Comments on: Study Claims Co-Sleeping Causes SIDS, But Not Really

By: PPI

PPI — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 05:47:09 +0000

ypically the infant is found dead after having been put to bed, and exhibits no signs of having suffered.[1]

SIDS is a diagnosis of exclusion. It should only be applied to an infant whose death is sudden and unexpected and remains unexplained after the performance of an adequate postmortem investigation including:

1. an autopsy;
2. investigation of the scene and circumstances of the death;
3. exploration of the medical history of the infant and family.

By: Baby Boat

Baby Boat — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 04:47:30 +0000

What a stupid study. The majority of studies infact show that babies that cosleep or sleep very close to their mothers are actually safer.

This is because babies are learning to breath, and they actually subconsiously copy thier mother’s breathing and sleeping patterns, this may be why you find that your baby wakes up or you wake up around the same time.

Actually keeping a fan on to help move the carbon dioxide away from your babies face really can cut SIDS by around 90%, new studies also believe low seratone levels are a key factor.

For some more advice on safe baby sleep go to http://www.babyboat.com.au/babysleep.html or check out the sids for kids website.

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:28:44 +0000

Agreed. It’s not fair to discriminate in that way although at the same time the figures don’t lie.

By: Jacquelyn Dunn

Jacquelyn Dunn — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 21:46:02 +0000

There are some good points you have made here. I spent years co sleeping with my children and there was never a real fear of SIDS on my mind. I also read somewhere that the natural mother’s instinct will keep you from rolling over onto your child. That the only way that will happen is if you have taken sleeping pills, alcohol, or other medication causing your body to not have it’s biological alert system working.

There are many contributing factors to SIDS, but it is still relatively unknown what exactly causes it. So to alarm parents, especially new ones un-necessarily is not always a good thing. I am not saying that they should not be made aware of the things that can happen, just sometimes maybe just in a less panicky way.

Just my thoughts as mom and now grandma to several healthy happy individuals.

By: Truck Hire Gold coast

Truck Hire Gold coast — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:27:14 +0000

Oh My God I never about SIDS reason. My child is just one year old and from the birth my child sleep with me and I am lucky that my son is all right.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:18:38 +0000

That seems to be pretty biased, you are right, it is discriminatory.

Looking at the report a bit though:

“Pillow use, swaddling, maternal smoking, preterm birth, and fair or poor health were all more common among SIDS infants than among the other babies.”

The main point seems to be to me that there is far more involved than just co-sleeping, it’s just that the issues become more pronounced in co-sleeping because so much more can go wrong. Aside from the above things there was also the mention of drugs, alcohol and smoking.

The report seems to indicate to me that if none of the risk factors were involved then while it is still safer not to co-sleep, the risk is quite low, it’s just when you bring those factors in. Which I guess is where the bias comes in, which certainly isn’t fair.