s/o co-sleeping

JillBean78 · December 2008

I'm a freak and always read the coroner report in my local paper. One of the deaths was a 4 month old, it said due to SIDS from co-sleeping

jamie4duke · December 2008

That's very sad to hear about...

Temp856430000003146 · December 2008

Like, the pp said in OP.... deaths from co-sleeping is really rare. It's still so sad when any baby suddenly dies though.

Erin Mary Ackerman · December 2008

SIDS is not from co-sleeping. SIDS is unexplained infant death. Co-sleeping usually causes suffocation or asphyxiation....

jll1881 · December 2008

Very sad story.

But keep in mind virtually all of the research on SIDS is correlational, meaning that we know things that may be related to SIDS, but we do not know any causal factors.

bstngrl578 · December 2008

tavia_martin:
Like, the pp said in OP.... deaths from co-sleeping is really rare. It's still so sad when any baby suddenly dies though.

Agreed.

kevschickee2 · December 2008

hmm I don't get how it can be sids from co-sleeping???? SIDS is different from being smothered or suffocating.

JillBean78 · December 2008

I have no idea, I'm not a coroner. I just read it tonight and though, hmmm, weird. SIDS due to co-sleeping, I'm assuming the baby suffocated because she was rolled over onto or got caught up in a blanket or something.

KateVA · December 2008

SIDS is not caused by co-sleeping. Most studies show it reduces the risk of SIDS.

Co-sleeping deaths involve suffocation or entrapment. They are very rare.

JillBean78 · December 2008

I think the baby was actually in the bed with it's parents, that is what I'm assuming anyways. I'm not talking about co-sleeping in a bassinet or pack n'play.

kevschickee2 · December 2008

JillBean78:
I think the baby was actually in the bed with it's parents, that is what I'm assuming anyways. I'm not talking about co-sleeping in a bassinet or pack n'play.

I still don't understand how one can die of SIDS because they co slept. I can see some one being smothered or suffacted.

lissjao · December 2008

Unfort, no one really knows what causes Sids, some journals say it is a neurological event that fails to keep the resp system going. This event often times happens when the child goes into a deep sleep. SIDS is linked to co-sleeping b/c the infant often times will sleep much deeper with parents. Thats why they recommend that they are not to warm when sleeping and to place them on their backs.

jay.otter · December 2008

BrahimBride:
SIDS is not from co-sleeping. SIDS is unexplained infant death. Co-sleeping usually causes suffocation or asphyxiation....

Thank you!

AzaleaM · December 2008

lissjao:
Unfort, no one really knows what causes Sids, some journals say it is a neurological event that fails to keep the resp system going. This event often times happens when the child goes into a deep sleep. SIDS is linked to co-sleeping b/c the infant often times will sleep much deeper with parents. Thats why they recommend that they are not to warm when sleeping and to place them on their backs.

Actually, the opposite is thought to be true: infants sleep much deeper when they are on their own. The theory goes that the breathing and movement of the parent keeps the baby in a lighter stage of sleep. Hence the thought that co-sleeping may actually prevent SIDS.

JOEBunny · December 2008

What? Your not a coroner :-) My understanding is that SIDS is a catch all for unexplained death of an infant under 1, usually do to breathing difficulty of some type, but not necessarily.

From the CDC:

When any of the following are written on a death certificate, the death is coded as Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) in our national statistics. This occurs regardless of whether it was a natural or undetermined manner of death.

Cot Death
Crib Death
Sudden Death in Infancy or SDII
Sudden Infant Death or SID
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome or SIDS
Sudden Unexplained Death or SUD
Sudden Unexplained (Unexpected) Death in Infancy or SUDI
Sudden Unexplained Infant Death or SUID
Sudden + (unexpected) or (unattended) or (unexplained)
Death + (cause unknown) or (in infancy) or (syndrome)
Infant death + (syndrome)
Presumed SIDS
Probable SIDS
Consistent with SIDS

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