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December 2010 Moms
Nicole0012
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HTT: Co-Sleeping PSA
Nicole0012
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I know we have quite a few co-sleeping December moms on this board. I saw this article on Yahoo today and thought I'd share.
https://news.yahoo.com/milwaukee-runs-provocative-ads-wake-parents-dangers-co-213117311.html
Over the top? Right on? Thoughts?
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Re: HTT: Co-Sleeping PSA
WoW. ...yeah, I think maybe its a bit much. We didn't co-sleep with either boys. I never really had heard of it until DS#1 was 3 ...and by that time I wasn't going to consider it. We didn't do with DS#2 because my BIL and his wife did/do it with their daughter and its been nothing but a nightmare for them ...course I think a lot of it is caused by them and their lifestyle.
Ad is a bit much for sure
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I feel like there are better ways to inform people that there are risks to co-sleeping then an ad like this. Like some reading material in the hospital, or including it in as part of an infant care instruction program at the hospital.
We only co-slept during the 4 month wakeful period because she wouldn't sleep otherwise. We stopped because I couldn't get any rest because I was so paranoid that I was going to hurt her I couldn't get into a deep sleep. I think that it's possible to safely co-sleep with an infant as long as you do it responsibly.
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I think it's over the top. I had the unfortunate experience of living in Milwaukee and they have some major, major racial divides there. It is still, to this day, one of the most segregated cities in the country and a large percentage of the black population is under-educated and unemployed which is like a perfect storm for all kinds of un-safe situations. You'll see toddlers sitting on the laps of adults in the front seat of a car or not buckled at all in the back seat, whether it's from not knowing that it isn't safe (hard to believe,) lack of funds to buy a safe car seat, or simple disregard for rules, I have no idea, but the same thing applies to the co-sleeping.
The thing that bugs me most is that SIDS and suffocation/smothering are completely separate issues and SIDS is pretty much an unknown in co-sleeping countries. Co-sleeping can be completely safe if done responsibly and it's been proven many times over that newborns sleeping in close proximity to their mothers are the least likely to die of SIDS.
In my house, NOT co-sleeping probably would have been more dangerous because I wouldn't have slept otherwise.
Not gonna lie, I kind of miss DS sleeping on my chest sometimes! He was sick a couple weeks ago and I got him to take a nap on my chest like he used to when he was tiny and it was so sweet.
Anyway, I do think that ad is a bit much and quite frankly, I think it's more ridiculous than shocking. I'd never equate co-sleeping to sleeping with a butcher knife in bed so I think I'd probably blow it off if I saw it.
This. Co-sleeping is not a cause of death. WTF?
Ummm, yeah. Just a LITTLE bit over the top. I'm originally from Milwaukee, and one of the things that is always on the news (which interestingly enough isn't mentioned in that article) is that a lot of those parents whose babies died were tested for alcohol, and quite a few of them were "drunk sleeping" instead of co-sleeping. If you're plopping your baby next to you in bed after you've had a few beers, uhhh yeah I'd say the chances of you accidentally smothering your LO in your sleep increases dramatically. Hell, I sleep like the dead after one margarita.
I think that article is ridiculous, because it fails to mention (as a few pp have pointed out) that SIDS does not equal death from co-sleeping. We didn't co-sleep with Tony, but that was mainly because he was extremely comfortable in his bassinet and he slept pretty well there. I bought my friend a co-sleeping attachment for her baby shower off her registry...maybe I should have included a printout of that article.
I have no words.
That is seriously irresponsible and inaccurate. Co-sleeping can be done safely and like a PP said, in some cases it's the only way you can get sleep. (In my case for example, LO slept on my chest for 3 months). Anyone that would like to judge me for that is welcome to take midnight shift if my next LO is the same type of sleeper.
Wow. Wow. Wow.
I am actually very offended by the insinuation here.
I didn't bed-share, except for when DS had a cold and had to nurse every half hour because he was really inefficient. And we did it again on vacation this weekend because he doesn't sleep well in his PnP and I didn't want him screaming for 2 hours.
I think the ad is extra screwed up because it also has the comforter, pillows, etc in the bed. When we bed-share, we get rid of the comforter and just use the sheet. We also get rid of extra pillows.
Just this weekend I was telling my cousin about all the studies that have shown how co-sleeping is actually really safe because it can help prevent SIDS (mother's instinct wakes her up/alerts her when baby stops breathing).
Instead of spending the money to make such startling images, they should be spending money to educate people. Also, if that's a billboard, do they really expect the people who "need" to see it to actually read it quickly? If there is such a lack of education that people drive with kids on their laps in the front seat, should they really be expected to be able to read the billboard quickly while driving?
I've never been to Milwaukee but I find it offensive how the article keeps mentioning that most of the deaths are within african american families. What are you getting at?? (btw I'm caucasian)
The only thing I can praise the campaign for, is offering a free pack'n'play to those who need somewhere safe for their baby to sleep. Now THAT is helpful.