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Re: noodad » The Disaster Called Co-Sleeping

Latia — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 03:03:29 -0000

Folks, what ever happened to having the baby sleep in a co-sleeper bassinet? It hooks up to the side of the bed and can be used as a playpen when the child gets too large for a bassinet. This makes it safe for the child to share a room with the parents without the risk of someone rolling over on the baby. The only reason why co-sleeping deaths aren\'t as highly publisized as SIDS deaths is because they are usually accidental. No one (not even a heartless news agency) will report on their eleven o\'clock news that some parent placed their child in their bed of thick blankets in between their large bodies only to roll over the child while sleeping and suffocate the child. Yes, SIDS is terrible-but it happens due to a lack of oxygen (example: blankets and too thick heavy clothing in the crib and not placing the baby to sleep on his/her back causes the child to suffocate) and that is the same reason why co-sleeping is dangerous. Thanks Noodad and Foodad for sticking to your guns on this subject. I get the feeling that the logic of \"if my child is going to suffocate, I\'d rather them do it laying next to me\" comes into play with this whole co-sleeping issue.
My DH and I tried co-sleeping with our child and it only resulted in me waking every two minutes to make sure that there was nothing blocking the airway of my baby. DH slept, dd slept, but I did not.
If you are going to co-sleep, please please please for the safety of your child get this little doodad called a \"SnuggleNest\". If you must co-sleep, do it safely, folks.

Re: noodad » Your Kid is Not a Dog

Latia — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 03:14:37 -0000

Geez, I post a lot on here...this is the only honest parenting I see-and I\'m a mom. I try to look at things as practically as possible. I hates tha frou-frou (sometimes).
As someone who has lots of experience in dealing with toddler aged children (I have worked with toddler-12 year old children since I was 16...) I find it very difficult to totally cut out the idea of a child leash. It sounds harsh, I know. Hopefully, my child will be easy to contain and keep by my side. However, not all parents have it that easy. I have tried to take three children onto their porch in their local safe neighborhood only to find that within the blink of an eye, one child has run up the street and another to the backyard. Have you ever seen hyperactive children with overworked, overtired caretakers/parents? It is already hard enough to stay awake let alone run after one or multiple children. What would you suggest? The idea of tethering your children seems really mean until you have multiple hyperactive children to take care of. I think that the whole slingshot-body strap-thingy seems a little cruel. I had a neato Elmo wristband that had a short phonecord like connection to my parent\'s wristband. It looked like a bracelet with a string attatched. Would you say that is a little cruel?
Oh, and again-I\'d use this things only in the case of an hyperactive, hard to contain child.

Re: noodad » See Dad Cook

Latia — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 10:40:11 -0000

Yeah...like the title said...How can I win the book for my DH? He needs it because I am terrible at giving directions and he hasn\'t cooked a day in his life until he met me-and even then it was Hamburger Helper and PB&J; sandwiches.