Subj : Re: This Train Just Went Splat!
To   : alt.tv.er
From : Phyl
Date : Mon Sep 26 2005 11:26:39

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.er

npardue@indiana.edu wrote:
> 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.)


Yes, I believe this. One night with our first, I was exhausted and fell 
asleep nursing her. She was in bed, in between us. For some reason, I 
had my arm above her head on the bed (toward the top). This was 
fortunate, because in his sleep, my husband's arm came crashing down and 
hit MY arm, not the baby's head.

After that, I always put her on MY side of the bed, not between us, if I 
was drowsy.

Phyl

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