3 ms·
Co-sleeping with infants often ends with the mother smothering the infant.
by HyperSane 4y ago
Co-sleeping with infants often ends with the mother smothering the infant.
- sonofhans 4y agoNot true. “Often” in this context is a wild overstatement. Humans around the world have co-slept with infants for thousands of years and it’s generally safe. There are known risk factors for infant smothering during sleep. E.g., parental drinking or smoking, infant low birth weight or respiratory issues (as a sibling comment said). Education and care control for these well.
- waterhouse 4y agoPlus, with today's technology, it seems it shouldn't be that difficult to have a machine detect if the baby is getting smothered, and wake up the parents with a loud alarm if so. Some googling yields "The 6 Best Baby Breathing Monitors".
- andrei_says_ 4y agoThis is wrong to the point of absurdity. A simple bed attachment prevents such scenarios 100%. https://www.pinterest.com/WalkingWomanCO/baby-bed-attachments/ https://www.pinterest.com/WalkingWomanCO/baby-bed-attachment... Insisting that human babies cry themselves to sleep night after night, solidifying neuropathways of despair and terror before anything else is insane. Also, somehow culturally acceptable so it’s become the default.
- infecto 4y agoFalse, co-sleeping while not in a bed has a high risk of injury to the infant. Co-sleeping in a bed is of course riskier than not sharing a bed with a baby but is no where near as high as co-sleeping happening outside of the bed.
- HyperSane 4y agoI thought that co-sleeping meant sleeping in the same bed with your infant. Does it just mean being in the same room?