Interesting Co-Sleeping Ad...

[Crystal]

Now, if they would come up with an ad about positional asphyxia, I'd be very happy...........

http://news.yahoo.com/milwaukee-runs-provocative-ads-wake-parents-dangers-co-213117311.html

[Cat Herder]

I LOVE them.

[Blackcat31]

NICE!!

My high needs infant (I posted about him in another thread) was co-sleeping with mom until I talked with her about the dangers of it AND positional asphyxia.

She announced yesterday that the child no longer sleeps anywhere except his crib, on his back and following ALL the rules I gave her!

I love when parents take the info we give and actually use it!

[nannyde]

NICE!!

My high needs infant (I posted about him in another thread) was co-sleeping with mom until I talked with her about the dangers of it AND positional asphyxia.

She announced yesterday that the child no longer sleeps anywhere except his crib, on his back and following ALL the rules I gave her!

I love when parents take the info we give and actually use it!

schweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

[daycare]

co sleeping is very very common in other parts of the world, despite its dangers.

I have co-slept and still do co-sleep with my children. All of them and if I was ever able to have another, I would do it all over again and again..

[youretooloud]

Co-sleeping parents disagree completely. They feel the child is far safer in bed with the parents than in their own bed alone. They will come up with scads of research to prove their point.

I never co-slept... I never would...but, I just assume parents are free to make that choice based on their lifestyle.

I haven't ever seen any research that proves that more kids die in bed with the parents than those who sleep in a crib alone. (based on percentages) I've never looked for that either.

[SilverSabre25]

All I'm gonna say on the subject is that those are NOT safe cosleeping situations. Fluffy bedding, pillows, nuh-uh. I don't think most people who co-sleep would have a bed that looks like that, that's awful.

[daycare]

I had this saved from something I did for my class a long time ago........

To me this is normal to you it is foreign.....


article reads:

For the overwhelming majority of mothers and babies around the globe today, cosleeping is an unquestioned practice. In much of southern Europe, Asia, Africa and Central and South America, mothers and babies routinely share sleep. In many cultures, cosleeping is the norm until children are weaned, and some continue long after weaning. Japanese parents (or grandparents) often sleep in proximity with their children until they are teenagers, referring to this arrangement as a river - the mother is one bank, the father another, and the child sleeping between them is the water. Most of the present world cultures practice forms of cosleeping and there are very few cultures in the world for which it would ever even be thought acceptable or desirable to have babies sleeping alone.

Cosleeping is practiced in a variety of ways around the world. In Latin America, the Philippines, and Vietnam, some parents sleep with their baby in a hammock next to the bed. Others place their baby in a wicker basket in the bed, between the two parents. In Japan, many parents sleep next to their baby on bamboo or straw mats, or on futons. Some parents simply room-share by putting the baby in a crib or bassinet that is kept within arm's reach of the bed. Most cultures that routinely practice cosleeping, in any form, have very rare instances of SIDS. SIDS occurrences are among the lowest in the world in Hong Kong, where cosleeping is extremely common.

[Danielle]

All I'm gonna say on the subject is that those are NOT safe cosleeping situations. Fluffy bedding, pillows, nuh-uh. I don't think most people who co-sleep would have a bed that looks like that, that's awful.

Exactly!! When done right, cosleeping is safe! I'm a cosleeping mama and here's my son as an infant as an example: pillow way above his head, blankets never high enough to touch him (I have to have my feet covered), slept on his back, and we used a snug fitting mesh bed rail.

[AfterSchoolMom]

Sorry to threadjack, but....

Danielle, your son is SO cute!

[SilverSabre25]

Exactly!! When done right, cosleeping is safe! I'm a cosleeping mama and here's my son as an infant as an example: pillow way above his head, blankets never high enough to touch him (I have to have my feet covered), slept on his back, and we used a snug fitting mesh bed rail.

ditto. Like, exactly, word for word. Although I have to admit we've never used a bed rail. It was a cosleeper with DD and a "side carred" pack n play now with DS--which will be a side-carred crib here in about two months. A bedrail never occurred to me, .

[Maddy'sMommy]

I co-slept with my daughter when she was young, but I used one of those secure sleepers that you put on the bed, coupled with a mesh rail on her side. It works for me, and I have never had any problems. She was always on her back, with no fluffy pillows, or blankets anywhere near her.

One of the main issues I have read about causing death is people co-sleeping with they have been using alcohol or drugs (legal, or not). That is never safe, I won't even take NyQuil if my daughter is in bed with me.

[sharlan]

I never co-slept with either of my dd's. As a young mother, my pedi told me to put the baby in her own bed in her own bedroom and to never allow the baby in my bed for any reason. He was adamant about never nursing in my bed, always do it in the baby's room. I followed his advice.

My eldest dd co-slept with her eldest out of necessity. Her second would not sleep unless he was in his room, lights out, door shut.

As others have said, co-sleeping is common in many other countries.

I'm on the fence on this one.

[AmyLeigh]

What's next, children unproperly harnessed in car seats are hurt or killed, therefore no one should use a car seat? Children have been hurt or killed by faulty cribs, as well.

Sorry, but this made me mad when I first saw it. I think it is very misleading. Education about proper co-sleeping is needed, not a shock ad.

As PP's have said, when done correctly, it is safe, bonding and easy on a BF-ing mom to get some much needed rest. Obviously, I co-slept with all three of my children while they were infants. I only got them into their own beds to make room for the next child. Now, every morning my son and younger daughter climb in my bed with me for cuddles. It's a warm and safe place to them.
If people are more comfortable having their child in a crib, by all means, do it. But I slept better knowing that my child's breathing was in sync with my own.

Okay, I'll stop my rant now.

[Lucy]

I don't think I would do it, but I'm on the fence. I'm sure both sides can quote me studies to prove their side, but truthfully, I see it from both viewpoints. If you click the article in the OP's post, it references an article on Dr. Sears' website advocating co-sleeping. He is a renowned pediatrician who is one of the doctors on a TV show called "The Doctors", and I have heard him say on that show that he and his wife co-slept with all their children.