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Baby Bath Seats
To date there have been 119 deaths involving baby bath seats. Bath seats (sometimes called bath rings) are intended to assist in bathing infants by holding the infant in a sitting position in a full size bathtub. These products usually have suction cups to hold them in place and a plastic seat with leg openings to secure the baby in a sitting position. With a bath ring, the baby sits directly on the tub surface or on a mat attached to the legs of the bath ring.
Drowning typically occurs when an infant tips over, climbs out of, or slides through the product. In all of the fatalities, the child was left unattended for a brief time by the parent or caregiver. Caregivers using bath seats are more likely to prepare baths with deeper water or leave a child unattended. There is a false sense of safety that is propagated by having a mechanical aid to "help" hold a baby upright.
Remember no infant should ever be left unattended while in or around water.
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