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I think it’s kinda shoddy of the author to claim that “circumcision causes SIDS” on his twitter feed, while the abstract states there is merely a slight link “a

I think it’s kinda shoddy of the author to claim that “circumcision causes SIDS” on his twitter feed, while the abstract states there is merely a slight link “and is useful for generating hypotheses and nothing more”. The focus should be on are there other stressors to test for? There are infinite other possible links to stressors in an infants life. Responding to another thread, my children sleep in their stomachs because they scream bloody murder until you flip them over— which one would you say is a great or stressor, tummy sleep or kicking and screaming? I also found out today that HN comes out strong against circumcision, which is all good, I just wasn’t expecting literally every thread to be on MNC. I’ve found, with baby parenting, there is an enormous amount of guesswork presented as fact, and this paper seems to push that. Case in point, Procedure for handling newborns at my hospital in Memphis TN has changed substantially with each of my kids over the course of 5 years. “Nurse: oh we don’t do that anymore, it’s not good for the baby”. Oh but it was fine for my first 2 kids? *edited to clean up and fill out my intended points

rootusrootus 8y ago
Circumcision is one of those hot topics guaranteed to get dramatic, strongly held opinions for & against. I won't be surprised to see this thread drop quickly off the front page due to heated discussion.
DanBC 8y ago
> I’ve found, with baby parenting, there is an enormous amount of guesswork presented as fact, and this paper seems to push that. Case in point, Procedure for handling newborns at my hospital in Memphis TN has changed substantially with each of my kids over the course of 5 years. “Nurse: oh we don’t do that anymore, it’s not good for the baby”. Oh but it was fine for my first 2 kids? That's not "guesswork pushed as fact", that's more information being discovered through research. It's very hard to do research into this kind of stuff, and when you've done the research it's hard to take the stuff you've learnt across a population and apply it to individuals.
- wtvanhest 8y ago
  As a soon to be new parent, I've also found a tremendous anount of guess work presented as fact. Research seems to be the area most susceptible to politics and willful misinformation. My wife and I just pick the safest perceived route, and only deviate from that when something seems like an unresearched old wives tail. My child will sleep on his back, but I dont blame the OP for scratching his head and wondering what is worse?

rootusrootus 8y ago

Circumcision is one of those hot topics guaranteed to get dramatic, strongly held opinions for & against. I won't be surprised to see this thread drop quickly off the front page due to heated discussion.

DanBC 8y ago

> I’ve found, with baby parenting, there is an enormous amount of guesswork presented as fact, and this paper seems to push that. Case in point, Procedure for handling newborns at my hospital in Memphis TN has changed substantially with each of my kids over the course of 5 years. “Nurse: oh we don’t do that anymore, it’s not good for the baby”. Oh but it was fine for my first 2 kids? That's not "guesswork pushed as fact", that's more information being discovered through research. It's very hard to do research into this kind of stuff, and when you've done the research it's hard to take the stuff you've learnt across a population and apply it to individuals.

wtvanhest 8y ago
As a soon to be new parent, I've also found a tremendous anount of guess work presented as fact. Research seems to be the area most susceptible to politics and willful misinformation. My wife and I just pick the safest perceived route, and only deviate from that when something seems like an unresearched old wives tail. My child will sleep on his back, but I dont blame the OP for scratching his head and wondering what is worse?