Re: Infant flat skulls can be avoided: U.S. doctors

"JG" <jg030103@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> The chance of an infant dying as a result of being placed on his/her
> stomach to sleep are *extemely* remote.

But measurable. The concerns you are raising have no measurable adverse
outcomes. I can see not wanting to go to great effort or expense to save a
few lives but when it is as simple as putting them down face up rather
than
face dowm it seems silly not to.


>  (Indeed, I think the "BtS"
> campaign has gotten too much of the credit for the reduction in SIDS; a
> "campaign" advising parents to clear their infant's sleeping area of
> toys, pillows, etc. has been concurrently conducted, and no doubt should
> also be credited for many "saved" lives.)

Not during all the studies that showed a decreased incidence of SIDS.

> If a child sleeps *much*
> better on his/her stomach (falls asleep faster, stays asleep longer), it
> makes much better sense, IMO, to let him/her do so.

At least (s)he will be a well rested corpse.


>
> There's a trade-off to be made in the case of kids whose heads become
> pronouncably misshapen:  Are the costs (financial and other) of having
> the deformity corrected worth the benefit (very, very small) of forcing
> an infant to sleep on his/her back?   Likewise (alternatively), are the
> costs of *not* correcting a noticable deformity (teasing, ridiculing,
> name-calling, ...[= bullying, these days]) worth it?

You tell us. What is the cost of correcting these deformities caused by
BTS?
Compare that to the number of lives saved. How many of these kids are
noticibly deformed by the time they get to school age? How much teasing
/life is worthwhile?



> "Doomsday," IMO, is already upon us (the US).  The point of my posting
> the article (along with my comments) was not to lament the creation of a
> society with weird-shaped-head kids (hell, some of the kids whom I tutor
> have deformities/conditions that they'd undoubtedly trade for a
> flattened head in a heartbeat), but to deplore the existence of a
> society in which parents apparently can't discern and resolve problems
> for themselves.

Why do you assume this? Maybe they can and they just don't come tot he
same
conclusions as you.

--
CBI, MD