sids question

[agnes_day]

yeah and they say that those are bad too! you know, i think i am just going to not worry..i mean, there are so many varying view points on this issue..i dont think they really know what causes it.
what is sad...i still go and check my 5 year old and 9 year old..i guess its just a mom thing anyways.

 

[Mom2Cool]

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Back in the day when my twins were born (26 yrs. ago) We were being told to put babies to sleep on their stomach or their side. Being twins mine too were preemies & we use to roll up what was at the time called a receiving blanket & prop it behind them so they wouldn't roll to their backs...

 

[agnes_day]

yep i use receiving blankets too..arent they still called that?
i have no clue. but i love those things..after the baby outgrows them i use them as dust rags.

 

[Mom2Cool]

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Me too! I remember well when the kids would spit up at times & I've be so afraid if they were on their backs they'd choke to death. If i'm not mistaken that was what we were being told would happen at the time & why they should be on their stomachs/side. And I understand the idea of not wanting bumpers & stuffed animals in cribs and such but if a baby is sleeping with no blanket & then parents are keeping the room "cool" are these babies cold at nite??? When I think of waking in the night cold & pulling up the blankets & that a baby just cannot do that we then wonder why babies can't sleep? I can remember when our kids were babies & our mothers all saying that the rules seem to change on a whim & I have to say they were right...

 

[agnes_day]

i use blankets at night because our room gets really chilly..and bumper pads to me are very important because mine always would get their arm or leg caught in the bars and end up smashed against the side of the bed without them.
its just so baffling because of the huge spectrum of advice i have been given with my different children.

 

[klf73]

they actually sell a mesh "bumperpad", it doesn't protect from the bumps but doesn't let them get their arms through while letting them still breathe if they happen to get against it.

Southernbelle- if I remember from my EMT class, children do not breathe from their chest but their stomachs instead(the motion, watch a child when they inhale..their belly rises). Same principal, if you are laying on it I guess though

 

[sheena6292]

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I was just about to tell her about my baby girl who had inability to thrive due ot reflux and gastritis issues. She was are biggest newborn 8 lbs 9 oz at a year old she weighed 9 lbs 12 oz. (She was VERY ill) don't know sometimes how she made it or how I managed to get pregnant again. But after surgery and the right combination of meds she grew and now aside from the fact she's a skinny thing she's somewhat healthier. She had to sleep on her stomache the doctors told me never ever put her on her back the only "back time" she got was sitting in a vibrating bouncy. You think colics bad for a month try 18 months worth. Ugh!

 

[sune42]

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That's what I used for my first one. She was spitting up all the time.

 

[roseplummer]

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I was just about to tell her about my baby girl who had inability to thrive due ot reflux and gastritis issues. She was are biggest newborn 8 lbs 9 oz at a year old she weighed 9 lbs 12 oz. (She was VERY ill) don't know sometimes how she made it or how I managed to get pregnant again. But after surgery and the right combination of meds she grew and now aside from the fact she's a skinny thing she's somewhat healthier. She had to sleep on her stomache the doctors told me never ever put her on her back the only "back time" she got was sitting in a vibrating bouncy. You think colics bad for a month try 18 months worth. Ugh!

My 6 yr old still refluxes after meals and all night. She is not currently on meds but needs to be.

It's frustrating how the rules change constantly. You never know from year to year what the new rules will be. I will say my tummy sleeping little ones all have perfect round heads. LOL

 

[claud]

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Yeah, pretty much they don't know.

The ideas they get usually come from the statistical research.
For example:
They have data on X# of babies that died from SIDS. Of that # a greater % that died were found on their tummies. Therefore they recommend that babies be put to sleep on their backs. Not quite as simple as that but just a general example - there is a lot of time and effort going into the research. It's not a totally blind recommendation but the best that can be done without knowing what really causes it. There is a lot more ongoing research.
I say follow the recommendations as best you can and allow for tweaking for your individual baby.

As a mother I know how you feel. I swear I hardly slept at all the first 4 months with my DS - I even woke him up in a panic a couple of times because I thought he wasn't breathing - he was and then I had to try to get him back to sleep - LOL. Get the monitor if it will help YOU sleep - lol. Dads generally seem not to worry as much about this stuff.