can cause a baby to drown, suffocate, strain their muscles or suffer a serious neck injury. The neck floats can be especially dangerous for babies with developmental delays or special needs ...

Neck floats are inflatable plastic rings that are worn around a baby's neck to allow free floatation in water. Some neck floats are marketed toward babies as young as two weeks old. The FDA says ...

The STA, Birthlight and the American Academy of Pediatrics have all spoken out against the 'unsafe' hands-free floating ... docs have been chiming in to agree that neck floats aren’t the best way to ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned about the potential dangers of using baby neck floats for performing water therapy on children, especially if they have special needs.

The inflatable plastic rings are especially dangerous for infants ... of one baby death and another baby who was hospitalized with injuries related to neck floats. Both babies were injured when ...

The floatation devices — inflatable rings that are worn around a baby’s neck to allow them to float freely in the ... the devices can be especially dangerous because of the increased risk ...