Doubt it was SIDS, it’s right there in the name: Sudden InfantDeath Syndrome. Apparently, it pretty much only affects infants under a year old, with 90% of cases occurring before 6 months. It would be almost unheard of if it affected both of her 18-month-old toddlers at the exact same time. Very sad, I’m glad they’re investigating this…
I believe that SIDS has been disproven and it’s found that children are suffocating because they get themselves into positions where they cannot breathe properly.
SIDS is more of a category of “unexplained infant death”, so yes: some of these infants may have blocked their own airways.
However, that’s not true of all cases. There’s complex neuro-stuff going on that we don’t understand and is difficult to research.
We reduce the risk of SIDS by ensuring that kids are less likely to block their airways with blankets and so on, because those are the things we can practically do. We can’t fiddle with the neuro-stuff.
If your child dies of SIDS, that does not mean you suffocated them or let them suffocate themselves.
I do wonder if it is possible it was something else, like SIDS or what have you. It does seem suspicious, but, either way - it’s tragic as hell.
SIDS is often an excuse for infant murder.
Doubt it was SIDS, it’s right there in the name: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Apparently, it pretty much only affects infants under a year old, with 90% of cases occurring before 6 months. It would be almost unheard of if it affected both of her 18-month-old toddlers at the exact same time. Very sad, I’m glad they’re investigating this…
Not almost unheard of. Unheard of. Both experiencing it at the exact same time does not happen.
Possible, but not likely.
I believe that SIDS has been disproven and it’s found that children are suffocating because they get themselves into positions where they cannot breathe properly.
Sorry this just isn’t true.
SIDS is more of a category of “unexplained infant death”, so yes: some of these infants may have blocked their own airways.
However, that’s not true of all cases. There’s complex neuro-stuff going on that we don’t understand and is difficult to research.
We reduce the risk of SIDS by ensuring that kids are less likely to block their airways with blankets and so on, because those are the things we can practically do. We can’t fiddle with the neuro-stuff.
If your child dies of SIDS, that does not mean you suffocated them or let them suffocate themselves.
There’s a lot of research about this.
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