Latest research on SIDS

[helen1234]

i tried breast feeding rhys for 2 weeks and he just couldnt get the hang of it. i think there's enough pressure especially from ourselves to bf i really beat myself up i'd hyped myself up thinking i was some mother earth lol was going to bf lol i mean how hard could it be hmmmm no didnt work out that way.i tried it didnt get on with it and feel much happier ff'ing.
it just a supposedly another benefit to bf'ing but nothing is failsafe and i wouldnt personally think my child as being safe and immune from cot death by bf'ing.
so i'm going to be ignorant to it and not read it as there's no point in worrying myself that because ff'ing may increase or bf'ing decreases it personally it happens for reasons no-one knows or can prove.
thank you for posting it, its obvious your heart was in the right place,
x

 

[Mrs_Nesbit]

You know what ... even if your BF, give your baby a dummy, dont smoke, dont do this and dont do that your baby is STILL at risk of SIDS. We're all in the same boat at the end of the day whatever choices we make regarding our babies

hear, hear!

 

[firstLO]

Damn, well I guess since I formula feed im going to have a constantly sick baby who is going to die from SIDS.

Sorry I dont like reading posts like that because its one of those things that makes people who CANT bf for whatever reason feel like they are harming their baby. I know my baby is perfectly healthy and happy on formula, but some people who wanted to bf and couldn't will feel that much more guilty reading crap like that.

Thank you that's exactly how I feel as I had to give up as I wasn't producing enough and feel guilty already without hearing this too!

 

[elm]

To be honest, this makes me happy. Caitlyn won't take a dummy and I'm constantly worried that she is going to die of SIDS and that it'll be because I didn't give her a dummy soon enough.

I asked about dummies and SIDS at the breastfeeding session thing I went to and the bfing expert woman said that they were doing a review of the research and it was looking like the findings of the previous study were flawed. She said she didn't recommend dummies anyway if that helps ease your worries at all. The latest study on the FSID website is 2006 so that's not hugely helpful with the latest research.

It does show that reasearch findings change and it's so hard to know what to believe - my mum always put me to sleep on my stomach because that's what they were told to do.

x

 

[PeanutBean]

Firstly I really don't think posting information like this should be taken as an attack on Mum's who do something differently. It's just info and many people will be glad and/or interested to read it and maybe use it to help them make their own decisions where they are able to have a choice.

Secondly, on the SIDS and research issue, it is unknown why SIDS occurs but all the research is done to try and work out factors affecting it so that we as Mum's (and Dad's of course) can do what we can to help prevent it. We can only do our best and not every Mum can BF and not every baby will take a dummy and my baby will only sleep on his side etc etc. Remember, double the risk does not necessarily mean a high risk. If SIDS was 1 in a million then you wouldn't feel guilty not BF with a risk raised to 2 in a million. There are tonnes are factors that have been studied for SIDS risk so one factor is by no means the answer.

I hope we all of us have healthy happy babies whatever we do or don't do by way of feeding etc.

 

[Vickie]

so much "research" yet still no concrete answers. My thoughts are to do the best you can, do what you feel comfortable with, and be the best mom you can possibly be to your child

 

[hypnorm]

thank you for posting the information, its something i always worry about even though it is really beyond my control.
As i do everything that they sdont recommend like not using a dummy, sleeping on their side (she brings up feeds) sleeping in her own room. so that made me feel worried,

one mum made me feel bad the other day (not from here) as Robyn is in her own room coz she is so noisy in her sleep, the mum said 'you do know that SIDS risk increases after one month of age so you really should have her in your room and get used to her noises!!'