New SIDS Recommendations

[DawnCt1]

Was she on medication or intoxicated? One of those is usually the cause of a death like that. It's also not taken into account in co-sleeping statistics.

I was prescribed Tylenol with Codeine after having my 4th degree tear repaired at the hospital after DS's birth. Funny that the Doctor prescribed me a medication that would make me drowsy and affects breastmilk when she knew that we co-sleep and BF.

No, it was well investigated. The mother just fell asleep and suffocated the baby.

 

[minkydog]

My sister lost her six week old to SIDS about 10 years ago. I'd be really interested in that study. Do you have a link? I could just Google it, but if you have something specific, that would be great.

There has to be some reasonable explanation. Perfectly healthy, well-cared for infants shouldn't just expire in their sleep. For no apparent reason.

SIDS has got to be the saddest thing a parent could go through. Most parents never find the answer to "why?" There have been some great strides in prevention, but that is little comfort to parents who lost their own babies. i'm sorry for your sister's loss. I don't think you ever get over something like that.

 

[MosMom]

inaminute.... All of the SIDS babies tested had e.coli in their stomachs/blood after autopsy is done. None of the babies used as controls had e.coli in their systems.

http://www.biomed.lib.umn.edu/hmed/2002/04/20020426_eci.html

http://www.post-gazette.com/healthscience/20020426sids0426p5.asp

Last time I read about it was about 6 months ago and they were expanding to test a much larger subject base.

It seems babies from SIDS almost seem to die from shock and this particular e.coli by-product is shock producing.

 

[puffkin]

I'm glad that something as simple as putting a baby on it's back can make such a difference. I can understand leaving the blankets out of the crib, although that poor baby on the news looked so lonely with nothing in the bed to comfort him. I didn't get the point of the pacifier though? All my kids slept on their stomachs and none took a pacifier--couldn't make them(believe me, I tried!) Not when they had their own human pacifier sleeping next to them.

They were suggesting in the study that the pacifer kept the baby from falling into the very deep stages of sleep where SIDS is expected to occur. Something about the sucking sensation preventing the baby from getting to that stage of sleep and therefore leading to a lower chance of a SIDS death.

Very interesting guidelines and definitely things for us to keep in mind when the baby comes......

 

[3DisneyBuggs]

All of our babies slept in our room in a cradle for 3-5 months. My oldest DS was a cosleeper, he wouldn't sleep by himself. I remember telling DH how he just belonged sleeping with us. This statement would haunt me 3 years later but by age 4.5 he was out of our bed for good.My DD slept in the cradle on her side. She slept with us a few times but she liked her crib. My youngest is 7 mos and he slept with us in a bassinett until 3.5 months when he outgrew it. He was aslo put on his side but he would end up on his back. He rolled over early at 4 months so he does sleep on his tummy. I always worried about SIDS but I keep their crib bare, use pillowcase sheets and realized that I can not control their sleeping positions all night.