See #34
P.S. Note that disputing the historical record requires speculation (i.e. the mother didn’t know why the baby died, etc.) that is at best no more reputable than the historical report... and is most likely much less so. So if I have to assume anything, I’ll assume that most of the folks who reported overlaying actually did so... and not try convoluted rationalizations to reinterpret them...
I am simply challenging the validity of the proof -- i.e. the deaths attributed to smothering may have had other medical causes which were unknown at the time, or were caused by intoxication. In other words, your premise is invalid because other factors have not been accounted for. That's not 'convoluted rationalization', that's pointing out the inherent weakness in your argument.
We don't start even, so to speak, because you have the burden of proof here.
You seem very set in your opinion. Did you know that a newborn baby generally nurses every hour and a half? Do you know the toll that takes on a woman’s body? I know babies sometimes die by accident when they sleep with good parents, but babies also die by infanticide at the hands of sleep deprived mothers. Women today have so much guilt thrown at them and attitudes like yours don’t help relieve the pressure of being a young inexperienced mother.
p.s. All of our babies slept with us until they could make it through the night without eating.