Stayseeliz Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 A family that we used to go to church with lost their 8 month old this morning. The mom posted on facebook "If you co-sleep and there is a gap between your matress and headboard fix it or find somewhere else to sleep!". Co-sleeping can be very safe and I have co-slept with all my kids at some point but this a good reminder and it made me double check around my bed, etc just to make sure we were good to go. I thought it might be a good reminder for all! Please be in prayer for this family! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustybug Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 :sad::sad:How awful for that family! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommymilkies Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 How awful! I've never been able to afford a bed with a headboard or baseboard, and we sleep on a mattress on the ground. It's important to be safe whether you are cosleeping or not. Was this an issue with the bed itself? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlessedMom Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 :grouphug: Praying for this family. :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara in AZ Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 So sad to hear about this. That is good advice. We have purposely put off buying a fancy bedframe until the babies are out of our bed. We do have a sidecar crib arrangement, though, and there is a slight gap between the crib mattress and our bed. With baby #1, I was very careful to keep a rolled up towel there, but I've grown pretty lax about it over the years. Another thing to be extra careful about if you have that set up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleIzumi Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 How sad!!!!!! :grouphug::grouphug::grouphug::grouphug::grouphug::grouphug: to them. Those risk factors are serious things to think about when cosleeping. Like a PP, we cosleep but with the mattress on the floor. It terrifies my mom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I.Dup. Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 How terrible and tragic. :( :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollyh Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 I don't understand what the problem would be with a gap? Sorry, uneducated on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 I don't understand what the problem would be with a gap? Sorry, uneducated on this. Baby could squirm around and get his/her head stuck in the gap and suffocate. I think it would be fairly unlikely that you wouldn't notice, but it could happen. I keep my cosleeping baby a bit lower (not right up between the adults' pillows), and I keep a (firm) pillow upright between the mattress and headboard, just for that purpose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaceyinLA Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 I'll be praying for that family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazakaal Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 How horrible. Praying for that family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgiana Daniels Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 So, so sad. I wouldn't have thought the space between the mattress and head board would be a problem. Never occurred to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 :grouphug::grouphug::grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stayseeliz Posted June 19, 2012 Author Share Posted June 19, 2012 They said he got his head stuck between the headboard and mattress and suffocated. I have heard of it happening. We haven't had a headboard since we bought our bed in 2006 and now I am very glad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justamouse Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 That poor family. How tragic. :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrappyhomeschooler Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 So awful and sad. :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julzar Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 That is terrible! Praying.....:grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela in ohio Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 They said he got his head stuck between the headboard and mattress and suffocated. I have heard of it happening. We haven't had a headboard since we bought our bed in 2006 and now I am very glad. More often you hear that they rolled into the spcae between the bed and the wall and died that way. I've not heard of the headboard before, either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 oh my that poor family. Like many others I have not had a headboard/foot board on my bed as long as littles have ben co sleeping. I do have a beautiful old bed to assemble when I am done with cosleeping and buy a fabulous new mattress too (didn't want a new one while little kids still coslept and wet the bed, or puked, or drooled etc. Praying for that family, I can not imagine the guilt they must feel for a horrible accident. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
besroma Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 So sad. Praying. :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In the Rain Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 How very sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueenCat Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 How very sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BatmansWife Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 :crying: Awww...the poor little guy. So sad for his family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tohru Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 How Terrible! So awful and sad. :grouphug: I didn't know that any co-sleepers actually slept with a bed and boxspring, let alone a headboard. I just assumed everyone put their mattress on the floor so the little one wouldn't fall so far if they rolled or crawled off the bed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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