[KosmicKitty]

I raised 4 non=pacifier kids. I offered, but none ever accepted. When I put son #2 down on his back, almost 24 years ago, in the hospital, the nurse had a fit and told me that if he spit up, he's choke to death.

Fifteen years later, when I put son #4 down on his tummy, the nurse in the hospital had a fit - told me he's die of SIDS.

No, it wasn't the same nurse.

Basically, I don't believe any of them!!

[Terabitten]

When I put son #2 down on his back, almost 24 years ago, in the hospital, the nurse had a fit and told me that if he spit up, he's choke to death. Fifteen years later, when I put son #4 down on his tummy, the nurse in the hospital had a fit - told me he's die of SIDS.

Exactly. My political science professor in college used to harp that "association is not causation." In other words, just because they've found a higher incidence of SIDS in stomach sleepers vs. back sleepers, it doesn't mean that the one causes the other.

Once they figure out what SIDS *is*, then I'll listen to their recommendations.

[hocndoc]

It turns out that the "back to bed" (putting the baby on his back) works: in the UK, the number of SIDS deaths were cut in half after parents were alerted to do this.

It took me forever to figure this one out and get used to the idea. But, if you think about it, breastfed babies will be on their backs when feeding. So, it's "natural."


It still drives me nuts to see the kids with the bald, flat spot on the back of their heads from being put on their backs. But, I was a belly-pack, carry the baby all the time - maybe too much of the time - La Leche League momma.

And I will never get used to all the yellow-tinged skin from all the vitamin A.

[gridlock]

I think if you listen to the AAP, you have to put you child to sleep in a specially constructed crib that has a gimbal arrangment that allow the child to be flipped from his back to his stomach, controlled via a dedicated cell-phone link attached to the AAP Control Center.