• Railcar8095@lemmy.world
    5·
    4 hours ago

    Reading this while sleeping with my youngest, but I’m on the feet part of the bed sleeping transversally because he randomly spin-kicks during the night.

    • Neuromancer49@midwest.socialEnglish
      222·
      11 hours ago

      I’ll plug some work done by La Leche League, a non-profit that provides resources for breastfeeding mothers. Now, this resource is for babies who are entirely breastfed - no bottles whatsoever - so it’s not for everyone unfortunately.

      Their research has shown seven factors that, if addressed, can reduce the risk of SIDS in co-sleeping arrangements to be equal to modern safe sleep arrangements. https://llli.org/news/the-safe-sleep-seven/

      I would also encourage people to read Cribsheet, which provides a fantastic deep dive into the specifics of SIDS risk. Understanding more about SIDS, and learning why safe sleep guidance exist, put my mind at ease as a new parent.

      • Tommelot@lemmy.world
        52·
        7 hours ago

        Whoop whoop, that’s the sound of the breast feeding police!

        Fact is that most of this is, at best, pseudo science and shouldn’t be spread. There’s nothing wrong with breast feeding, but it’s treated like a religion.

        Correlating breast feeding with SIDS is some ol’ bullshit. Be better. link

        • Neuromancer49@midwest.socialEnglish
          5·
          6 hours ago

          I’ll agree that there’s a lot of conflicting information when it comes to parenting, it’s called the mommy wars for a reason. But, I’ll disagree with you that I provides pseudoscience. I’ll direct you specifically to references 11 through 13 in the link I provided. They are dated, but peer-reviewed.

          I’m also confused by your link, it appears to be a meta-analysis which “found ample evidence that both breastfeeding and [pacifier] use reduced the risk of SIDS.”

          Overall, I like Cribsheet’s stance again - the best baby is a fed baby, the difference between a breastfed baby and a formula-fed baby are very minor and do not result in any persistent, dramatic differences.

      • otter@lemmy.zipEnglish
        7·
        11 hours ago

        Interesting. I’ll have to take some time to see if I can get my hands on the reference material.

        A bedside bassinet worked well for me and my wife when our son was needing consistent night feeds, but every situation and baby is different.

    • prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works
      161·
      11 hours ago

      Basically “you’re gonna roll over or strangle your baby in its sleep because it doesn’t have the strength OR noise making capacity to wake you when you’re strangling it”

      • Neuromancer49@midwest.socialEnglish
        15·
        11 hours ago

        Surprisingly, that’s not the entire story of SIDS - but it is one of the biggest contributing factors to why co-sleeping can be unsafe. It’s also why alcohol consumption dramatically increases the dangers.

      • Fredselfish@lemmy.world
        27·
        11 hours ago

        Well that’s not true. My kids were loud as hell and I wake up. We only co slept with our middle son. He was just so needy and refused to sleep in his own bed. We wake up to him in the bed. Wasn’t until his younger brother was born before he stopped. Luckily the new baby had no issues sleeping in his own bed.

        • prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works
          161·
          11 hours ago

          You’re obviously misunderstanding what is being said.

          If you roll over in your bed and into an infant it will not be loud enough or strong enough (often times, enough that we know this is a problem) to wake a full grown adult.

          That’s what is being said.

          You don’t have to like the stats, but you can’t pretend they aren’t real.