Most Australians parents would assume any cot mattress for sale must be safe for infants to sleep on, but they’d be wrong.
Three popular cot mattresses have failed to meet basic safety standards designed to protect newborns from sudden unexpected infant death, prompting calls for mandatory safety checks.
Consumer advocates CHOICE tested 12 brands of cot mattresses and products from Childcare, Sealy and Love ‘n’ Care each failed the “firmness test” designed to reduce the risk of a baby suffocating.
“It is gravely concerning that three of the biggest brands in the cot mattress market have failed a safety test that has been in place for three years,” CHOICE’s Tom Godfrey said.
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I have a childcare brand cot mattress - the company CNP brands refuses to offer a refund to concerned parents. The only "option" available is to receive an email from them stating that the mattress is "safe". Not good enough when according to Choice it is a suffocation risk for babies.