Children’s Clothing and Products

Clothing and products made for children have many specific safety standards and legal requirements that vary around the world. TuttiReal cannot advise on how to comply with the law. It is up to you to ensure that you comply with all local laws and regulations for the markets you serve.

Some types of items in the below categories are prohibited on TuttiReal because they are highly regulated items. It is also prohibited to sell patterns, designs, or instructions for making these items.

Face Masks
Car Seats and Car Seat Accessories
Cribs and Furniture for Infant Sleeping
Infant Sleeping Accessories
Strollers
Children’s Loungewear and Sleepwear
Upper-body Outerwear with Drawstrings
Small Parts and Choking Hazards
Children’s Jewelry
Baby Formula

Face Masks

You may not sell face masks designed for or intended to be used by children under 2 years old.

Car Seats and Car Seat Accessories

TuttiReal prohibits car seats and safety seats for babies and young children. We also prohibit car seat accessories that function as restraints. This includes pillows and/or straps that restrain, rather than support, a child’s head or neck.

Cribs and Furniture for Infant Sleeping

TuttiReal prohibits all modern or vintage cribs, bassinets, and cradles. This includes cribs that are supported by freestanding legs, a stationary frame/stand, a wheeled base or a rocking base, as well as all elevated baskets and bassinets. This is inclusive of, but not limited to, the following:

Moses baskets
Swings, sleepers, and rockers intended for sleeping
Cots and nests intended for babies and infants
Bassinets or bassinets on legs
Stands for bassinets/Moses baskets
Hanging baskets
Bedside cribs
Slatted cribs
Baby boxes
Inclined sleeping products

Infant Sleeping Accessories

TuttiReal prohibits certain infant sleeping accessories. This is inclusive of, but not limited to, the following:

Crib bumpers
Crib rail covers extending over the side of the crib
Crib liners made out of non-mesh fabric
Pillows intended for babies/infants/newborns to sleep on

Strollers

TuttiReal prohibits strollers. This is inclusive of modern or vintage strollers.

Children’s Loungewear and Sleepwear

TuttiReal prohibits loose-fitting, non-flame resistant sleepwear/loungewear for children sized from 9 months, up to size 14.

Children’s loungewear and sleepwear made from flame-resistant materials such polyester, acrylic, etc., regardless of size or type of fit, are generally permitted on TuttiReal, as are tight-fitting sleepwear, regardless of size or materials.

Please also refer to our Seller Handbook articles for more information:
Product Safety Essentials: Selling Children’s Sleepwear Products
Product Safety Essentials: Selling Children’s Apparel

Upper-body Outerwear with Drawstrings

TuttiReal prohibits upper-body outerwear containing drawstrings intended for children size/age 14 and under. This is inclusive of items such as hoodies, sweaters, jackets, raincoats, capes, and ponchos. Permitted alternatives to drawstrings include snaps, buttons, hook and loop fasteners, and elastic.

Please also refer to our Seller Handbook articles for more information:
Product Safety Essentials: Selling Children’s Apparel

Small Parts and Choking Hazards

TuttiReal prohibits items intended for children under age 3 that present a choking hazard. This is inclusive of, but not limited to, the following:

Items intended for children under age 3 with loose and/or unaffixed small parts. A small part is a part or piece that fits fully inside a cylinder which is 1.25” in diameter and ranges from 1–2.25” in depth.
Oral use baby products that have been bejeweled or otherwise decorated with small materials that represent a choking risk, such as crystals, beads, and cabochons.
Baby bottle propping devices, or devices that position feeding bottles so that babies can feed themselves while unattended.
Teething or teether items with small parts that are intended to go into/near a child’s mouth, including loose beads, nursing necklaces, rattles, and pacifier clips.

Please also refer to our Seller Handbook articles for more information:
Product Safety Essentials: Selling Toys in Europe
Product Safety Essentials: Small Parts in Children’s Toys
Product Safety Essentials: Selling Children’s Toy Products

Children’s Jewelry

TuttiReal prohibits jewelry intended for children age 12 or younger which may pose a safety risk, including, but not limited to, the following:

Necklaces that do not have breakaway clasps
Jewelry with magnets or magnetic stones. (Magnets that are not considered strong or high powered are permitted as part of a breakaway or safety clasp.)
Jewelry containing accessible coin or button batteries, such as LED/light up jewelry
Jewelry containing lead or other heavy metals

Please also refer to our Seller Handbook articles for more information:
Product Safety Essentials: Selling Children’s Jewelry

Baby Formula

TuttiReal prohibits baby and/or infant formula intended for consumption.

Though not exhaustive, please review the following resources if you plan to create items for children:

US Resources

CPSC – What is a Children’s Product?
Resellers Guide to Selling Safer Products
Flammable Fabrics Act
Drawstrings in Children’s Upper Outerwear: Frequently Asked Questions
Drawstring Bulletin CPSC
KID Design Safety Toolkit “Trouble in Toyland” Report by US Public Interest Research Group

European Resources

EU – Textiles and Clothing Legislation
EU – CE Marking

United Kingdom Resources

Product Safety Essentials: Important Resources for Selling Safe Products to UK Buyers
UKCA marking guide: This guide tells you how to use the new UKCA marking to place goods on the market in Great Britain.
UKNI marking guide: This guide tells you how to use the new UKNI marking to place goods on the market in Northern Ireland.
UK – Proper Labeling for Children’s Toys

Australia

Mandatory Standards for Consumer Products
Nightwear for Children
Toys for children up to and including 36 months of age

Canada