Co-sleeping worldwide! give me the stats! (channel 7 news report)

[*LittleMissSummer*]

We coslept while still in hossy. Nurses knew. They told me it was my choice, and went through the safest way to do it.

It is about practicing safety. I only coslept for all of about a week. DD didn't like it.

That reminds me i was cuddling DD in bed with me in the hospital and a midwife had a go at me, then the next one just put the rail up to ensure she didn't fall out. DD from day one wanted to co sleep but i listened to everyone else and didnt allow her until 6 weeks.

[beckoes]

i co slept in hospital with both,just what was right for us. With dd1 i had an epi and was so tired that first night so i didnt, the MWs came in and helped look after her.

if im sick i dont co sleep

if im too tired i dont co sleep

she doesnt sleep in the middle.

i think i need to have a swim to calm down

[Ginger]

I'm still co sleeping here. love it. have done it with both kids from birth and would do it again.

[~*Niadalla*~]

Must be a slow news day. Channel 9 had the same story.

[nothing2lose]

It's because of the Coroner's report that was released yesterday regarding the baby that died while co-sleeping.

Eta: I know this is a gentle parenting thread but I will attach a link to the story just so you know what I am talking about.

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/co...129-1o59w.html

[Cherished]

What a load of baloni. The mainstream news is so annoying! We saw it too and it didn't surprise us. We also coslept with ds in hospital and the government sleep Info we received said there were less cases of infant death with cosleeping babies when done safely. It's an issue like many other parenting decisions that people feel strongly about one way or another. In mainstream media it's always fear driven!

[Miss E]

It's because of the Coroner's report that was released yesterday regarding the baby that died while co-sleeping.

Eta: I know this is a gentle parenting thread but I will attach a link to the story just so you know what I am talking about.

Coroner warns parents not to sleep with babies

Ok, I'm not normally one to defend the media, but in this case I think they are just reporting the news and expanding on the story. The Victorian Coroner has raised the alarm about cosleeping because there have been a significant number of deaths associated with co-sleeping in Victoria (something like 60 or 70 from memory). The Coroner is saying that parents need to be advised that it is not safe and that health professionals have previously been providing mixed messages in relation to it's safety.

From what I've seen all the news programs (ABC included) have been reporting the findings of this report by the Victorian Coroner in much the same way. I have also seen one or two bulletins where they highlight the increased risk factors (smoking, doona's, drugs, alcohol etc). But in fairness, it is the Coroner who has come out and said it is not safe under any circumstances and that parents need to be made aware of this.

For the record - I'm not anti co-sleeping.