{"id":17504,"date":"2022-12-22T09:28:46","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T09:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ccpc.ie\/consumers\/?page_id=17504"},"modified":"2022-12-22T09:57:56","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T09:57:56","slug":"baby-self-feeding-pillows","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ccpc.inventise.ie\/consumers\/product-safety\/child-safety\/baby-self-feeding-pillows\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby self-feeding pillows"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>What are baby self-feeding pillows?<\/h2>\n<p>A self-feeding pillow is designed to hold a bottle, keep it in the baby\u2019s mouth and free up the parent\u2019s hands, allowing the baby to feed itself.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17513\" src=\"https:\/\/ccpc.inventise.ie\/consumers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/BSFP.jpg\" alt=\"Image of a baby using a self feeding pillow\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>What are the safety risks?<\/h2>\n<p>Self-feeding pillows are dangerous products designed to allow a baby to feed on a bottle without the assistance of a caregiver. They go against <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.hse.ie\/babies-children\/bottle-feeding\/how-to-give-baby-bottle\/\">HSE safe bottle-feeding advice<\/a>. When used as intended, they create a risk of serious harm or death from:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>choking<\/li>\n<li>aspiration pneumonia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What should I do?<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Consumers<\/strong> should not buy self-feeding pillows, if you have one in your home you should immediately stop using it and dispose of it safely so that it cannot be used by anyone else.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Businesses<\/strong> must immediately remove these products from the market as they are not safe products under the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.irishstatutebook.ie\/eli\/2004\/si\/199\/made\/en\/print\">European Communities (General Product Safety) Regulations 2004 [S.I. No. 199\/2004]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Additional information<\/h2>\n<p>Self-feeding pillows are regulated under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishstatutebook.ie\/eli\/2004\/si\/199\/made\/en\/print\">S.I. No. 199\/2004 &#8211; European Communities (General Product Safety) Regulations 2004<\/a>, which requires them to be safe products. The HSE advice on safe bottle-feeding states that a caregiver should:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>always hold the baby in their arms when bottle feeding<\/li>\n<li>always hold the bottle in their hand<\/li>\n<li>never lean or prop the bottle against a self-feeding pillow or any other support<\/li>\n<li>never leave the baby to drink a bottle on their own<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A self-feeding pillow is designed to hold a bottle, keep it in the baby\u2019s mouth and free up the parent\u2019s hands, allowing the baby to feed itself. The pillow is placed around the baby\u2019s neck, the bottle is held in position by a piece of elastic or a pouch and the baby is positioned on its back to feed itself without the assistance of a caregiver holding the bottle and controlling the feed.<\/p>\n<p>In this situation the baby will not be able to control the flow of milk and the milk will continue to flow even if the baby is not swallowing. This can lead to choking. Choking can be silent and a baby will not have the dexterity or cognitive behaviour to otherwise raise the alarm.<\/p>\n<p>Aspiration pneumonia occurs when milk goes into the lungs rather than the stomach. This could occur if the flow of milk is too fast and the baby is not able to keep up by swallowing the milk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A self-feeding pillow is designed to hold a bottle, keep it in the baby\u2019s mouth and free up the parent\u2019s hands, allowing the baby to feed itself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":178,"featured_media":0,"parent":207,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17504","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Baby self-feeding pillows - CCPC Consumers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission is an independent statutory body that enforces competition and consumer protection law in Ireland\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Baby self-feeding pillows - 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