Too many co sleeping deaths in our area. New awareness at the mall.
WAUWATOSA -- Co-sleeping is a problem in the Milwaukee area, but a group
is working to make sure no more babies become statistics.
The
Milwaukee Health Department filled Mayfair Mall with 20 cribs on
Tuesday. The idea is meant to reduce the number of co-sleeping deaths.
According to local health officials, the safest way for a baby to sleep is on his or her back in a crib, in the parents' room.
THEY'VE PUT UP CRIBS THROUGHOUT MAYFAIR MALL....
The
cribs will be up at Mayfair until Tuesday, Sept. 20. Each day at 11:30,
there will be a safe sleeping demonstration at the mall.
Wow! I've never been a fan of co-sleeping because I was always afraid of smothering my baby in my sleep. Guess my fears were pretty real.
Quoting Punkie74:Wow! I've never been a fan of co-sleeping because I was always afraid of smothering my baby in my sleep. Guess my fears were pretty real.
If you are a heavy drinker, drug user, or have a sleep disorder then yes, they were real. If you are a normal person with regular sleeping habits, then they weren't.
Who said these deaths were caused by drinking? I never said that and I read about some of these and no they all were not for sure. You can smother your child without drinking or doing drugs. I would never co sleep but having the baby next to me was just fine. I couldn't live with myself if something happened to my child in bed with me. Mine are grown now though.
Quoting unspecified42:
Quoting Punkie74:Wow! I've never been a fan of co-sleeping because I was always afraid of smothering my baby in my sleep. Guess my fears were pretty real.
If you are a heavy drinker, drug user, or have a sleep disorder then yes, they were real. If you are a normal person with regular sleeping habits, then they weren't.
Really? Huh? I thought most people rolled over or moved in their sleep. I mean it could just be one good unconscious shift that could bloc a baby's airflow. I can't believe no one has rolled over in their sleep and suffocated a baby without alcohol involvement. Maybe I should be checked for a sleep disorder since I often wake up facing a different direction that I fell asleep in and don't actually remember moving to it.
While I can agree that things being done correctly is a significant factor I feel it important to point out there is a big difference between conscious actions such as ensuring a crib is assembled correctly, opting to or not to use bumper pads, or yes even sleeping in your bed intoxicated with a child, than unconscious movements during sleep. Additionally if the parents are sleeping so lightly that they are waking at anything doesn't that prevent them from getting the necessary deep REM sleep that our bodies need? Also I did say parents. just because I'm in tuned with my baby doesn't prevent y husband from rolling over and slinging a half conscious arm into my baby's head. So while yes I agree that there are correct methods and considerations for co-sleeping as well as the crib, everything pertaining to cribs is a conscious effort whereas there are factors with co-sleeping that are completely unconscious. I'm not going to criticize anyone for their choice to co-sleep however, in my personal opinion isolated cases that result from involuntary actions such as a parent rolling over in their sleep to smother a child, are a bigger concern to me than the instances of improper assembly of drop side cribs (which if I remember correctly was why they are no longer made) or using bumpers or putting babies to sleep with pillows and blankets which are conscious decisions and actions. I'm not criticizing you for your choices but to say I had 4 and they are fine... well, how many babies survived with bumpers in their cribs?? I can give you a list of moms that used them and their children survived!! Again I agree there are choices made in each practice that contributes greatly to the safety of the baby but for me co-sleeping adds in an unconscious factor as well.
Quoting mostlymaydays:
I have never, ever, not even once, ever rolled over in any way or proximity that would have ever compromised my baby, babies- 4 have been in my bed, a minimum of 2 years each. Cosleeping moms, particularly Breastfeeding moms (who are more likely to be the cosleepers) are über-aware of the baby in the bed, sometimes to a fault as they wake up with the slightest noise from the baby. There are plenty of studies that show moms and babies will start to sync their breathing and heart rhythms, sleep patterns and movements. I'm sure there must be some isolated cases of a non-impaired parent rolling over their child, but the massive crib recall because of deaths in drop sides, shows statistically, that cribs are not safer at all. BOTH PRACTICES must be done correctly because misuse can cause injury or death; put pillows, bumpers, in a crib or fail to assemble it correctly and you are flirting with danger, the same as when an impaired parent gets in a bed with an infant.
I only co sleep if my little man is sick. I am way to heavy of a sleeper to have a baby in my bed. I also hit, kick, roll, steal and wrap myself up into a caccoon with the blankets. I am a violent sleeper. When baby is with me I don't realy sleep. I just stay awake...
OH and I DID try co-sleeping with my first son. Somehow he ended up dangiling off the bed screaming at 2 weeks old. I Will NEVER unless I am awake have a child in my bed.
my old class mates baby died from co-sleeping. it's so sad. the father rolled over on the newborn.
I did co-sleep with my youngest bc it was cold and our heat wasn't working right and he was born in december. but as soon as it was working he went right back to his bed. after hearing about my class mates baby. I never could sleep while he was in my bed.
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on Sep. 13, 2011 at 5:20 PM