https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 13 May 2026 16:41:51 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rock-n-play-recall/page/2#post-2880880 Mon, 15 Apr 2019 16:05:27 +0000 magnolia 2880880@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love everyone’s respectful discussion around this</p> <p>I’m thinking I will use the baby bjorn bouncer since we used that with my son. We also have a hand me down swing. Hopefully this baby will sleep in her bed. I definitely suffered from sleep deprivation with my first and coslept out of desperation after he was a few months old </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rock-n-play-recall/page/2#post-2880871 Mon, 15 Apr 2019 15:07:25 +0000 Foodnerd81 2880871@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@DillonLion: the company did wait as long as they could before issuing the recall. I don’t think they are doing it very willingly, to be honest- which, I also kind of understand since like someone else said, swings and bouncy seats have the same inclined position, but to me the RnP seems like a safer option for sleeping. And the risk is incredibly low still, it seems. Plus for its intended purpose- literally rocking and playing- it’s Sade. Driving and walking on city streets is probably more dangerous. </p> <p>So if I was having another baby I would absolutely use it during the day. I’d probably think a lot harder about overnight. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rock-n-play-recall/page/2#post-2880864 Mon, 15 Apr 2019 14:41:21 +0000 Bluemasonjar 2880864@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lindseykaye: Our RNP is 4 years old so we don't expect to get much from the recall. We are still using it so I plan to hold on to it for a little longer. </p> <p>We had a swing that has been passed down through a few kids and stopped working so we recently took it apart and recycled the metal frame and plastic and the rest went into the trash. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rock-n-play-recall/page/2#post-2880861 Mon, 15 Apr 2019 14:32:30 +0000 Kemma 2880861@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bluemasonjar: Dock a Tots aren’t safe for sleep either! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rock-n-play-recall/page/2#post-2880847 Mon, 15 Apr 2019 13:48:11 +0000 LadyDi 2880847@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lindseykaye: I’m due in a couple months with my 3rd and I plan on keeping mine. At the very least I’ll still use it during that day as a place to put the baby while I shower or deal with my older two. I used it for overnight sleep with my first two because they didn’t sleep well flat on their back. I can’t say that i absolutely won’t do that this time around, but I’m going to give it more of an effort and hope to not use it overnight but we’ll see. I’m sure I’ll get some judgement for that.</p> <p>However, I’m not going to donate or resell or give it to a friend when we’re done using it. I’m not sure how long you can send in recalled items so if we’re outside of that window then I’ll just trash it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rock-n-play-recall/page/2#post-2880840 Mon, 15 Apr 2019 13:22:34 +0000 lindseykaye 2880840@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@annem1990: Yeah I have already ordered my return kit for Fisher Price, but I think I'll just talk to my friend and see what she wants to do. It is still incredibly useful, just like you said, for things totally unrelated to sleep. </p> <p>And yes! We have a Fisher Price swing too and while we didn't use that for sleep with this baby (because she wouldn't) we 100% used it for sleep pretty often with our first baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rock-n-play-recall/page/2#post-2880838 Mon, 15 Apr 2019 13:17:24 +0000 josina 2880838@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lindseykaye: I signed up to get the pkg for mailing the supports back in, but I'm not sure if I'm going to actually send them back yet. If I do, I guess the rest just goes in the garbage!<br /> ETA: I think if I were having another, I would keep it and use it during the day only.. Its so convenient to move around. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rock-n-play-recall/page/2#post-2880837 Mon, 15 Apr 2019 13:05:12 +0000 annem1990 2880837@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lindseykaye: I’m going to keep ours. I don’t know how I feel about the sleep thing yet for baby #2. Regardless of the sleep issue, I will continue to use it for showering. We don’t have a swing or bouncer and the RnP is so easy to drag around. If I were FP I’d be a little ticked that other swings/bouncers were not also recalled because they have the same incline issue. I used it with my first and we have a glass shower so I could watch baby. He was happy and I was able to shower everyday so win-win! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rock-n-play-recall/page/2#post-2880836 Mon, 15 Apr 2019 12:56:26 +0000 Becky 2880836@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pachamama: Both of my girls slept on their stomachs from I think about 8-10 weeks on. I would never condone doing this because I would feel horrible if something happened and I absolutely felt anxious about it, but I just didn't know what else to do. I was getting so little sleep and my children would literally never stay asleep on their backs. We co-slept some with my older daughter (really only in the mornings so I was kind of awake), but being in a crib in her own room on her stomach was the only thing that remotely helped with my younger daughter. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rock-n-play-recall/page/2#post-2880835 Mon, 15 Apr 2019 12:41:57 +0000 pachamama 2880835@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Becky: SUCH a good idea about a ranking system. You are so right about Back to Sleep being like abstinence. Did you let your babe sleep on her tummy? All my friend who do (and there are many) their babies sleep all night. My son HATES being on his back (it's so unnatural and bad for babies' digestion if you ask me) but the paranoia I feel about tummy sleeping has me so freaked out. So, no one in our house is sleeping. Every night is torture. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rock-n-play-recall/page/2#post-2880833 Mon, 15 Apr 2019 12:34:14 +0000 Becky 2880833@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was just scouring past threads trying to find a post from a year or two ago about sleep methods but of course can't find it. The post basically came down to, why won't some reputable organization put together a safety ranking system for infant sleep? We have access to and use rankings like these to make informed decisions in so many other areas of our lives. The "back to sleep" campaign actually makes me think of abstinence-only education. Abstinence-only education doesn't work because people are going to have sex, and not educating them about their contraceptive choices can just result in poorer outcomes. When I brought one of my daughters to one of her early doctor's appointments (I think she was about 3 months old), the doctor took a long look at her perfectly round head as she went through her checklist before giving me the side-eye and saying "And she sleeps on her back of course?" What was I supposed to say to that? No, she didn't sleep on her back because I couldn't be a parent to 2 children and work full-time while only getting 3 hours of sleep at night? We should be able to openly talk with our doctors and with each other so we can make informed decisions, instead of being shamed by them. If our babies are just. not. sleeping. we should be able to say "Hey, I've made a decision to do X because my baby gets a few more hours of sleep that way. Tell me how I can do this as safely as possible." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rock-n-play-recall/page/2#post-2880828 Mon, 15 Apr 2019 12:16:31 +0000 lindseykaye 2880828@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm curious how many people have taken the steps to get their return/refund started with Fisher Price - or who may be electing not to participate in the recall and what you're going to do.</p> <p>We didn't have one for my first 7 yrs ago, but we got one for our second and used it every day and night for her first 10 weeks or so. Like so many said, it was a lifesaver. It was smaller than a pack n play, we could move it room to room, she was by our bedside at night, or near us in other rooms during the day, and we did end up moving her to her own room in the RNP for naps and night time sleep (video monitored) before transitioning her to the crib when it seemd like she was getting too big. We never used the straps because she was almost always swaddled while sleeping in there. Like so many posters above said, these were known risks we took after weighing the benifits and liklihood of a problem. </p> <p>Our RNP has been put away for weeks now, and I was saving it for our friends who recently became pregnant, but now I don't know if I should save it for her or take the steps to participate in the recall. I knew the risks, and she may know them and decide she wants to use one too, but should I even offer? </p> <p>And - the recall requires you send in the x-bar supports... what in the world will I do with the rest of the dang thing? Just throw it away with the trash? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rock-n-play-recall#post-2880815 Mon, 15 Apr 2019 10:54:12 +0000 DillonLion 2880815@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ElbieKay: You make a good point! If we weren't all so chronically sleep deprived due to lack of support, it wouldn't be such a big deal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rock-n-play-recall#post-2880809 Mon, 15 Apr 2019 10:20:06 +0000 ElbieKay 2880809@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did not use a R&amp;P for my older one. Someone gave me two as hand-me-downs for my twins so we used them as a place to hang out and to nap in the living room during the day. They never slept in them at night -- we used a twin bassinet in our bedroom until they moved to their cribs -- but it was nice to have them up off the floor due to their big brother and our cats. It never occurred to me to buy one on my own though, and it was fine raising my son without one the first time.</p> <p>That being said, my son slept in a Mamaroo for his first six weeks so that was probably not safe either. I did not use the R&amp;Ps once my twins could roll, but they also napped in swings for awhile after that. Now they are almost 9mo and most of their napping happens in the stroller (or sometimes I tandem wear them for naps on the weekends).</p> <p>Baby sleep is a rough topic. It is hard because we have so little support for new moms in our society, and sometimes you are just so damn tired that you feel desperate. It is easy to judge someone when you are well rested and not caring for a newborn 24/7. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rock-n-play-recall#post-2880808 Mon, 15 Apr 2019 10:10:37 +0000 DesertDreams88 2880808@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@DillonLion: there were only 30 deaths in 10 years. That's an average of 3 per year across the WHOLE United States. That's why people are willing to accept that risk. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rock-n-play-recall#post-2880807 Mon, 15 Apr 2019 10:06:57 +0000 Bluemasonjar 2880807@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We used the Rock n Play for both of our boys and I have still been putting my 7 month old in it (strapped in) for the last hour of sleep in the morning when he can't settle in his crib or to play in while I get ready. </p> <p>I know it isn't ideal for overnight sleep but it really did help us out on a few sleepless nights and when DS was getting over RSV and needed to be elevated. I can understand people's attachment to them. I look at the Dock a Tots and don't understand how those can be safe when crib bumpers aren't so I guess each parent needs to make decisions based on their comfort level. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rock-n-play-recall#post-2880805 Mon, 15 Apr 2019 09:40:07 +0000 DillonLion 2880805@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This entire story makes me a little ragey. Sure, a lot of the deaths were from user error, but there were also some that weren't. I see so many people commenting on social media that they aren't going to listen to the recall and plan to continue to use/recommend the product. </p> <p>If a company is going to go through the horrible PR mess of doing a recall, they have a good reason. Why on Earth would you still continue to use the product?! That seems so risky just for the potential for some extra shut eye. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rock-n-play-recall#post-2880804 Mon, 15 Apr 2019 09:40:01 +0000 periwinklebee 2880804@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO barely used it, and never would use it for sleep, so I don't have any sort of emotional attachment. I do think in this sort of thing you have to very carefully consider the secondary consequences, because when the rate of deaths is very low, if you raised the risk of falling asleep with baby on couch by a tiny bit (much more common way to die), then you aren't saving lives anymore. Ideally we'd all be able to move heaven and earth to get the baby to sleep in the crib, but often that's just not going to happen. It's just basic statistics/math, not any sort of broader parenting statement. In the end I'm sure it will be back on the market with a different marketing strategy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rock-n-play-recall#post-2880801 Mon, 15 Apr 2019 09:08:30 +0000 josina 2880801@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am sad to see this because I loved the rock &amp; play for both my babies, we used it for naps during the day and night-sleep, right next to the bed, for the first 3 months. </p> <p>For those who have them... are you going to send it in for recall or keep it? I was actually just thinking about selling ours since we're most likely done with babies, but now probably won't be able to... I would hate to sell it and have the worst happen.<br /> Ours is 4+ years old, so the website says we'll just get a gift certificate for another fisher price item, but doesn't give a $ amount. I could just save it for my sister with clear instructions for no night sleep?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rock-n-play-recall#post-2880788 Mon, 15 Apr 2019 08:22:03 +0000 ALV91711 2880788@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erinbaderin: in Canada they are rock n play soothing seats. Same thing only they are sold as seats not sleepers. They aren’t recalled here. </p> <p><a href="https://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/fisher-price-rock-n-play-soothing-seat/6000196359230" rel="nofollow">https://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/fisher-price-rock-n-play-soothing-seat/6000196359230</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rock-n-play-recall#post-2880781 Mon, 15 Apr 2019 04:29:00 +0000 erinbaderin 2880781@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I’ve been trying to think of a way to say the same thing @Kemma: said - in Canada these aren’t legal, and people aren’t crashing their cars because their babies never sleep. I get that people are attached to them and see them as a magic bullet but in their absence, you’ll find something else that works! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rock-n-play-recall#post-2880769 Sun, 14 Apr 2019 20:50:48 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2880769@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>couldn't figure out how to say it the way you did @Kemma: my thoughts exactly. </p> <p>Rock n Play- sounds like "awake" time to me yet everyone I know that recommends getting one used it as an initial sleeping space. </p> <p> @MenagerieMama: agree here too. Statistics or not- babies died. Parents used them the way most do as a sleeping place and that's not how they are "really" marketed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rock-n-play-recall#post-2880760 Sun, 14 Apr 2019 18:35:30 +0000 Kemma 2880760@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For what it’s worth, I’m in New Zealand and I hardly know anybody that owns either a swing or Rock’N Play-type apparatus, it’s just not a thing over here!</p> <p>And to my mind, it doesn’t matter how a product is labelled, if the majority of users aren’t using it in accordance with the instructions then it needs recalling and relabelling. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rock-n-play-recall#post-2880753 Sun, 14 Apr 2019 16:17:14 +0000 MenagerieMama 2880753@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't know. I feel like people are mostly upset about this recall because they loved using the RnP and feel like life will be harder without it, and are feeling defensive because they feel like they were "bad" to use it, which is not true. I can imagine this was the reaction our parents had when baby walkers were recalled, or crib bumpers, and yet the majority of us are raising our kids just fine without them at this point. I think the recall will hopefully promote the development of more easily accessible (as opposed to something like the $$ Snoo) safe sleep options, and help make families (probably outside of the reading audience of HB) more aware of safe sleeping practices. </p> <p>I work in the medical field and if recalls like this eliminate even one time we have to code a baby and tell a family that they have lost their child, due to something that could have been prevented, I am all for it. We all have calculated risks we take with our kids (for instance every day I put mine in the car!) but the AAP and other guiding groups exist to analyze the data and help try and make risk reductions to increase safety. This was not something done lightly. My first was a terrible sleeper and making sure she always got safe sleep was a challenge, but there are safer options available. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rock-n-play-recall#post-2880743 Sun, 14 Apr 2019 11:58:17 +0000 nwm 2880743@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LadyDi: literally exact same on all counts (except due in november : ) my mom is already making comments about it but, like, i only used it for each kid for like 9 weeks max--but it was soooo useful for those 9 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rock-n-play-recall#post-2880711 Sat, 13 Apr 2019 19:24:44 +0000 annem1990 2880711@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a feeling it will be back on the market very soon with new safety guidelines/features and a new marketing strategy. It’s such a profitable item that I bet they will be able to spin data and find a way to get some pediatric organization to say it’s okay under specific conditions (which I believe it is!). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rock-n-play-recall#post-2880709 Sat, 13 Apr 2019 16:33:22 +0000 periwinklebee 2880709@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We didn't use it for sleep (b/c LO refused to sleep in it :silly: ) but did use it almost like a high chair before he was old enough for a high chair - would sit it next to the table while we ate and he enjoyed being part of the action. I would guess that's much safer than trying to hold him while eating. We want to have another LO and I would continue to use it for this purpose... </p> <p>When you consider the # of deaths relative to # sold - and as @annem1990: said, the fact that some of those deaths involved blankets or babies who were already quite sick so are very unlikely to be due to the r&amp;p - it still has to be way safer than falling asleep with the baby while sitting on the couch, or driving sleep deprived, or all sorts of other things that might happen if your baby literally won't sleep anywhere else... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rock-n-play-recall#post-2880706 Sat, 13 Apr 2019 15:33:26 +0000 LemonJack 2880706@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This makes me nervous, but we never used ours for sleeping anyway. Our first was a terrible sleeper, but if she would have slept in it we definitely would have used it because we were desperate. I can’t blame anyone who did use it for sleep because I remember being so desperate to get her to sleep anywhere.</p> <p>Our second only used it when she was hanging out in the kitchen with us, so it was while I was there the whole time. I’m pregnant with our third, and am tempted to keep it for that reason again, but won’t allow him/her to sleep in it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rock-n-play-recall#post-2880704 Sat, 13 Apr 2019 15:04:21 +0000 Mrs. Toad 2880704@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Honestly, this is the one piece of gear that I wanted for this pregnancy. The only baby container I have is a bouncer and it's too close to the floor with 2 older children and the fact that I will be mostly soloing this child at least for the first 2 months. I don't want a swing as it takes up too much floor space. I wouldn't be using it for sleeping anyway. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rock-n-play-recall#post-2880703 Sat, 13 Apr 2019 13:03:50 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2880703@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never used this but I really don't get how it's any different than for instance a swing, which I did use. I wouldn't use it overnight but during the day when I'm aroundto monitor, it doesn't seem any more risky than for instance putting the bucket seat on a stroller. </p>