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January 9, 2008 at 9:16 pm #47170

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We received this article in our emails at work today ( I work for the Department). I don’t know what to think, but I thought I would share…

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/sfl-editnbcosleepingpnjan09,0,6839288.story

January 10, 2008 at 10:05 am #47184

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Have to confess that this stuff makes me a bit angry. Co sleeping has NOT been shown to increase crib death if done responsibly (like parents not drinking or taking drugs, baby sleeping on mom’s side, always on a bed with no pillow and no blankets etc etc).

It would help if they gave out more information about how to co sleep, than do things like this.

January 10, 2008 at 8:39 pm #47217

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I agree! This stuff makes me nuts!!

Umm, maybe there were deaths on the couch bcse drunken or drug using mother or father or relative squashed the child? (anyone see the Sopranos when Christopher squished the poor doggie?)

anyway, there are so many successful co-sleeping stories!!!

it’s not for me or my family per se, but I’m all for it!

It’s my opinion that you should do WHAT WORKS for you & your family- of course be safe and educated about it!

Harumph!

January 11, 2008 at 10:50 am #47229

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It’s always funny to me that they never mention all the crib deaths that happen each year. I would bet there are more babies that die in a crib than by the parents side. I have heard of too many parents that woke to their baby by their side who had stopped breathing and if the parent had not been there the baby would’ve died. Hmmmm, how can you find out how many babies die in a crib each year or due to sids and then how many die in bed with their parents? I would be curious to know that info. By the way, what is the deal with not wanting parents to co-sleep anyway? I mean why not say no more babies sleeping in cribs due to so many crib deaths? Sorry, I get really frustrated at these articles.

January 11, 2008 at 11:20 am #47233

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This was the best info I could find with the time I have. I tryed looking up crib deaths, but only came up with the crib recall. I would love to find something that showed baby deaths this last year and if they were in bed with their parents or alone in another bed no matter what that bed was. The info I found was on sids and they said that not all these babies died in cribs, but were not specific were they died.

2,600 infants die of SIDS each year in the U.S. alone. That is about one every three hours.

January 11, 2008 at 8:55 pm #47253

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Unless there is solid evidence showing that it’s dangerous, I think people ought to be able to make their own choices.

I’d be less interested in the numbers of deaths in each situation than I’d be in the percentage. You can’t really compare the numbers of deaths because there are a lot more babies in cribs than co-sleeping (at least from what I’ve read). So, what would be more powerful to read would be a study showing that the percentage of babies that accidentally die while co-sleeping is smaller than the percentage of babies that sleep in cribs and die of SIDS.

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January 12, 2008 at 11:46 am #47267

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I agree!

Very good point. I am so not scientific, but that does make more sense.
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