In January 2024, CR reported that the popular Halo BassiNest Flex portable bassinet had a tendency to tilt to one side, rather than remaining flat and level. Consumer Reports’ independent safety tests confirmed what numerous parents had complained about: The sleep surface of this bassinet is not flat when a weight is placed inside. It slopes toward the side that lacks support from the bassinet’s frame.
According to safe infant sleep guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics, babies should sleep on their back on a firm, flat surface. Every year in the U.S., around 3,500 babies die suddenly in their sleep, and many of those deaths are thought to be due in part to unsafe sleep environments. The slope of the Halo BassiNest Flex portable bassinet puts babies at potential risk of suffocation if they roll over in their sleep into the corner of the bassinet—or worse, face down against the bassinet’s thin mattress.
Federal safety standards for bassinets do allow for a slight head-to-toe incline in the sleeping surface (up to 10 degrees), which is different from the unsafe side-to-side slope associated with this product. CR supports proposed revisions to the standard that would establish new limits on how much a bassinet can tilt to the side.
When CR published its 2024 report to alert readers to the dangers of this product, we asked the company and the Consumer Product Safety Commission to recall it before any babies got hurt. As of this writing, no action has been taken by either the company or the CPSC to recall the Halo BassiNest Flex, or even to warn consumers that the bassinet poses a safety hazard.
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