Subj : Re: This Train Just Went Splat!
To   : alt.tv.er
From : DawnK
Date : Mon Sep 26 2005 01:06:26

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.er


<npardue@indiana.edu> wrote in message 
news:1127706851.736360.116650@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>
> kelley30 wrote:
>> Sure tragedies happen all the time...but this was the exact reason why
>> cribs were invented because this type of thing happened all the time in
>> colonial days.
>
> Actually, no.  Most cases that were attributed to 'overlying' were more
> likely to have either been SIDS or intentional infanticide. (And some
> were, no doubt, the result of babies smothering in feather beds or
> under heavy quilts.)
>
>
> My friends were not drunk or on drugs or heavy
>> sleepers.  He rolled over on her and that was that.  It can and does
>> happen- it isn't that rare.
>
> Yes, it can and does happen. But it IS rare. (And it's usually advised
> to have the baby sleep between mom and the edge of the bed rather than
> between the two parents, since mom's seem to have more of the
> 'instinct' to protect the baby in their sleep.)
>
> It is a dangerous practice, one with no
>> real value.
>
> *shrug* depends I guess on how you define 'dangerous' and 'real value.'
> Very rarely tragedies happen. But they also happen in every other
> possible sleeping arrangement. (Except, I suppose, for having an adult
> watching the sleeping child every minute of the night...) Co-sleeping
> appears to reduce the incidence of SIDS. For some mothers, if the baby
> is waking often at night, it makes night feedings easier so makes it
> more likely that mom will continue to breastfeed -- with all the
> benefits inherant in that. Some moms just sleep better knowing that
> baby is close by. (Others of course sleep less well, so they don't
> co-sleep.)
>
>
> If a toddler or a child  has a bad dream  let them crawl
>> into bed but there is no reason to bring a baby into bed.  None.
>
> Tell that to the many thousands of parents who co-sleep successfully
> and find it helpful and safe.
>
> Naomi
>
>
>>
>> Kelley
>

We didn't totally have a family bed, but there were plenty of nights that we 
had small people in bed with us, from little on! I fell asleep while nursing 
Sarah once!  Got criticism at work, didn't she need to be burped.  I'm 
guessing not.  Babies have a way of letting you know that things aren't 
right and if we both fell asleep, then I guess things were fine!

Dawn

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