Tuesday, October 18, 2005
How do you sleep?
It's all over the place today, back pages, front pages, blogs, tv, etc. People are saying they're sometimes willing to risk SIDS in order to get some sleep. The NY Times Science Section article is entitled "A Quiet Revolt Against the Rules on SIDS" which tips off its gist pretty well, and among others, Althouse writes about it too. A few years ago I thought it was goofy that new mothers had become so slavishly careful about never-ever-ever-ever-ever letting babies sleep on their stomachs, even cranky or tired babies. In my best "we knew better" tone of old wives' mind, I muttered about all the generations of children who slept on their tummies not to mention adults who like to tuck onto a pillow. Maybe it depends on the sleeplessness of the baby and the tiredness of the mommy. I hope tummy sleeping baby's parents have really good monitors. On the other hand, quiet and quick death is a pretty devastating risk to take.
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