To think FSID shouldn't be promoting the use of dummies?

[TheDevilWearsPrimark]

here

I think the advice is based on very loose research evidence and they are wrong to suggest your child is unsafe if you do not use one.

Oh and I see they have 'joined partnership' with MAM.

Call me a sceptic but it's just wrong.

i wondered as well about BF-ing and dummy use? I know my friend's babies wouldn't take dummies because of BF-ing and nipple confusion (or something?)

Dont like them, wouldnt use them but if the research is correct then it should be made public, grobag have been backed by fsid for ages.

Why does it lower the risk though?

It doesnt give any actual information!

It is very loose research though and certainly not valid enough to actively promote the use of dummies, which can cause all sorts of problems later. Surely?

I read about this in the press at the time the research results were made public and it was all very sound stuff about dummy usage lowering the risk of SID.

I imagine people were very sceptical about the "putting babies on their backs to sleep" advice when it first came out too.

If we can overlook the marketing opportunities for MAM it is a good thing to spread the message even if commercial enterprises benefit as a result.

Would a thumb not have the same effect, ggg? Without the disadvantage of him being unable to relace it??

and again they promote 'grobag' not the many other sleeping bag manufacturers.
Fair enough they need corporate sponsorship but I think it tasteless to promote specific brands with regards to such an important issue.

What sort of problems TheDevil?

Not all babies who have dummies become completely attached to them.

I was most pleased when this piece of research was published - mainly to shut my mother up whose fave thing was to bleat on about how bad it was to give me constantly screaming baby a dummy (and I mean constant - he had sever reflux)

Why shouldn't they be in partnership with MAM? They are a charity. If sponsorship means they can keep going with their research and prevent the death of a child, then it's ok by me.

IMHO, snobbiness about babies using dummies is just yet another stick with which to beat already desperate new parents. FGS, I wouldn't give DS1 his dummy in public, what was all that about?

What problems later ?

I'd rather take my chances with wrestling a dummy off a 4 year old and know that in allowing them to use a dummy I'd possibly reduced the risk of SID.

Note I say allowing them to use one, not forcing them to use one. Its down to a baby's preference at the end of the day.

Sound as the often touted mmr research was? or actually sound

They use dummies on some neonatal wards to help strengthen the lungs.

It coudl also be related that maybe.

Corporate sponsorship is a fact of life when it comes to health campaign groups, which are either not funded at all by the DoH, or woefully underfunded.
MAM's and Grobag's money will be used to send information packs to bereaved parents, support CONI research and initiatives, educate health professionals, pay FSID's rates and phone bills etc

I agree that dummy sucking can cause problems later on, but only if it's prolonged
I sucked my thumb for 14 years - I have probs with my teeth as a result and have had 4 ops and extensive orthodontic treatment to correct the problems thumb sucking caused

I don;t hear people getting snobby about thumb sucking

What are these problems encountered later TDWP ?

so in answer to your question, YABU. IMHO

Marina's post explains everything I think.

www.babyfriendly.org.uk/items/item_detail.asp?item=140

Firstly, we must look at other research (2) into dummies and SIDS. This tends to show that babies who used a dummy during their last sleep were less likely to die, but that routine dummy use is not protective. This may indicate that infants are at greater risk of SIDS if they routinely use a dummy but have not been given their dummy on a particular night.

Secondly, the potential risks of dummy use need to considered. These include:

• interference with good establishment of breastfeeding in the early weeks
• increased risk of otitis media infection
• increased dental malocclusion
• risk of accidents such as obstruction of the airway