House panel grills executives over popular Fisher-Price infant sleeper tied to more than 90 deaths

The American Academy of Pediatrics has recommended for more than 15 years — before the Rock ’n Play was even sold — that babies sleep on their backs on hard, flat surfaces. The effort is part of a campaign to prevent sudden infant death syndrome, which experts still do not fully understand but believe can be reduced by cutting certain risk factors, such as unsafe sleep environments.