A friend posted on FB about another cosleeping death with a high, drunk adult in the bed. I replied with, "That's murder, not cosleeping."
Thoughts?
BTW, she's for cosleeping so she didn't mean it in an anti kind of way.
While, I agree on some level (manslaughter or negligent homicide would be a ept term for it, BTW), it is important to, from a legal standpoint to not attach such labels to bed sharing. It is a slippery slope to trying such a case, because really, even with safe bed sharing, SIDS does still happen. Suffocation can still happen. It is MUCH, MUCH more common to happen in a crib, than while bed sharing (I am a huge Dr. James McKenna fan and know my stuff on this topic and we have a family bed in our house!), but from a legal stand point, if you prosecute for one, you may end up having to prosecute for all bed sharing deaths- high or not.
Quoting louzannalady:While, I agree on some level (manslaughter or negligent homicide would be a ept term for it, BTW), it is important to, from a legal standpoint to not attach such labels to bed sharing. It is a slippery slope to trying such a case, because really, even with safe bed sharing, SIDS does still happen. Suffocation can still happen. It is MUCH, MUCH more common to happen in a crib, than while bed sharing (I am a huge Dr. James McKenna fan and know my stuff on this topic and we have a family bed in our house!), but from a legal stand point, if you prosecute for one, you may end up having to prosecute for all bed sharing deaths- high or not.
Does anyone have any REAL stats on co-sleeping deaths/injuries? I coslept with my son out of necessity, but I was always really worried about it. That was five years ago, and I still haven't been able to find stats for it that don't include SIDS or things like this. Is that because there aren't any!? lol
Natural seran wrap?
Do you take your kids to well child check ups?
- VintageWife
on Jan. 9, 2013 at 9:20 AM