tag on co-sleeping device

[Sustainer]

My mother got me the Humanity Family Bed co-sleeping device for Christmas. :love

I noticed that it has a tag on it that says "User recognizes and accepts risks associated with Co-sleeping." :angry

I'm wondering, are they required by law to put a tag on their product that carries this warning? I think crib manufacturers should have to put tags on cribs that say "User recognizes and accepts risks associated with crib sleeping" !!

[Victorian]

what is this?

Seems to me just be a butt-covering statement. kinda like :not intended as sleepware. BTW I agree re: warning on cribs.

nak

[bluemoon]

Out of curiosity....

do you like the humanity family bed? we are thinking of getting one, but i'm just wondering if people like it. I think we will. It seems like a good idea, but feed back is always good. I'd hate to be dissapointed.

[loving-my-babies]

well, my ex ped. (even though he understood 80% of the world co-sleeps)
asked me if I was aware of the risks. I looked at him, rolled my eyes and asked him if he was going to ask me if I was aware of the crib sleeping risks too.

I think they have to because of "liability". In case you roll over your child, come back to the doc, and sue him for not telling you about the risks.

[Sustainer]

Wow, I remember this thread! :LOL

Yes, I LOVE my Humanity family bed! :love

[thedevinemissm]

I'm sure its b/c they've been sued before. :shrug

There's stupid warnings all over stuff we own baby or otherwise. Some fall in the "duh!" category & some in the "you've got to kidding" cat.

Like it or not ~ most "professionals/experts" still view co-sleeping as more dangerous than crib sleeping. Really, the "dangers" are just different.

[melixxa]

I am so annoyed right now re co-sleeping ignorance. Someone I know was in the hospital with her new baby and the baby's dad was lying in the daybed cuddling him on his chest. Evidently a nurse walked in and practically yelled, "Make sure you do NOT sleep with that baby!!" Ugh. She had a hard time overall and absolutely no support on anything. I would really like to throttle those L&D/PP workers.

Anyway, whew. Was that off-topic or what? I just wanted to say that these liability-related warnings crack me up sometimes when they're as dumb as (on a frozen pizza box we had) "Cook before eating." Um, duh. I agree that cribs should definitely be required to have them, though. It's political rather than science based that they don't.