So much for the research and statistics: 20% of SIDS victims are kids of smokers or mothers who were smoking before or during pregnangcy.
Recent studies from Germany show that especially the DTP immunisation can cause or dramatically increase the risk for SIDS.
There is a lot of criticism reaching the WHO and national health organisations daily regarding their current immunisation recommendations.
In Guinea the number of deaths doubled after introducing quadruple jabs on recommendation of the WHO.
What was the name again of this old bastard, the paediatrician who served as an expert witness and brought so many women into trouble by saying: One case of SIDS in a family is a drama, two cases are suspicious and three cases are murder.
He was long time said to be one of the most respected paediatricians in Britain. His statistics were pretty simple: The probability of one case of SIDS in a family would be 1:8,000. Postulating a complete independence of each single case he came to the conclusion that the probability of 2 SIDS cases in a family would be 1:64,000,000. Fundamentally flawed as we see today, as 2 cases suggest a genetical disposition in the family and in turn a much higher risk based on the fact that there has been already an incident in a family.
I'm very happy for you guys if you feel comfortable with your peer-reviewed research (what if all of those peers are idiots?). But I don't and that is why I read also the controversial sites on the internet, being driven by people who are just as qualified researchers as the ones working for the national organisations.
For me, it is like with many things in life: If you get conflicting argumentation, which is equally well researched and comes to virtually opposite conclusions, then it might still be the best option to go with your gut feeling.
The "clique" thing is still on: This is not about exchanging opinions, this is a forum for people to reassure each other how good citizens they are, because the follow all the recommendations of so many institutes and organisations. Because you are so fearful, you need this reasurrance, just in case when anything goes wrong, you can try to lie to yourself that you did the best you could do. But bear in mind, that despite that you can still fail, and no matter what you do, or tried to follow: if your baby dies, you will feel guilty for the rest of your life. The WHO will not help you in this case.
If you are sure about what you are doing, you don't need this reassurance. I know, that I'm doing the right thing and I'm absolutely comfortable with anyone to disagree, no matter how many you are or how opinionated you are. It will not cause me one single sleepless night.
And yes - sleep is very important, even if you want to deny it. If you sleep well, you have much better moods, you will be more active and spread more happiness and your baby will feel that and react accordingly. Evenly important is the sleep for the baby itself. It is good for their development and will make them feel better as well.
I can tell the difference when I see our son, smiling all day, especially next to kids who are miserable all day, last but not least because of their miserable mothers, who didn't sleep properly for weeks and months and are not able to even fake a two second smile. But at least they did everything right. If there kids are not happy doesn't really matter, does it?
As many times you have an option to be one of the sheep following blindly or steer your life on your own. I prefer option 2) I don't disrespect people for choosing option 1), but I would rather they not try to indoctrinate others just to make themselves feel better.