confuddledDOTcom I'm quite well aware that in real life babies do die especially more than once in 20 years. I was simply making the point that if soaps go back to an issue they've covered in the past they will try and put a new spin on it - which is quite true.
As much as some might like to argue that soaps are some people's source of reality everyone knows that they are no reflection whatsoever of real life - if they were you'd never ever hear a swear word, you'd always be able to find employment 100 yeards from your front door and we'd all live in a houses like a tardis that accommodated as many friends/family members as we cared to invite in to live.
Of course no one who found themselves in such tragic circumstances would swap a baby in real life, it's just not typical behaviour, or behaviour that anyone has seen replicated anywhere in real life but this is a silly soap.
A silly soap that, granted, millions of people watch but I'd be surprised if more than a totally deluded handful of people believe to have any bearing on reality.
The one thing that was blown out of all proportion here I feel was the extent to which this storyline was capable of convincing viewers that Ronnie's behaviour was a true reflection and accurate portrayal of how a typical bereaved mother would react.