I Always Suspected It.

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601124&sid=afq1jFK8vSf4
ONE OF MY UNSAVORY TASKS WITH THE STATE WAS INTERVIEWING THE PARENTS OF SID BABIES. THEYRE UPSET AND GRIEVING AND YOU GOTTA INTERROGATE THEM; THERE AINT NO NICE WAY TO DO IT. BUT I ALWAYS WONDERED HOW MANY PARENTS WERE UNDER THE INFLUENCE WHEN THE KID WAS IN BED WITH THEM.

 

[Bianca_Sommerland]

Makes sense. I did research when I had my daughter and found that instinct will keep a parent from rolling onto their child during sleep. Drugs and alcohol will obviously get in the way. I started sleeping with my baby in my bed at the hosipital when a nurse tried to take off with her during the night. My doctor supported my decision. All my friends that didn't let their babies sleep with them hated that I got more sleep then they did.

Then again I never drank, did drugs, or smoked when my kids were babies. Now that they're a bit older and sleep in their own beds I have a nice beer(or three) on the balcony and smoke a few cigarettes. I don't presume to judge anyone...but seriously, what do people expect to happen when they drink themselves numb and then handle a baby?

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Makes sense. I did research when I had my daughter and found that instinct will keep a parent from rolling onto their child during sleep. Drugs and alcohol will obviously get in the way. I started sleeping with my baby in my bed at the hosipital when a nurse tried to take off with her during the night. My doctor supported my decision. All my friends that didn't let their babies sleep with them hated that I got more sleep then they did.

Then again I never drank, did drugs, or smoked when my kids were babies. Now that they're a bit older and sleep in their own beds I have a nice beer(or three) on the balcony and smoke a few cigarettes. I don't presume to judge anyone...but seriously, what do people expect to happen when they drink themselves numb and then handle a baby?

Yes. How do you not know a baby is under you! Get a 7-8 pound log and try sleeping with it, if you roll over on it you'll know.

 

[Bianca_Sommerland]

Yes. How do you not know a baby is under you! Get a 7-8 pound log and try sleeping with it, if you roll over on it you'll know.

Exactly. The worst thing is the age of some SIDS babies. Newborns might not make a sound as their smothered but an older baby? They'll struggle, which should wake a sober parent.

 

[oggbashan]

What worries me about this report is the effect on parents who didn't sleep with their babies, nor drink, nor take drugs yet their babies died.

SIDs happened to two couples we know. They have been blaming themselves ever since, asking what they did or did not do. This report will resurrect those feelings of guilt.

My grandparents' generation had multiple infant deaths. It was part of everyday life in their era. Now the expectation is that we will die before our children do. The death of a child is always sad but it is made worse by the feeling that the parents could and should have prevented it, even if that feeling is unjustified.

Og

 

[Bianca_Sommerland]

What worries me about this report is the effect on parents who didn't sleep with their babies, nor drink, nor take drugs yet their babies died.

SIDs happened to two couples we know. They have been blaming themselves ever since, asking what they did or did not do. This report will resurrect those feelings of guilt.

My grandparents' generation had multiple infant deaths. It was part of everyday life in their era. Now the expectation is that we will die before our children do. The death of a child is always sad but it is made worse by the feeling that the parents could and should have prevented it, even if that feeling is unjustified.

Og

I'm not saying all SIDS death is the result of something the parent did wrong. My problem was with the neglect that was excused with the label of SIDS. Some cases were revealed to be actual murder, but the doctor was afraid to accuse the parent so they signed it off as SIDS.

It's a messed up fine line. Horrible for the parents who have really lost a child through no fault of their own, horrible for the children who slip through without justice.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

I'm not saying all SIDS death is the result of something the parent did wrong. My problem was with the neglect that was excused with the label of SIDS. Some cases were revealed to be actual murder, but the doctor was afraid to accuse the parent so they signed it off as SIDS.

It's a messed up fine line. Horrible for the parents who have really lost a child through no fault of their own, horrible for the children who slip through without justice.

I agree. Some deaths are certainly the result of unanticipated pathology in the child.