photo credit: dharmacat

Many new mothers will be too busy to read this blog, so will you be a good friend  and pass on this reminder to them?  It could save lives.

It is easy to become sleep deprived when you have an infant in the house.  Night feedings and/or a wailing baby can make life miserable for a few weeks or months.  Many women in this condition probably should not even drive, they are in such a fuzzy state of being.  Sometimes all that sustains them is the knowledge that it won't last forever, even if it feels like it will.

During this incredibly trying time, parents are often tempted to put the baby in bed with them, where it is easier to soothe the infant back to sleep.  Most parents have gotten away with it at least a few times in the child's early life.  They had no thought of the peril they were presenting to their little love.  They never considered that they could become so deep in sleep that they might roll over and smother the life away from their baby.

Heartbreakingly, it has happened three times in Riverside, CA  this month alone.

Please warn new mothers of this danger.  I pray it will be enough to ensure, in the middle of the night, that they return the baby to the safety of the crib.  

The Schoolmarm