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One thing I don't see mentioned here is weight. Statistically people have gotten a lot heavier, and I wonder if being significantly overweight does not increase
by ramblerman 8y ago
One thing I don't see mentioned here is weight. Statistically people have gotten a lot heavier, and I wonder if being significantly overweight does not increase the risk either?
- stevekemp 8y agoVery much so. I've seen sporadic news-reports of people suffocating their babies, by rolling over on top of them. The mirror claims 133/year, in this piece, but I'd imagine true stats are harder to find: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/133-babies-accidentally-dying-every-11929780 https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/133-babies-accidentall...
- sundvor 8y agoStudy cited European ancestry. Americans would appear to be of a different breed, generally speaking. http://bigthink.com/strange-maps/two-maps-and-one-graph-comparing-obesity-in-america-and-europe http://bigthink.com/strange-maps/two-maps-and-one-graph-comp...
- bjoli 8y agoI was told that the biggest risk factors were alcohol, some kinds of medication and obesity when we got our first child. The official recommendation is to have the baby in their own bed. The way it was presented was that we should try with a separate bed and if it didn't work use a baby nest with removable sides for breast feeding.