Something to Sleep On Research on infant sleep risks, which we go over in depth in Chapter 19, shows again and again that the big risks of shared sleep are a mix of SIDS risks that
affect vulnerable babies and breathing hazards that affect all babies: smoking, alcohol or drugs, risky surfaces like sofas, baby on his front (unless he's on an adult's chest), and formula - feeding.
Not exact matches
The problem I have is that your not so altruistic «concern» for women and their
babies is
affecting the lives
vulnerable of women who haven't built up the same level of immunity to your bullshit as I have.
Experts believe that SIDS occurs at a particular point in a
baby's development, and that it
affects babies who are more
vulnerable to environmental stresses.
If you have a smaller milk storage capacity, a
vulnerable milk supply, a
baby who is distracted or busy during the day, or a
baby who has any sort of feeding issue such as low muscle tone or perhaps a tongue tie that
affects how effectively he feeds, your
baby may take less milk at each feed so he will need more feeds over a day (and night) to get his «quota».
Some autopsy data shows that infants of smokers have signs of established hypoxic - ischemic cellular injury in the brain and the heart which probably occurred in antenatal life, may have been caused by suboptimal placental function and may have been sub-clinical, but if the
baby continues to be in a
vulnerable environment exposed to post-natal passive smoking, this could
affect autonomic nervous system function and lead to poor temperature control, and poor heart rate and respiration control.
Babies in the womb and young children are most
vulnerable to mercury, as it can adversely
affect the development of the cognitive, motor, and sensory centers within the brain.