SIDS - possible reason found
Posted on July 7, 2008
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Almost every single new mom (and probably every mom when a new baby enters their life) worries about their baby dying. The fear of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), no doubt keeps many moms awake. A new study may have found clues into what might cause SIDS and possible testing to determine if a baby is at for risk of SIDS. Of course, premature babies are in the high-risk category for SIDS. This article also provides tips on how to minimize the risk of SIDS.
There is a product that detects when your baby moves during sleep and alarms when they don’t move for 20 seconds, it’s call BebeSounds. I don’t remember seeing this product in stores when my girls were first born, but I can tell you I’d purchase one now (although I don’t know what they cost).
Even though I know my girls are not at risk for SIDS, they are almost 4 years old, I still check on them every night before I turn out the lights to make sure they are breathing. I’m not sure the fear of loosing your child suddenly ever really goes away. It would be wonderful if the levels of serotonin provide the answers they need to find the cure and prevent SIDS in the future! Maybe it would allow the worry-wort moms, like myself, to sleep better.
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I have an Angelcare monitor since the birth of my 3rd child and used with each child since. My sister’s little boy died of SIDS at aged 2 months. We had a few false alarms, baby wiggled off and curled up in a corner off the sensor pad - though one alarm one night with our youngest daughter that scared the living daylights out of me. She stopped breathing and was floppy and scary and that alarm went off I snatched her out so fast and she startled back breathing again. Monitor aside - I didn’t sleep the rest of the night of course! She never gave us another scare like that again. You are right - having the monitor gave me the ability to actually sleep a little during that first year. We had all been so shell-shocked following the death of my nephew and peace of mind is nothing to sneeze at.
Julia,
You must have been scared to death! I’m so glad you had the Angelcare monitor - who knows what might have happened otherwise. Very scary!