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I am actually not worry about SID. I mean it's really hard to prevent it. I am more concern that some parents are not trying minimized chance of accident. (as you said 不安全的睡眠安排)

Sakura

I remember studying something about SID at university. Something about young babies "forget" to breath when asleep
kisstherain 發表於 2009/9/24 03:48 PM

As much as people think that breathing is a reflex and cannot be forgotten, it can.

All babies forget to breathe at some points in their sleep and a certain part of the brain reminds them to breathe again.
Infants are prone to irregular breathing because their brains aren't fully developed yet. Sometimes this can make them breathe faster and slower (or seem like they take a sudden deep breath). This is normal for a lot of babies and will decrease in frequency with time.
It's called Sleep apnea. It's a sleeping disorder and a lot of infants actually have but very mild.
Although it's does occur more with premature babies.

"Statistics Canada shows that the chance of your baby dying for any reason before they are a year old, is only about a 0.5 percent chance. That does not even take into account the reasons for those deaths which could be numerable reasons, like SIDS, birth or heart defects, house fires, car accidents, murder, drowning, etc.

So, if you take those statistics into account, the odds of accidentally killing your baby from co sleeping, is so small it is practically immeasurable, and compared to the many benefits of co sleeping, it is down right illogical to take any experts advice against co sleeping as credible."
http://nurturedmother.ca/superaddmom/attachment-parenting/millions-of-babies-co-sleep-and-live-yearly/

So babies dying during sleep actually has nothing to do with co-sleeping.
It can happen at anytime with any babies.
Like I said before, it's more likely to happen if you put your baby to sleep tummy side down compare to co-sleeping.
Altough we put all the babies to sleep in the daycare tummy side down, but none of them had ever have problems sleeping.
I studied this topic when I was in the Early Childhood Education program.

Catpiano

Problem is ..  4-5 month old baby love to flip themself ... always tummy side down themself ..

And for some reason, my baby like to TILT his head up, no matter tummy side up or down ...

Sakura

Haha~
They do like sleeping tummy side down which is why we put them to sleep like that in the daycare~
They do seem to fall asleep better and sleep better when they're tummy side down~

Tilting his head mite cause trouble breathing and block his airway..~
But it's a very small chance~
Do becareful tho~

Catpiano

Yeah ... still, as parents, we are trying out best ...

10pm, 12am, 2am, 4am, 6am, 8am  etc on and on ...  keep checking all the time ...  

Not a easy job .. but lots of enjoyment! ^_^

shutterbug

SIDS peaks when the baby is around 2-4 months.  Most of them do not know how to roll over at this age.  Sleeping on the back is the safest position because it's least associated with SIDS.  VGH (Vancouver Women's Hospital), they all suggest newborns sleep on their backs all the time.  The Early Childhood program could be correct too because they're probably talking about babies at a different age, probably older ones, but for newborns it's very important that you follow the guidelines to prevent SIDS.  Although the chances is not high, I wouldn't take the risk at all!

The seven SIDS risk-lowering steps:

Give your baby a healthy womb environment.
Do not allow smoke around your baby ?pre or postnatally.
Put your baby to sleep on his back or side, not on his stomach.
Breastfeed your baby.
Give your baby a safe sleeping environment.
Avoid overheating your baby during sleep.
Practice the "high-touch" style of attachment parenting.

Catpiano

We have done all 6 of 7 steps ..

however, what is "HIGH TOUCH" ar  SB ?

shutterbug

High touch means more physical contact, like sakura said about syncing rythms.

Catpiano

I hv TONS of physical contact with my baby every day wor ..

Sakura

Well, I dun doubt that you do have a lot of physical touch with ur baby~
We all should~

But think about when they were in the womb, bascially 9 months~
Everyday, every second is physical touch~
So when they r out, compare to in the womb, it's a lot less physical touch for them~
So they do need LOTS and LOTS~ lol~