ubiquitous said:Talk to your doctor for Gods sake...
That's 0.05% by the way. See here for some Irish statistics.SIDS is responsible for roughly 50 deaths per 100,000 births in the US. It is responsible for far fewer deaths than congenital disorders and disorders related to short gestation; though it becomes the leading cause of death in otherwise healthy babies after one month of age.
Equally, some parents can have illogical worries about their kids and incorrectly see objective and logical opinions of health professionals that conflict with their concerns as dismissive.Jamjam said:Remember parents are the experts on their children and doctors should know this. Can be quite dismissive of first time mothers as worriers.
ClubMan said:Equally, some parents can have illogical worries about their kids and incorrectly see objective and logical opinions of health professionals that conflict with their concerns as dismissive.
ClubMan said:Well as both a parent and a child I am of the opinion that the incidence of well meaning but irrational worries on the part of parents is quite high. Just to clarify - neither I nor anybody else here "rejected" the original poster's query, whatever that means. For my own part I tried to provide what I hope was useful practical advice (e.g. ventilation, room temperature monitoring etc.) and information including statistics on the actual occurrence of "cot deaths"/SIDS which show that they are actually exceedingly rare and hence not something to worry unduly about.
I am not a medical practitioner if that's what you mean but I don't see how that precludes me from alluding to statistics presumably arising from an objective and scientific analysis of an area of relevant to the discussion in hand. I also didn't realise that the idea persisted in certain areas (not sure which since you haven't clarified what your specific role as "practitioner" is - which is, of course, your prerogative) of the medical profession that only certain people were privileged to be keepers and users of this sort of information. That to me is more dismissive than anything that has gone previously in this thread. But that's just me and my dillettante opinions I suppose...Jamjam said:I am unsure if you have a medical backgrouund Clubman but I really don't think that being a parent qualifies anybody to cite medical statitics and advice on a matter like this.
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