non-inclined infant sleep products, such as baby boxes, in-bed sleepers, baby nests and pods, compact/travel bassinets and infant tents also must conform to the safety standard for bassinets and cradles, which requires that these products have a stand, meet stability requirements, and have a side height of at least 7.5 inches. It requires any product marketed or intended for infant sleep for babies up to 5-months-old to have a sleep surface angle of 10 degrees or lower and meet federal safety standards in place for cribs, bassinets and cradles, play yards or bedside sleepers. The Infant Sleep Product Rule (ISP Rule) went into effect on June 23, 2022. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has issued a violation notice to DockATot for selling “DockATot Deluxe+ Docks” manufactured on or after June 23, 2022, which do not comply with the agency’s mandatory safety standard for infant sleep products.

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