Amazing how complicated it can be to identify an unsafe bassinet and
get kids out of them. It was late August when the Consumer Products
Safety Commission first issued a safety alert
warning caregivers not to use Simplicity 3-in-1 or 4-in-1 "close
sleeper" bassinets, because when the fabric is detached to place it in
"cosleeper" mode and not reattached properly, there is a gap under a
metal bar that babies can slip under and strangle.
This was a
clear danger, directly responsible for two infant deaths (one of which
ocurred nearly a year before the safety alert, which has also raised
some eyebrows). So you get them off the market pronto, right?
Enter the complications:
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