Do people really roll over on their babies when co sleeping?

i sleep with my 3 and a half month old daughter. i remember asking the nurse in the hospital if i could bring her in the bed with me and she said no, that many women really regret bringing their babies in the bed and she said it in a tone like i was stupid for even thinking about it. i believed her and was scared to co sleep for the first few weeks f my baby's life.





the frequent nightime feedings were getting really hard on me and my mom told me that i wouldnt roll over on the baby. she said she slept with us when we were little and she couldnt imagine how someone could actually roll over on thier baby. now that i have been co sleeping for 3 months i agree with her. if your aware enough in your sleep to not roll of the edge of the bed then why do people think we're going to roll on our babies.





so my question is do people really squash their babies or is that just a myth like cats stealing baby's breath

Do people really roll over on their babies when co sleeping?
Your daughter will sleep with you until shes 18.





Worst thing you can do wis sleep with a child.
Reply:i have a 3 month old son, and often take naps with him. im a really light sleeper and dont move around much, and if i do want to roll over i always wake up first. once he starts rolling over i probably wont anymore though.
Reply:My mom said that back in the old country, when she was a little girl, she remembers a mother running out of a house screaming that she suffocated her baby in his sleep by rolling on him. She says it haunts her till this day. I sleep with our little guy a couple days a week and luckily, I've never rolled on him..used to have him in bed with us every night when he was born till 3 months old or more and never an issue
Reply:I think Dads are more likely to roll over their baby. They don't really have that mommy instinct that lets you know your baby's there. I know my husband nearly rolled on to our son when he was a few weeks old, he felt bad when I woke him up. So now I sleep in between them. I think I'll find out the hard way that my son can roll over soon though.
Reply:I have NEVER rolled over when my son is in my bed and I am normally a tosser and turner. The obesity thing gets me... LOL I am fat and my husband is skinny. He's the one you have to watch out for! We don't co-sleep when daddy is home......
Reply:There are people who roll over on their babies but most of them are either drunk, high or obese. If you are breastfeeding you are even more aware of your baby and your sleep stages will actually line up. I have been sleeping with my one year old since she was 3 months old and love it. As long as you are doing it safely it is a great thing. Here are recommendations on sleep safety.


http://www.askdrsears.com/html/7/t070600...











Here is a great article on the benefits of cosleeping. http://www.askdrsears.com/html/7/T071000...
Reply:I don't think there has ever been a documented case. I co-slept with my 2nd child until she was 3 months old. I think it's natural for Mom and baby to sleep together..I mean think about it...most of the animal kingdom does it.
Reply:it does happen. it's not a myth. of course it's more likely to happen if you are a very heavy sleeper (who is with a new baby) or if you've been drinking. and if you're nursing that's not likely. some babies have a lot of trouble "bed breaking" (getting them to sleep on there own). there are crib type things that attach to your bed so that the baby is right there next to you but you cannot roll over on top of him.
Reply:some people are really heavy sleepers, my sister once had a kiiten in bed with her and suffocated it to death:( most people can sleep with their babies no prob like me but others, yes will squish or suffocate their babies.
Reply:I am not sure about others but my boy is 4 months old, he has been sleeping with us since he was a week old. I have never rolled over on him and neither has my husband.
Reply:We co-slept with our son until he was 18 months, and we never rolled over onto him. If you aren't an alcoholic, obese, or on drugs, then co-sleeping is generally safe.
Reply:We have slept with our twin daughters as well as with our infant son. In addition to the causes of overlaying already mentioned, I have also read in a wonderful book entitled, Our Babies, Ourselves: How Biology and Culture Shape the Way We Parent, that many cases both now and throughout history are actually thought to have been infanticide. Specifically in my local area there was a parent who did this twice and the local authorities figured it out only after the second baby died.
Reply:I've been told that it actually happens.... but I co-slept with my 3 boys, and never rolled over on top of them... but apparently there are some deep sleepers that don't realize what's happening. I don't know.
Reply:yes it does happen....but breastfeeding mothers are highly unlikely for this to happen to





let's remember that outside of drug/alcohol/sleep meds mothers are very aware of their infant's presence





more babies die alone in their cribs
Reply:I disagree that the only people who roll onto their babies are fat, drunk, or drug-addicted. Obviously, those are characteristics of people that are more prone, however, it can happen to a lot of different people. Everybody sleeps different and there are good moms that are heavy sleepers.





Also, part of the risk is not just rolling over the baby, but the baby being suffocated by blankets or pillows, or when the bed is not set up "baby-friendly" that the baby rolls off the bed and can suffocate between the bed and a wall or is covered on the floor with a blanket, etc. You do have to really re-evaluate the bed since the infant doesn't have the instinct to not roll out of bed.





Also, a significant percentage of suffocation deaths while parent and baby are sleeping together happen on the couch when baby is sleeping on top and rolls in between the couch and the adult and suffocates. Sometimes it is not even a parent that typically co-sleeps but a parent who has fallen asleep with the baby on the couch.





There was a woman in my area ( I didn't know her just read the story) that was napping with her daughter and rolled over her and the infant died. The woman committed suicide right after. She was a normal business woman, not a low-life.





I don't disagree with co-sleeping. However, I do believe that a child can die from a parent who was not using drugs or alcohol or is obese. It's not like a person is exempt if they don't fall into one of those categories. There are certain precautions you can take to make your bed safer for an infant, however they are not 100%.
Reply:It is very rare and every documented case is attributed to sleeping disorders, drug/alcohol use, or severe obesity. Co-sleeping is generally very safe and shows to offer a decrease in SIDS risk.





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