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Mimo monitors breathing, temperature and sleeping position. All of these are factors in cot death according to easily searchable research.

by robmcm 11y ago

antr 11y ago
I thought that a cot death meant that this remained unexplained. Now a baby monitor reduces cot deaths? I'm really interested to read about that claim.
- hessenwolf 11y ago
  It remains unexplained but things are correlated with it, and possibly have an unexplained causal effect.
  - tptacek 11y ago
    No, baby monitors have been studied. It's not a big mystery. Monitoring doesn't make a dent in SIDS. Education does. "Don't put infants to sleep on their stomachs".
  - dalke 11y ago
    There are side effects of monitoring. "Angelcare voluntarily recalled 600,000 under-mattress sensor pads after two infants died of strangulation when the cord attached to the pad wrapped around their necks" - http://www.slate.com/articles/life/family/2014/02/mimo_and_other_smart_baby_monitors_don_t_protect_from_sids_so_what_are_they.html http://www.slate.com/articles/life/family/2014/02/mimo_and_o... Strangulation by baby monitor is correlated with having a baby monitor.
aluhut 11y ago
I'm pretty sure I would be the first to put all kinds of sensors onto my baby, it's toys and environment but I'm also pretty sure I would check on that stuff AND on the baby myself. Also considering the security problems. Looks to me like a hell lot of problems added to what I would already have with the baby alone. My parents had me in their room and I survived. Others died. Maybe that's just the way it is.
tptacek 11y ago
There is no evidence I've found that any monitoring device improves SIDS outcomes, and there is evidence that it doesn't. Forget about the smart onesie: it's difficult to justify even classic baby monitors as a medical intervention. The decline in SIDS over the last 2 decades tracks the education of parents not to put infants to sleep on their stomachs.
- crazypyro 11y ago
  Small note, but there are other major factors in the decline of SIDS besides just not putting infants to sleep on their stomach, although they generally all stem from the idea of educating new parents about basic safety procedures that are not always intuitive.

Mimo monitors breathing, temperature and sleeping position. All of these are factors in cot death according to easily searchable research.

by robmcm 11y ago

Mimo monitors breathing, temperature and sleeping position. All of these are factors in cot death according to easily searchable research.

antr 11y ago

I thought that a cot death meant that this remained unexplained. Now a baby monitor reduces cot deaths? I'm really interested to read about that claim.

hessenwolf 11y ago
It remains unexplained but things are correlated with it, and possibly have an unexplained causal effect.
- tptacek 11y ago
  No, baby monitors have been studied. It's not a big mystery. Monitoring doesn't make a dent in SIDS. Education does. "Don't put infants to sleep on their stomachs".
- dalke 11y ago
  There are side effects of monitoring. "Angelcare voluntarily recalled 600,000 under-mattress sensor pads after two infants died of strangulation when the cord attached to the pad wrapped around their necks" - http://www.slate.com/articles/life/family/2014/02/mimo_and_other_smart_baby_monitors_don_t_protect_from_sids_so_what_are_they.html http://www.slate.com/articles/life/family/2014/02/mimo_and_o... Strangulation by baby monitor is correlated with having a baby monitor.

aluhut 11y ago

I'm pretty sure I would be the first to put all kinds of sensors onto my baby, it's toys and environment but I'm also pretty sure I would check on that stuff AND on the baby myself. Also considering the security problems. Looks to me like a hell lot of problems added to what I would already have with the baby alone. My parents had me in their room and I survived. Others died. Maybe that's just the way it is.

tptacek 11y ago

There is no evidence I've found that any monitoring device improves SIDS outcomes, and there is evidence that it doesn't. Forget about the smart onesie: it's difficult to justify even classic baby monitors as a medical intervention. The decline in SIDS over the last 2 decades tracks the education of parents not to put infants to sleep on their stomachs.

crazypyro 11y ago
Small note, but there are other major factors in the decline of SIDS besides just not putting infants to sleep on their stomach, although they generally all stem from the idea of educating new parents about basic safety procedures that are not always intuitive.