Little Lochdale is rolling over...Help!

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@Nava

By the time she freaked out about Middlebro in '74, research said “children must sleep face-down!” It’s been face up, face down, it’s now back to face up. I’d really like to know whether the studies compare “% of children who died from SIDS and slept face-up with children who died from SIDS and slept face-down” or “% of children who slept face-down and died from SIDS and % of children who slept face-up and died from SIDS” - because if it’s the first and SIDS happens to be position-unrelated, you will get more kids who die from it in whatever position are doctors recomending at the time.

When I discovered I was pregnant I started doing a bit of research and one of the things I looked up was SIDS. I was terrified that I was going to inadvertently kill my baby. After looking up several sites I found that the risk factors basically indicated to me that SIDS was caused by one of two things, either a genetic issue over which you have little to no control or being uneducated and poor. Apparently if you are a young, uneducated parent you are much more likely to have a child die of SIDS, which makes sense because you probably have much less earning potential than an older, better educated parent so you are less likely to be able to afford proper prenatal care, housing where mold is not an issue, a breast pump, etc. and are much more likely to be a smoker.

Pre-natal risks

-teenage mother 
-lower maternal education 
-lack of prenatal care 
-exposure to nicotine by maternal smoking 

Post-natal risks

-mold 
-low birth weight 
-exposure to tobacco smoke
-prone sleep position 
-not breastfeeding
-elevated or reduced room temperature
-excess bedding, clothing, soft sleep surface and stuffed animals
-co-sleeping with parents or other siblings may increase risk for SIDS, but the mechanism remains unclear
-infant's age (incidence rises from zero at birth, is highest from two to four months, and declines towards zero at one year)
-premature birth 

It almost seems like the term SIDS was made up to tell parents instead of, “There is an excellent likelihood that your personal habits and lack of education in how to care for your child killed your baby.” Obviously SIDS happens in every education level and economic class and often SIDS is the go-to to cover up for infanticide (the wiki article indicates somewhere between 5%-20% of all SIDS cases are actually murders) but it appears based on the risk factors alone that SIDS tends to be a much bigger problem for the poor and undereducated.

[Lochdale]

@Northern_Piper

and in a couple of years time, you’ll likely find yourself worrying about something completely different, as a I outline in this thread: I’ve been starting to worry that the PiperCub is colourblind.

I’m reading it right now! Took the day off to hang with little L.