Comments on: How does laying your infant on a soft blanket cause sids?

By: kat

kat — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:01:06 +0000

If you lay the baby on their stomach before they can roll over or have good control over their heads they can possible suffocate on the blankets. I think there is also some question that they might be breathing more carbon dioxide than oxygen. No one really know what causes SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome). They just use statistics from babies who have died to try to prevent it in the future. They are now saying that you need to have a fan blowing in the baby’s room. Apparently statistics show that babies were more likely to die from SIDS if there was no fan compared to babies who had fans in the room. There is no guarantee that doing any of these things will prevent SIDS, but we all want to reduce the risks as much as we can.

By: ladedamom

ladedamom — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 02:59:54 +0000

What Lisa said.
It’s also why you don’t put stuffed animals or pillows in with infants- even when they roll over- because they could smother. Crib bumpers also need to go when baby starts rolling over because at that point they are an entrapment hazard and can smother your child.

By: Dr. Diagnonsense

Dr. Diagnonsense — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 01:01:33 +0000

It’s a problem when they’re at that stage where they’re still mastering the art of rolling over. They’ll manage to get from their back to their tummy, but then an arm can get in the way, and they can’t roll back over. They can suffocate because they also don’t have the strength to turn their heads.

By: mcal03051

mcal03051 — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:46:00 +0000

If they can’t breath, it’s called suffocation…SIDS, is just Sudden Infant Death Syndrome….it’s caused from a number of things…

By: Nikka

Nikka — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:46:08 +0000

If they roll over and their face happens to press against the blanket.