This is not a debate. I wanted to share with you girls what I experienced today. Before I begin I want everyone to know that when you have a child you have the right to raise your child however you see fit; your life, your child's life, your decisions. As some of you know I work for the Sheriff's Office of my county and this is what we dealt with today.
These are the exact words from the police report.
"They stated at approximately 0030 hours they were getting ready for bed and the victim was crying and wouldn't go to sleep. The couple gave the victim a baby bottle full of formula which seemed to help. They then put the victim on top of a pillow in the middle of the bed and went to sleep. The reportee states that at approximately 0125 hours he woke up and found blood on him near his shoulder and in the bed; the victim was not breathing and he then called 911. There was a blood stain on the sheets in the center of the bed."
The family called 911 this morning to report their 2 month old son was bleeding from the nose and mouth.
This afternoon we were told the child had died. The parent had rolled over on top of the child; both parents were in the bed.
I don't want to sway anyone's decisions to how they parent their children, obviously I am more than sure you can guess what my choice is. I know there is a significant risk of SIDS associated with crib sleeping (which is now being linked to ventilation) but I cannot begin to imagine what it could have felt like to wait up, less than an hour later, covered in your child's own blood on you, in your bed, then the child to be pronounced dead the next day. It is simply for your information. To have to talk with the Department of Forensic Science about dead 2 month old due to co-sleeping was soul shattering, by far one of the worst things I have experienced and I hope and pray that none of us, our family or our friend, or their family or friends ever have to go through something like that.
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I will never co-sleep. I am well aware of SIDS in regards to crib sleeping but I will never co-sleep. I cannot imagine causing my child's own death. To be covered in my child's blood and all the articles I've read online about how safe it is, I think it is complete BULLSHIT. There are public advisories where I live that advise you NOT to do it. For all of those that do decide to co-sleep, you make your own decisions and choices but I hope that you never have to experience the death of your child because of it.
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