SIDS increase

[Inanna]

Oh Chrissy my love the tragedy of the loss of Joshua must be immense for you and your family and I am so very sorry...
I know you ask what if... We humans always do when a tragedy happens. I can't say anything that won't sound hollow and meaningless but know I send you much love and hugs.. Thankyou for sharing your story...

[scarlet121]

Morgaine my LC recommended probiotics for breastfed bubbies with reflux as well... I wonder why.

I think in general terms breast milk should have everything in it, I don't think in the essence taking probiotics will get in your milk and transfer to the child, but more so for the mother, if her bacteria is balanced (and life is such these days that a lot aren't) then it is more likely that it will be in the right proportion for the baby.

A lot of things in life can kill good bacteria, especially these days, so why not, if it isn't going to hurt. I know that since Cooper has been on probiotics he has not had one ear infection after many, many infections and three burst ear drums, recommended by the ENT.

With the reflux I am not sure, but it is what I was told too, it could be because you are so run down and probably lacking in good bacteria LOL. But Parker has probiotics now, and he still has bad reflux, so it hasn't worked that way.

[scarlet121]

Chrissy I am so sorry to hear about your beautiful son, I couldn't even imagine having to go through that, you are a strong woman, thank you for sharing about Joshua.

[Heaven]

Wow. Thanks for all the replies guys, you sure do your research, lol. Very informative!!

And thankyou for the personal stories too, a very sad topic unfortunately. for you all.

Sara

[Pieta]

Hi
I have come to this site to find anyone with a child with
Plagiocephaly as we all know it is a problem that is growing!
SIDS is on the increase for parents that don’t lay their child on their back.
For the Mothers that were so scared and did! Where is their help now to correct
their little ones.
I have a 9month Grandson who has Plagiocephaly and Torticollis every visit my Daughter had with the clinc sister bare the last me Riley had a perfect round head (even tho we could see it wasn’t)
He was taken to the Doctor that followed his life from the first sign and again don’t worry every thing will be fine. He has now an appointment at PMH and we have been told by the Phiso they don’t like to fit helmets.
Would be extremely grateful to anyone out there that can help and give advice.
Thanks

[MantaRay]

This is a very interesting thread. Thanks for all the info.

Caro, I agree with you that co-sleeping, when done properly is considered safer than cot sleeping. Another source of info on this is Dr Sears. But I think the main reason why it's not promoted as such by the SIDS councils, is that they are playing the percentages. By advocating cot sleeping on the back, no smoking around bubs etc, they have been able to dramatically reduce the incidence of SIDS. Still babies are dying, and even one death is sad, 54 a year or whatever is even sadder, but it is still better than 55 a year and a lot better than 100+ a year. I think they are concerned that by promoting co-sleeping, many people would do it unsafely and that they would not see a significant reduction in SIDS deaths.

Also, with regards to the short gap between pgs, I wonder if this is not a physical thing as such but rather environmental. Having an 11 months gap between birth of no 1 and conceiving no 2, I fall into the category of less than a year between pgs. And if I had to think of a reason why this would place a child at greater risk, I would say the tiredness of the parents. Tom went through a period where he would only settle on his tummy. He could also roll over easily by 2 months so keeping him on his back was tough. If it had've been Jack (no 1), I would undoubtedly have made more of an effort to persist with back sleeping, and if all else failed go in more regularly to try and roll him over once asleep. But TBH, with Tom, I was so tired that I did not risk rolling him over once asleep. I was so grateful for any sleep I could get I would not have risked disturbing him. I do use an Angelcare monitor, but even so I know this was a risk. And if something had happened I would have felt unbelievably guilty. BUT on the other hand, babies die for other reasons too, such as a car accident because mum is too tired to drive safely etc. So I think sometimes you do the very best you can, but sometimes you have to balance up differing priorities and do what you need to do.

So I guess what I am saying is that we all do the best we can, even if it sometimes means ignoring guidelines, but that knowledge is power, so that at least we are in the best position to make the right decision in each circumstance. And I also believe it is our responsiblility to research these things for ourselves, not just to rely on the information that the government or a medical body choose to give us. They are catering for a wide range of backgrounds, education levels, socio-economic groups etc. I am one person and have my own circumstances. Their information is helpful and it's good that it's out there, but I should not rely on it soley.