Is cot death prevalant in Thailand, or on a par as in western country's.
Is cot death prevalant in Thailand, or on a par as in western country's.
Hmm. Without doing a lot of checking, I think the incidence is lower in Thailand. This is attributed to the habit of mothers here always sleeping with the baby.
providing (and this is a big providing) the mother is not drunk or drugged, they are very, very sensitive to the baby while sleeping.
A bit morbid Mozzbie. Is there a reason why you are asking ?Originally Posted by Mozzbie47
^^l will be a grand father in a couple of months time, l asked my Thai wife about it, she was under the impression it didnt happen as much in Thailand.
Besides that, what is morbid, it's a fact of life, i've asked what l concider a lagit question. Thai's might shed a different light on the subject, people in the western world do tend to think asian's are stupid, l dont.
The wikki article on it is pretty good:
Sudden infant death syndrome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It does not agree with my comment above about co-sleeping, but suggests that best is separate bed in the same room with (by rough consensus) the baby on its back, with no bedding that can go over its head.
Problem is, that the SIDS really just means "we don't know why the baby died" - i.e. no clear cause and so there are potentially many different causes, with interuppted breathing being possibly only the most common.
On a side note, in my own personal experience, Thais almost by instinct underestimate their national association with problems - "were not like that" - only sometimes is that supported by the evidence.
I had a brother who died of cot death. He wasn't smothered. He was in his crib. I still don't understand why it happened.
Congratulations mate. They're supposed to be great grandkids, nice to give them back after a long dayOriginally Posted by Mozzbie47
It's something you cannot control, sometimes these things happen. The odds of it happening to you, are miniscule you will find.Originally Posted by Mozzbie47
I have had a few kids, I've always slept with them in my bed between me and their Mom
YepOriginally Posted by nidhogg
I believe it can happen to any race.Originally Posted by Mozzbie47
I found this for you
Child rearing and cultural beliefs a... [J Paediatr Child Health. 1998] - PubMed - NCBIChild rearing and cultural beliefs and practices amongst Thai mothers in Victoria, Australia: implications for the sudden infant death syndrome.
Rice PL, Naksook C.
Source
School of Public Health, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia. pranee@Latrobe.edu.au
Abstract
OBJECTIVE:
To examine the perceptions of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and to describe the role of cultural beliefs and practices on child rearing amongst Thai mothers in Victoria, Australia.
METHODOLOGY:
In-depth interviews and participant observation conducted with 30 Thai mothers during 1995-96.
RESULTS:
SIDS was not known amongst these Thai mothers prior to migration to Australia. However, they were aware of SIDS when they gave birth here and all of them expressed fear about their baby's death. Due to this fear, most mothers tended to follow Thai beliefs and practices strictly to prevent death. These included breast-feeding, not leaving the infant alone at nighttime, placing the infant on the side or back to sleep, and bedsharing. It is considered that there are numerous evil spirits who may harm the infant, but some are benevolent and protect the newborn, such as ancestral spirits and the guardian angel of a child. Several Thai rituals are carried out to protect the newborn from ill health and death, including inviting the soul of the infant to reside in his or her body, and ritual clipping and shaving the hair of the newborn within the first month of life.
CONCLUSIONS:
Cultural beliefs, rituals and child-rearing practices help Thai parents to overcome their fear of SIDS. Hypotheses derived from Asian parents' child rearing practices may be useful in further SIDS research.
Mothers sleeping with babies is discouraged by most non-Asian "experts." Indeed, they encourage the baby sleep in a separate room after a few months -- to develop a rhythm and lessen separation anxiety which begins to occur about 7-8 months.
Unattended babies in a crib are encouraged to sleep on their backs as they can suffocate on pillows, stuffed animals, clothing, bedsheets or plastic bags.
Unexplained child death, SIDS, probably occurs here at close to the same rate as anywhere else. Thai's usually rig up a hammock for the baby to sleep in during the daytime and sleeps with mother at night, rarely unattended. If the baby were to die, Thais would come to a superstitious conclusion rather than try to find the cause -- which might infer fault, which would be bad.
In my opinion, the occurrence of SIDS is reduced greatly by a competent, alert caregiver who is with the baby for most of the day and mother nearby at night.
Great replys, thank you.
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