Is any one else PARALIZED with fear over SIDS?

Summer - posted on 02/21/2010

I am so glad I am not alone! Anyone think vaccines have anythng to do with sids? I got a sensor monitor too! Love it! It went off after her hep b shot tough... scared me to death. She is fine, but something was not right..

Andrea - posted on 02/02/2010

I am! I am always feeling his chest to make sure he's breathing. I did the same thing with my daughter I think I stopped worrying so much when she was like 4 months old!

Corinne - posted on 01/31/2010

Last night my 7 month old slept for almost 7 hours, I woke up in a panic about a half hour before he did terrified because he had not woken me during the night. When I checked on him he was starting to make those sucking movements and I was glad to know he would be awake soon.

Ashley - posted on 01/30/2010

My daughter is 6 weeks old today, and i worry about SIDS all the time. my niece passes away from SIDS back in 2005 she was only 4 months old so everyday i worry that ill wake up and she wont be breathing. im constintally feeling her back and stomach just to make sure she is. im getting alittle bit better when i first brought her home i would do that all the time.

Virginia - posted on 01/30/2010

I do worry, but I also know that, even though it will keep me from sleeping a few more hours a night, I can always check on her just to make sure and feel safe. Also, never forget to make her burp after each bottle before putting her to bed, and putting her on her side, not on her back, to sleep. Never overfeed her. All this will prevent many accidents :)

Natasha - posted on 01/30/2010

I get a little nervous about it all the time. They scared me so much at the hospital when I had him, that I didn't like him sleeping on my chest for a while. Now I've kinda gotten over it for the most part, but I'm still nervous about it.

Ashley - posted on 01/30/2010

I agree that thing is a life saver! Or should I say sleep saver...lol

Michelle - posted on 01/30/2010

I worry bout this after my friends baby died of SIDS at 3 months, the trauma of his funeral has always stuck with me. I held him the day before he died and there was nothing wrong or no signs anything was going to go wrong. Now that i have had my little boy all those memories keep flooding back. My boy is in my room at mo and i often find myself listening out for him breathing, even touch his chest when i'm not sure if i can hear him! I have one of those baby monitors with the movement sensor pads for when he goes into his own room for peace of mind!

Courtney - posted on 01/29/2010

i do get a bit worried about it when alex sleeps for long periods of time and especially when he has a long sleep during the day (its very rare, so i worry) but more than anything i get worried about one of our cats, he's really good but im just scared that maybe one day he might get a bit closer than usual and bite/scratch him or sit on him.

Erin - posted on 01/29/2010

I wouldn't say paralyzed, but I am cautious and take all appropriate preventative measures. I definitely agree with Dessah Harrison. Our moms and grandmas didn't have baby monitors, but we're all alive, aren't we? Not much about parenting itself has changed except the new technology that makes it easier and just a little safer.

Felicia - posted on 01/28/2010

wow. sounds just like me i was scared to death and now i see other mothers are the exact same as me.. i checked on my daughter constantly and i would randomly wake up in the middle of the night to see if she was ok and i have to have a tv on every night to see if she is ok. i think its pretty normal but now my daughter is getting older and im a little less worried!.. and i get more sleep!

Dessah - posted on 01/28/2010

NO! Don't be. Doctors aren't really sure what causes it anyways. Just think like your grandmother. (My philosophy on how to raise a good kid) My grandma had 5 kids and raised them on a farm. Every one of them slept on their tummies. Sometimes they'd go in a dresser drawer, or she'd lay them out on the front porch butt naked to get sunshine. You can't break a baby that easily. (how else do you think we made it through history without baby monitors and special sleeping equipment and all the fancy things merchants say we HAVE to buy in order to be good parents) Don't freak out. Mom's have been raising healthy kids since the beginning of time without even knowing what SIDS is. Just relax and trust yourself. Parenting comes naturally. You're not going to break your baby. Trust me. ;) If you worry too much though, get a co-sleeper. Ben sleeps with us, but I didn't buy the co-sleeper. I simply rolled up a towel really tight and slipped it under the fitted sheet of our bed. It makes the perfect hump that won't move and keeps him from rolling off. ;)

Don't worry.

Claire - posted on 01/27/2010

I was really worried bout it on my 1st so we got the angel care monitor - it has a sensor pad on it which sets off an alarm if it doesn't detect any movement after 20 seconds. It is brill and meant i could get some sleep! Used it right up until my daughter came out of the cot at 2.5 yrs its like a normal monitor. Have it again now on my second and wouldn't be without it!!!

Kayla - posted on 01/26/2010

YES!!! When my first son was born a year ago i couldnt sleep an hour without staring at him to see his belly moving up and down and i also had to feel his back constantly because he only liked sleeping on his belly. Now with my second child im not as worried for sids but i still constantly stare to see him breathing , i think its every moms worry :) lol

Lisa - posted on 01/25/2010

Hiya Summer.. I have a 2 year old, to which I worried constantly about SIDS.. In fact I checked on baby every hour and in between these times, I would have my eldest son or hubby check on him. When I went to the doctors they saw I looked very tired as lack of sleep from checking on baby all night.. I soon learned to relax some and not check on him hourly. It does get easier over time and the fear lessens. I now have a 5 week old and am not hovering over her.. I do not check her hourly either and I am able to sleep, but the worry of that is still there.. xxxxx

Stevie - posted on 01/25/2010

Yes! I never thought I would be with Rowan. It wasn't really a fear with Ethan, her older brother. But after Rowan's first few weeks were very traumatic for the family and after leaving the NICU - 3 weeks ago, we have invested in a "Snuggle Nest" which is like a co-sleeper in the bed and am now barely able to sleep. I am constantly touching her to make sure she is fine. Most nights when I do sleep, I wake up frantic. I know part of this is just the trauma of almost losing her and I really try not to think of it now. It doesn't always work but its better than what it was.

Leah - posted on 01/25/2010

Yes, if my daughter (6 Weeks) is sleeping in another room, i'll either have my hand on her back feeling her chest rise, or sometimes she's deadly still i'd have to gently nudge her to make sure she's okay. x

Julie - posted on 01/24/2010

I don't remember worrying so much about it with my first baby. But the first week or so after having my second, I would cry almost every day worrying that she'd suddenly be gone. Maybe it was just my hormones re-balancing or something though, because even though the idea still worries me, I stopped thinking about it as often after the first couple of weeks. (she's now 7 weeks)

Kylie - posted on 01/24/2010

its normal to be worried bout that, with both of my kids, son 2.5 daughter 6wks, weneva i changed the room around, my partner wud be delegated to the side that has just enuf room between the bed and the wall for him to get around so i cud have the cot next to the bed so i can keep an eye on things. As they get older the feelin eases

Darlene - posted on 01/24/2010

I don't know if I'd use the word paralized, but last night my son slept longer than usual and I woke up having to check on him. I did the same thing with my first son as he started to sleep longer.