On June 26, 2025, Peg Perego, a popular Italian manufacturer of children’s products, recently issued a recall on its “Tatamia 3-in-1 Recliners, Swings and Highchairs.” This recall was issued because these multifunctional products, which were marketed for sleeping infants, pose a suffocation risk, and are therefore unsafe.
What are Peg Perego Tatamia 3-in-1 Recliners, Swings and Highchairs?
The recalled product was Peg Perego’s 3-in-1 recliner, swing, and highchair. The recalled product converts from a recliner to a highchair, and an unpowered swing for infants.
The recall specifically applied to products sold in the color “Ice” (gray) with Model Number IMTATANA01BL7 which were manufactured on or before June 23, 2022, and/or purchased on or after November 12, 2022. Consumers can find the manufacture date and model number for the specific products on the base of the item.
The Safe Sleep for Babies Act
The Sleep Safe for Babies Act of 2021 is a United States law designed to protect infant from dangerous sleep products. “Infant sleep products” are all products marketed or intended to provide sleep accommodation for infants up to five months of age. The law was created to protect infants from many “infant sleep” products that pose latent suffocation risks. Specifically, the law bans:
- Crib bumpers: The padded materials inside of a crib. These products were originally intended and marketed to prevent babies from getting stuck between the slats of a crib. Though designed with a positive intention, these products pose serious health and safety risks and have been linked to suffocation and strangulation deaths.
- Inclined sleepers: Many infant sleep products were designed with inclines of more than ten degrees. Sleep products with surface inclines of more than ten degrees are now prohibited as they have been associated with infant deaths caused by positional asphyxia.
The Sleep Safe for Babies Act took effect on November 12, 2022 and applies to all products, regardless of their manufacture date. Effectively this means that even older products designed and manufactured prior to the Act taking effect cannot be sold or distributed if they do not satisfy the Act’s requirements.
Reasons for the Safe Sleep for Babies Act
When assessing the risk posed by recalled products such as the Peg Perego 3-in-1 Recliner, Swinger, and Highchair it is important to reflect on the reasons for the implementation of the Safe Sleep for Babies Act. The key reasons the law was enacted were:
- High number of infant deaths: Inclined sleepers and crib bumpers have been associated with dozens of infant deaths in the U.S. As recently as 2019, Fisher-Price recalled its Rock ‘n Play sleepers, which were ultimately linked to / responsible for almost 100 infant deaths.
- Unsafe sleep practices: Medical and pediatric experts, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, have long recommended babies sleep on flat, firm surfaces without soft bedding or padding in order to reduce the risk of suffocation and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). Inclined sleepers clearly contradict these safe sleep guidelines.
- Regulatory gaps: Unsafe products were often marketed and sold to parents even though there was evidence the products were harmful. The Safe Sleep for Babies At was necessary to remove the gap in regulations and to formally ban the manufacture of unsafe products.
- Public health and safety: The Act is part of a broader effort to reduce preventable infant deaths and to achieve the goal of having all infant sleep products meet and satisfy safe sleep standards. The Act was specifically intended to align product safety regulations with best medical practices for infant care.
Why are Inclined Sleep Products Dangerous?
Though no injuries have yet been reported or linked to the 3-in-1 Recliners, Swings, and Highchairs, the product violates safety standards set forth in the Sleep Safe for Babies Act and therefore can be dangerous to infants who use the products. Studies show that inclined infant sleepers pose several health risks to babies, particularly when they are sleeping, which have been linked to infant death.
Some of the main risks associated with inclined infant sleepers are:
- Risk of suffocation: When babies sleep at an incline of greater than ten degrees, their heads can easily fall forward. When an infant’s head falls forward, it can compress his or her airway, causing positional asphyxia. This means that the infant’s position is preventing him or her from breathing properly. This is particularly dangerous for infants because they have not yet developed the neck strength to adjust their head if it slumps forward. As a result, the infant’s airflow can be blocked, leading to suffocation.
- Rolling over and entrapment: As babies develop they begin to roll over. An inclined sleeper can allow an infant to roll onto his or her stomach or side easily, leading to positions in which the infant can become trapped against the padding or fabric, leading to an increased risk of suffocation or strangulation.
- Violation of safe sleep guidelines: Inclined sleepers violate safe sleep recommendations set forth by the American Academy of Pediatrics, as described above.
- False sense of security for parents: Because these products are misleadingly marketed for sleep and appear to be designed safely with infants in mind, parents often continue to use the products even after safety concerns emerge.
- Documented infant deaths: Crib padding and inclined sleepers have led to the deaths of many infants in this country. As mentioned above, the Fisher Price Rock ‘n Play Sleeper was linked to almost 100 deaths before its recall and that is just one of many products which have been recalled because of their association with numerous fatalities and injuries.
What to Do?
Peg Perego and Amazon, one of the sellers of the product, are contacting known purchasers directly. However, it is important to take proactive steps to ensure the safety of your loved ones. Therefore, everyone who owns a Peg Perego sleeper should check the model number and manufacture date to determine whether the product being used is dangerous. If you determine that you do own the recalled product, stop using it immediately and contact Peg Perego for a full refund.
What if your child was hurt due to use of an inclined sleeper?
If you or anyone you know was injured as a result of an inclined sleep product, or another unsafe product, call us today to discuss your situation. The products liability attorneys at Allen & Allen can help. Call us at (866) 388-1073 for a free consultation.
