Baby Sleep Pillows Safety Alert

The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) recently issued a product safety alert concerning baby sleep pillows, please see images above for examples of what these products look like.

You can read OPSS' recommendations in full on the gov.uk website, but in particular they have advised that these pillows should not be used for babies under 12 months old, should not be placed in cribs or cots, and that businesses should not market pillows for use in this age bracket. The National Child Mortality Database (NCMD) hope that this advice could make a real difference in avoiding the sad cases where these products have caused harm.

Calling all professionals: Please share this advice and information with any families that you work with who have babies under 12 months old. The safety alert itself also has a useful list of alternative names that families may know these products by.