Love to Dream Sleep Machine Recall: Fire Risk, What to Check

On 10 September 2026, the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) issued a product recall for the Love to Dream Sleep Machine (model LTD-SM23), a sound-and-nightlight device sold for use in the nursery. The recall notice (reference 2609-0065) warns that the lithium-ion battery inside the product may overheat during charging, creating a fire hazard, and that the product does not meet the General Product Safety Regulations 2005. If you have one of these in your baby's room, here's what to check and what to do.

Which units are affected

The recall covers units sold between 2 January 2025 and 3 September 2026 with one of three date codes printed on the side of the device or on the box: 7T12TN, 7W15TN, or 8P01TN. The product was sold through Love to Dream's own UK site, and via Boots, Harrods, and John Lewis & Partners. If you bought a Love to Dream Sleep Machine from any of these retailers in the last 18 months or so, it's worth checking the date code before you use it again — OPSS's notice doesn't cover units outside this window or with a different code, but the check itself takes under a minute.

What the risk actually is

Per the OPSS notice, the fault sits in the device's internal lithium-ion battery, which can overheat while charging and create a fire hazard. OPSS's guidance is unambiguous: stop using the product immediately, whether or not it's currently switched on or plugged in. Don't leave an affected unit on charge, even briefly, while you arrange a refund or replacement. A recall notice like this one — as opposed to a lower-severity "product safety report" — means OPSS considers the risk serious enough that end users need to be contacted directly and stock pulled from sale, not just monitored.

What to do if you have one

• Check the date code on the side of the unit or the original box against 7T12TN, 7W15TN, or 8P01TN.
• Unplug it and stop using it straight away if the code matches — don't charge it again, even to power it down safely.
• Store it away from anything flammable until you can dispose of it or return it — don't leave a recalled lithium-ion device sitting on a fabric changing mat, in a drawer of muslins, or anywhere near bedding while it's still in the house.
• Contact Love to Dream at recall@lovetodream.com, or the retailer you bought it from (Love to Dream UK, Boots, Harrods, or John Lewis & Partners), for refund, replacement, or safe disposal instructions.
• Don't pass it on — secondhand and hand-me-down sleep machines are exactly how recalled electronics end up back in another baby's room after a recall. Charity shops and local selling groups are not a safe route for an affected unit; it needs to go back through the recall process.

Battery-powered nursery gear more broadly

This recall is a useful reminder that a lot of nursery kit — sleep machines, some baby monitors, night lights, portable white noise units — now runs on rechargeable lithium-ion batteries rather than mains power or disposables. London Fire Brigade's guidance on battery and charger safety applies just as much to nursery devices as it does to phones or e-bikes: only use the charger supplied with the device, or a genuine replacement from the same manufacturer, since a mismatched or cheap third-party charger can fail to regulate power correctly. Never charge items overnight or unattended, and don't charge on soft surfaces like a cot mattress, blanket, or sofa cushion, where trapped heat has nowhere to go. If a device feels unusually hot, is swollen or bulging, hisses, or smells odd while charging, London Fire Brigade's advice is to stop using it immediately rather than wait and see. A device charging unattended next to a sleeping baby is a bad combination even before you factor in a specific recall.

What this means if you're buying a new sleep machine

If you're in the market for a replacement, there's no need to avoid battery-powered sleep machines altogether — this is a fault with a specific product, not a category-wide problem. It's still worth checking, before you buy, that the unit carries a CE or UKCA mark on the packaging, that the manufacturer or importer has a UK or EU address you can actually trace, and that it comes with its own dedicated charger rather than relying on a generic USB cable you supply yourself. Our guide to toy and nursery product safety marking covers what those marks actually mean and how to spot the gaps that tend to show up in recalled listings.

Does this affect other Love to Dream products?

OPSS's recall notice names the Sleep Machine (model LTD-SM23) specifically, by the three date codes listed above — it does not extend to Love to Dream's swaddles, sleep bags, or other nursery products, which are a completely different construction and aren't battery-powered. If you own other Love to Dream items, there's no action needed on those based on this notice; the fault sits with this one electronic product's internal battery, not the brand's product range as a whole. It's still sensible to register any nursery electronics with the manufacturer when you buy them, so you're contacted directly if a recall like this one ever applies to something you own.

Recalls happen more often than you'd think

This is the latest in a run of UK baby product recalls this year — we've also covered the Vicloon and Lorelli teether recalls from earlier in September, and the Maxi-Cosi FamilyFix Slide Pro base recall. Checking the OPSS product safety alerts page directly whenever you buy new or secondhand nursery electronics — or before you hand gear on to someone else — only takes a couple of minutes, and it's the difference between catching a recalled item before it's charging next to your baby overnight, and finding out after something's gone wrong. It's also worth keeping the basics of safe sleep for newborns in mind generally — the NHS guidance covers what should and shouldn't be in or near a baby's sleep space, which extends naturally to what's plugged in nearby.