Co-sleeping article

MawrtyrB · November 2011

Ok I'm not one to usually start stuff but this seriously ticked me off this morning.

https://news.yahoo.com/milwaukee-runs-provocative-ads-wake-parents-dangers-co-213117311.html

Sassy_Cassie · November 2011

I feel like this has already been discussed ad nauseam. Every person with a blog has posted their opinion about it and they ads were just released, what? Last week? But I'll go ahead throw my two cents out there into the interwebs, too.

Yes... the ads are shocking. But do they make me angry? No. Well... maybe they did at first but not after giving it a little more thought.

The fact is that co-sleeping deaths are apparently a HUGE problem in Milwaukee. A campaign to teach safe co-sleeping would definitely be better but at least this is opening up that discussion, even if it wasn't the intention.

kdello · November 2011

It's crazy, of course. I get what they're trying to do, but COME ON. I know it isn't a popular opinion, but I really have no idea how people breastfeed unless they can cosleep. We didn't cosleep full time or anything, our daughter would nurse in bed with me, then I'd move her to her crib when she'd finish. I just don't see how I could have kept up with the nursing any other way.

There are so many new moms who are just wracked with guilt and anxiety when their kid falls asleep in bed- it just seems like there are so many other actual things to worry about, why make this such a big taboo instead of just educating on how to do it right?

The lovely Poonico had a good post on this:

https://www.theecofriendlyfamily.com/2011/11/were-bunch-of-co-sleepers.html

Soyager · November 2011

Sassy_Cassie:
I feel like this has already been discussed ad nauseam. Every person with a blog has posted their opinion about it and they ads were just released, what? Last week? But I'll go ahead throw my two cents out there into the interwebs, too.
Yes... the ads are shocking. But do they make me angry? No. Well... maybe they did at first but not after giving it a little more thought.

The fact is that co-sleeping deaths are apparently a HUGE problem in Milwaukee. A campaign to teach safe co-sleeping would definitely be better but at least this is opening up that discussion, even if it wasn't the intention.

Facts about cosleeping "dangers" and safety, as well as crib dangers:

https://blog.kaiamagazine.com/2011/11/11/fear-mongering-at-its-finest/

Most cosleeping deaths are caused by parents who smoke or drink and lie down with baby. (And mothers who smoked while pregnant or had poor nutrition while pregnant. Let's not forget that SIDS rates are supremely low in breastfed babies--I read a [small] study that showed infants who died of SIDS and were formula fed had the same type of toxin in their fecal matter...).

I think Milwaukee should focus on the real culprit of infant deaths: parents' lifestyle choices. I understand that the "quick fix" is to say "stop sleeping with your baby!" but that attitude disempowers folks who are responsible in their parenting. There is clearly a problem in Milwaukee but to place blame on cosleeping is just as irresponsible as ignoring the bigger issues with your demographic.

SWBs Wifey · November 2011

Soyager:

I think Milwaukee should focus on the real culprit of infant deaths: parents' lifestyle choices. I understand that the "quick fix" is to say "stop sleeping with your baby!" but that attitude disempowers folks who are responsible in their parenting. There is clearly a problem in Milwaukee but to place blame on cosleeping is just as irresponsible as ignoring the bigger issues with your demographic.

This is how I feel about it. I feel like this kind of campaign is along the lines of teaching teenagers that abstinence is the only way to avoid STDs or unwanted pregnancy... except that there are also SEVERAL benefits from co-sleeping that aren't even being mentioned.

Sassy_Cassie · November 2011

Soyager:
Sassy_Cassie:
I feel like this has already been discussed ad nauseam. Every person with a blog has posted their opinion about it and they ads were just released, what? Last week? But I'll go ahead throw my two cents out there into the interwebs, too.
Yes... the ads are shocking. But do they make me angry? No. Well... maybe they did at first but not after giving it a little more thought.

The fact is that co-sleeping deaths are apparently a HUGE problem in Milwaukee. A campaign to teach safe co-sleeping would definitely be better but at least this is opening up that discussion, even if it wasn't the intention.
Facts about cosleeping "dangers" and safety, as well as crib dangers:
https://blog.kaiamagazine.com/2011/11/11/fear-mongering-at-its-finest/
Most cosleeping deaths are caused by parents who smoke or drink and lie down with baby. (And mothers who smoked while pregnant or had poor nutrition while pregnant. Let's not forget that SIDS rates are supremely low in breastfed babies--I read a [small] study that showed infants who died of SIDS and were formula fed had the same type of toxin in their fecal matter...).
I think Milwaukee should focus on the real culprit of infant deaths: parents' lifestyle choices. I understand that the "quick fix" is to say "stop sleeping with your baby!" but that attitude disempowers folks who are responsible in their parenting. There is clearly a problem in Milwaukee but to place blame on cosleeping is just as irresponsible as ignoring the bigger issues with your demographic.

I agree. And I saw the Kaia article, and yours, and the EFF blog, and mindfully frugal. That's why I said that at least this has opened up some discussion and spread some awareness about safe cosleeping. I bed-share. I breastfeed. And yes education about safe practices would be ideal, but no cosleeping is better than unsafe cosleeping, and that's why after thinking about it, it doesn't really make me *angry*.

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