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"if you let your baby sleep with you, you are a bad mother" that leads to a number of accidental suffocations. I think that’s pretty reasonable to educate the p

"if you let your baby sleep with you, you are a bad mother" that leads to a number of accidental suffocations. I think that’s pretty reasonable to educate the public about that.

mstipetic 3y ago
Oh come on
Tade0 3y ago
That's mostly an urban legend and the vast majority of such cases happen when the parent is not sober and essentially knocked out unconscious. I mean, infants are typically warmer than adults and they wriggle around a lot - it's hard enough to sleep next to them, much less within suffocation distance.
- gardenhedge 3y ago
  So we have advice from the government or your HN comment to go on. There needs to be more substance to your claims
  - neurostimulant 3y ago
    Asian countries have low SIDS despite infants commonly sleeping with their mothers.
  - Tade0 3y ago
    To quote our pediatrician: "do you believe in UFOs? That's roughly in the same ballpark in terms of connection with reality". This part of the reply to my SO's question about this. Later he explained that it's mainly drunk/high people who suffocate their children like that. You only need a sufficiently wide bed and separate covers for the parents - that's it.
    - slashdev 3y ago
      > mainly drunk/high people who suffocate their children like that. That's a lot of people! > You only need a sufficiently wide bed and separate covers for the parents Why even take the risk.
- bathtub365 3y ago
  If the combination of drinking and sleeping beside your infant leads to a higher chance of suffocating them you can ask people to stop drinking, stop sleeping beside their infant, or both. History has shown us that people won’t stop drinking so I think recommending the other potential solution makes sense.
  - kozzz 3y ago
    Drinking and obesity
- anotherhue 3y ago
  Literally 18 hours ago on this very site: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37796452 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37796452 > they got into a weird position between a very very drowsy mum and some cushions and we didn't notice. > parent is not sober and essentially knocked out unconscious. Parent of newborn sleep deprivation is extreme.

"if you let your baby sleep with you, you are a bad mother" that leads to a number of accidental suffocations. I think that’s pretty reasonable to educate the public about that.

mstipetic 3y ago

Oh come on

Tade0 3y ago

That's mostly an urban legend and the vast majority of such cases happen when the parent is not sober and essentially knocked out unconscious. I mean, infants are typically warmer than adults and they wriggle around a lot - it's hard enough to sleep next to them, much less within suffocation distance.

gardenhedge 3y ago
So we have advice from the government or your HN comment to go on. There needs to be more substance to your claims
- neurostimulant 3y ago
  Asian countries have low SIDS despite infants commonly sleeping with their mothers.
- Tade0 3y ago
  To quote our pediatrician: "do you believe in UFOs? That's roughly in the same ballpark in terms of connection with reality". This part of the reply to my SO's question about this. Later he explained that it's mainly drunk/high people who suffocate their children like that. You only need a sufficiently wide bed and separate covers for the parents - that's it.
  - slashdev 3y ago
    > mainly drunk/high people who suffocate their children like that. That's a lot of people! > You only need a sufficiently wide bed and separate covers for the parents Why even take the risk.
bathtub365 3y ago
If the combination of drinking and sleeping beside your infant leads to a higher chance of suffocating them you can ask people to stop drinking, stop sleeping beside their infant, or both. History has shown us that people won’t stop drinking so I think recommending the other potential solution makes sense.
- kozzz 3y ago
  Drinking and obesity
anotherhue 3y ago
Literally 18 hours ago on this very site: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37796452 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37796452 > they got into a weird position between a very very drowsy mum and some cushions and we didn't notice. > parent is not sober and essentially knocked out unconscious. Parent of newborn sleep deprivation is extreme.