It can happen to anyone - a parent's worst nightmare. But there are steps you can take to lowering the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). Just remember the rule of ABC.
Im a nurse. I vow to tell every single patient of mine or person I know the ABC's to help prevent SIDS. Also things that can reduce risk is not smoking around the baby, Have your baby sleep in your room but not in your bed. Dont overheat the baby. Give your baby a pacifier. If it falls out of their mouth dont put it back in but let them suck on it as long as they can in bed. Breastfeeding also reduces the risk. God bless all the famlies with newborns. I pray this never happens again to any more families. I cant even fathom what these families are going through.
@Lulu H if you have a cosleeper next to the bed blankets and pillows can still get flung in there. If there are blankets, positioners, stuffed animals, pillows etc in the cosleeper they can suffocate on that as well.
Lost my sister to this. Never got to know her. Even 34 years later, my mom still mourn her. There was nothing wrong with her, born naturally, normally, at term, no history of cardiac or respitory issues in the family, no malformations. She just died, one day in her crib...cant imagine the horror my parents went through when they found her.
Im just a sixteen-year-old boy who never plans on being a father, but Jesus. I can't imagine carrying a baby for nine months just to lose them once they're born.
If only I knew about this earlier before loosing my angel who was only 10 days old. .. I miss her every second of my life. Been 15 days since she left us.😢😢😢😢
Before I was born, my brothers both died within two weeks of their birth, before them one of my mom's younger brothers passed away at ten days. I'm the only living child she gave birth to, but I do have older siblings, step siblings on my dad's side. She didn't leave me alone for up to four months after my birth, she said sometimes she wouldn't sleep and would instead watch me sleep, at night to make sure I was still breathing. My dad had to pry her away from me so she could get some rest and only if he took over some of the nights. It was tough growing up, protective as she was, but I did understand it. She said it never really went away for her, and she never got over it not really, but has accepted that It wasn't her fault though it didn't subside her guilt, she learned to live with it, and it got a little eassier over the years. I'm sorry, I don't think any of this would make you feel better, really nothing anyone could say would after a situation like that, I just wanted to share, and hopefully, maybe just glimpse at life on the otherside of this situation.
Thank u julian may you be blessed. I guess the guilt in me wont go away easily. It will take time for me to heal. But yes in future if I am blessed again I pray that I will be alert. But yes I will always have a void that would never be filled
This is my greatest fear as a future parent. I’m praying for all the parents who have to fathom the unfathomable. My condolences to you if you’re reading this and you had to suffer through this. I’m so sorry.
Lost my baby girl at 4 months old!!! She rolled over in her bassinet. It was the extra blanket in the crib that she was maybe tangled in she was face down I rolled her over and she was stiff beautiful purple ish and unresponsive. I miss my baby so much 12 years old TODAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY KHALIAH my green eyed girl!! We miss you!!!! I was a college girl just tryna adjust to my new baby and it was amazing!! 💔💗🙏🏽
My twin brother died of SIDS. This was 40 years ago in 1982. Back then, it was called cot death and the government advice was different to what to do now to try to prevent it. There was no support for my parents outside of family members and my parents simply "got on with it." There was no therapy or anything. I always knew I had a twin brother but it was told to me in a way like "this is what happened and that is that." As I have got older, it has come to impact me more and more. RIP James. 3 months and 18 days old when you went to sleep forever.
Our baby was at the sitters, we both worked at Ford Motor Co. My husband came to my area and said we are going NOW, he said the police called Ford and told them he was taken to the hospital. Just before we got to the hospital we grabbed hands. THE worst day of my life, the sitter said he was sleeping in his 'punkin' seat when it all happened. He was 10 days short of 4 months old. That was on Dec 8, 1982, if it had not been for our other children we wouldn't even have had Christmas. The kids were as upset as we were. God has our little angel now. I can't wait to see him again
Although it wasn't SIDS, I was feeding my son Gregory while at home, by bottle and with baby formula, and as I was feeding him he passed out and stop breathing. He started turning blue and as I began to administer CPR and call 911, he woke up. Aside from my and my daughters medical experience, it was one of the most scariest moments of my life. He also had feeding problems after giving birth and had to be admitted to NICU. I never shared the at home incident with anyone.
Something similar happened with my daughter. My wife was nursing her and took her supporting hand off her breast to do something else, and our daughter was being suffocated by her breast. I looked over and said "baby her arms are blue" and she took her off and her legs and arms were blue/purple and she was lethargic. We were absolutely terrified but we kept rubbing her and massaging her and she thankfully started breathing clear which made her limbs go back to healthy color. That was the end of nursing for us. Bottle only from then on. Hasn't happened again since. To all you ladies out there breastfeeding, do not leave your smushed under your breast. You must support their airway by pulling back your breast to make sure their nose is completely clear at all times. We almost lost our precious angel that terrifying day. Please be careful.
That might be a blue baby syndrome. When baby cries a lot, they start grumping so hard that they hold their breath and start turning blue. In such scenario, we should turn our babyand tap on the lower neck. Once they start breathing, they become normal. It is normal unless until their lips turn blue which is a danger sign.
I just lost my granddaughter... they followed these rules.. she was such a joy and such a good, easy baby. Scarlett had just turned two months old a few days before...
@@otisrush8110 I pray for you both to have a good rest of your life, no one should have this happen. Cruel world, but I hope you have the strength to carry on.
@@BarryMichaels Sunday August 2020 I was alone in my bedroom,resting from a long work week when I hear my own mom's frantic voice screaming "OTIS OUT YOUR SHOES ON,OSTIA(my daughter)SAY THE AIDEN'S NOT BREATHING!!! all the CPR training,safety classes and first aid training I have meant NOTHING!!! I tried😭😭😭.oh my God it hurts so bad and I'm just the granddaddy,I cant imagine what my daughter is goin thru...its hard not to be selfish...I'll be 44 on the 24 of this March,,he was born on the 3rd of this month..
@@otisrush8110 You will never forget him, and you shouldn't ever either, but adventually I hope you can pass the stage of grief. Time heals all, make sure you stay close to your daughter and support her the best you can as she will feel lost at this moment. My thoughts are with you brother, for now it will be painful but that will pass, and all you will have is the cherished moments. It pains me to think such things can happen to those who are innocent completely but the world is a cruel and brutal place, It is deeply disheartening to hear news about this. And do not blame yourself, you tried your best you physically couldn't have done anything else.
Tough subject matter for any parent, any baby/ child at any age. It seems most discussions about this, SIDS, sudden infant death syndrome, reference babies sleeping on their back. It seems the babies should have their heads not flat to their backs at all times, thus they’re positioned to the side left to right and on the back of their head with a head/neck pillow that restricts shift movements. God protect the little babies, keeping them safe. May God’s love comfort any family/parent impacted by this type of loss, the loss of a child at any age.
I don't know why it's so hard to believe. I just couldn't ever heal from seeing such a sight especially thinking the baby is perfectly healthy and happy 😩
My first baby died of SIDS. The babysitter put him down for a nap on her bed and not a crib. This was over 30 years ago, there was no ABC or even Back to Sleep. It almost killed me.
It might be heavy to watch over a baby 24 7 but that hard work will pay off as you see them grow up,dont ignore any moment your baby is breathing, if you need some sleep you must have someone wathing over them when you sleep,stay strong parents❤❤❤
The video never mentioned the most important thing to do to prevent cot death and that is to breast feed your baby; This will dramatically reduce the chances of your child dying. My husband lost 3 grandchildren all were bottle fed.
I'm very sorry to have read this ma'am I just because a new father and it frightens me that something will happen to my little girl, I'm doing as much research as possible to keep her with us.
@OeishaB sids is a cytokine storm after childhood vaccines. It usually occurs within two weeks of routine vaccines. Please don’t vaxx anymore of your babies! Change doctors if they try to force you, tell them you’re “delaying” and “thinking about it” and change docs if you have to.
Never let your baby sleep in your back and never fall asleep with your baby in your arms i do belive sometimes this can be prevented with commen sense and listening to medical professionals
This is the saddest thing I've ever seen. I'm so so sorry fpr.the loss of all these beautiful babies. My daughter passed at 17 days ild but not from sids
This is an excellent and powerful video. Please add a trigger warning before it starts to inform viewers about the emotional content. We used it as part of a training on infant sleep and several viewers experienced traumatic reactions. Thank you for your consideration.
No disrespect meant here, but life is hard....and there are things in life that are upsetting and people need to be able to deal with those things. Trigger warnings on content being shown to people being trained for safe sleep for their baby is ridiculous....they NEED to know what can happen, what has happened to others, without being given the option to skip that content that makes them uncomfortable. There is too much coddling going on in the west, and people are much weaker for it, and unable to cope with regular life because of it. So no....trigger warnings do NOT need to be added to something like this because this information saves lives even if it makes someone uncomfortable.
SIDS has correlations with cold weather at night time. Since babies can't really regulate their body temperatures well, parents just fill their beds with blankets, warm pjs, big pillows etc. Which may be one of the leading causes for sudden infant death. Just do a research on Skinner cribs. That's how I built one myself for my daughter, no warm clothes no blankets just constant balmy computer regulated temperature all night in cold winters
that's not true at all. Most babies get vaccines between month 2-4 which coincides with the peak age of SIDS. Correlation does not imply causation. Related studies that confirm there is no link: Moro PL, Perez-Vilar S, Lewis P, Bryant-Genevier et all " Safety Surveillance of Diphteria and Tetanus Toxoids.... " Moon RY " TASK FORCE SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME" pediatrics 2016:138(5) Eriksen Em, Arana J, Cano M, Lewis P, Shimabukuru TT "Deaths Reported to the Vaccine Averse Event Reporting System in the United States 1997-2013" and many more
I lost my baby 3 months old... something happened in just few minutes of feeding...he would be 9 months by tomorrow...i don't want to live in a world without him...but don't know the way to death
Im sending prayers to you and your family, love. I can’t imagine how it is to lose your most loved one, your little human. I hope you’ll feel better soon and start healing. You can take all the time in the world. Your baby is now in safe hands away from this cruel world. He will be remembered! ❤
I lost my son to SIDS too, and I also partially blame myself. But we can't do that to ourselves. That's not fair to us. We did the best we could with what we had to work with at the time. We need to go easy on ourselves. We did everything we thought of at the time to protect our babies. Tragedy happens. Nature can be brutal. We did everything we could for our little ones and yet they just slipped through our fingers.
My baby slept during the day on my bed… I watched her sleep for hours she was just perfect, sleeping, moving but after leaving the room for a few minutes it happened 😭😭😭😭😭😭 I can't sleeping 😭😭😭 I miss her so much 😭😭😭 I blame myself too much 😭😭😭 maybe I shouldn't leave the bedroom 😭😭 I feel like I let her down… if I wasn't got out of the bedroom for the kitchen nothing like this will happen😭😭😭😭😭😭
Sids happens in crips with babies on their backs... My son slept with me and is now 2 and still sleeps with me. Judge all ya want. My little guy was lucky to be alive. And I wanted him near me. I barely slept from making sure he was okay. Sometimes he slept on my chest so I could feel him breath.
it’s not saying it can’t happen, it’s just saying it prevents the risk. Your baby could’ve fallen off your chest while you were both sleeping and you wouldn’t have known. I’m really glad they’re okay and that didn’t happen, just don’t tell people not to do this method.
Same my daughter is 2 and has coslept with me since the beginning. The thing about the safe sleep steps is that it prevents babies from sleeping. I think the strategy is.. "Baby can't die in sleep if it isn't sleeping".
In co-sleep with my two daughters. They are two and four now. I did it because I read so much on sids that I wanted to know if they were breathing at all times. Co sleeping it’s amazing if is done properly.
@@anialca2621 yes agreed co sleeping is amazing. I currently co sleeping with my 1 month baby girl. And the 2 year old is in the same took beside my husband and I been. So still co sleeping. The beds are side by side!! I love it. Wouldn't have it any other way.
