“My daughter is now 3 months old and she sleeps in this every night. “Some call it a ‘sanity saver’: the built-in music and rocking motion will quiet down quickly even a fussy baby,” one baby gear blogger wrote in a review of the product. And unlike high-end vibrating bassinets such as Karp’s Snoo, which has a $1,300 price tag, the Rock ’n Play was relatively affordable - selling for $50 to $90. Some parents do it anyway because it’s a convenient way to have a baby nearby to be rocked, comforted, and fed in the middle of the night. Co-sleeping has been linked to sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), as well as other sleep-related dangers like suffocation. The reality is people suffer seriously from sleep deprivation.”Īs Dubief noted, the Rock ’n Play was a welcome alternative to co-sleeping, where parents sleep with their babies in their own beds. But they’re also miserably sleep deprived. These are not parents who are uninformed. “Many parents understand that sleep in the crib is the gold standard for safety. And so they need a lot of assistance to fall asleep and stay asleep, and babies do tend to sleep fairly well in ,” baby sleep expert Alexis Dubief recently told NPR. Harvey Karp of Happiest Baby has written, newborns are comforted by sound and movement because it mimics their time in the womb. As pediatrician and baby sleep expert Dr. When the Rock ’n Play debuted a decade ago, it offered a solution for parents: getting infants to fall asleep without needing to be held. How the Rock ’n Play became so popular - and so controversial The news is rattling the parenting community at a time when the baby market is booming. Fisher-PriceĪpproximately 4.7 million products are now being recalled. Fisher-Price has recalled 4.7 million Rock ’n Play products. “Infant fatalities have occurred in Rock ’n Play Sleepers, after the infants rolled from their back to their stomach or side while unrestrained, or under other circumstances,” a joint warning from Fisher-Price and the Consumer Product Safety Commission reads. The company is advising that “consumers should immediately stop using the product.” It’s been linked to at least 32 infant deaths, and on April 12, Mattel, which owns Fisher-Price, announced it would recall all of its Rock ’n Plays. A reclining baby sleeper that rocks, vibrates, and plays music, it developed a cult following among sleep-deprived parents and has been the subject of thousands of glowing reviews.īut recently, the product has come under scrutiny for safety concerns. The Fisher-Price Rock ’n Play has been one of the most popular baby products on the market since it came out in 2009.
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