Report Finds Soft Bedding a Factor in Playpen Deaths
Press Release # 01-196
Transcript
(View of playpen with soft bedding materials and a baby doll inside. Ann Brown speaking) "There should never be any kind of pillow int he playpen. Not baby pillows, not adult pillows." (Ann Brown removing pillows from playpen) "There shouldn't be any quilts," (Ann Brown removing quilt from playpen) "in the playpen at all. And finally, there shouldn't be extra mattress padds, extra playpen pads, in the playpen." (Removing mattress pad from bottom of playpen) "And then make sure if your baby's going to go to sleep in the playpen, that the baby sleeps on his or her back on the firm, flat surface."(view of Ann Brown placing baby face up on the bottom of the playpen, in a safe sleeping position)
(View of poster reading "The only soft touch your baby needs is YOU!")
(View of handbook about babies' sleeping safety)
(Screen reading "B-role of playpens")
(View of woman constructing a fold-up playpen, checking all joints for stability, and then placing firm playpen matt in bottom)
(Screen reading "Babies in Playpen with no Soft Bedding")
(View of woman placing baby in playpen without extra bedding materials. The two play with a toy)
(Close up of baby, background sounds of baby whining)
(View of another baby in a playpen, laying face up on a firm surface, squirming and making noises)
(Screen reading "Soft bedding items that pose a suffocation danger to children in playpens")
(View of woman placing pillows, quilts, and other soft bedding materials in playpen)
(View of basket with soft bedding materials in it)
(Screen reading "Parent removing soft bedding from palypen")
(View of woman removing pillow and quilt from playpen, to leave an empty, firm surface, and then placing young baby in playpen)
(Close up of baby sleeping on safe playpen surface)
(View of another woman removing soft bedding from a playpen and placing baby down to sleep, face up on safe surface)
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