Weighted infant sleepwear is meant to help babies rest better. Critics say it's risky
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Weighted infant sleepwear is meant to help babies rest better. Critics say it's risky

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Weighted infant sleepwear is meant to help babies rest better. Moon is chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics' task force on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, which last year said weighted swaddles are "not safe" and recommended against using them and other weighted infant sleep products. Sponsor Message "Our products are helping a lot of babies and parents," Manasi Gangan, founder and president of the infant sleepwear company Nested Bean, told NPR. Experts say caregivers should wake up to the risks Weighted infant sleepwear is a "very recent phenomenon" that poses several concerns for young babies, according to Moon. "This means there is evidence that the use of weight sleep products on infants can lead to lower oxygen levels, which if sustained, may be harmful to the developing infant's brain," Chung wrote.

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