Since watching Emmerdale and Laurel loosing her baby, I have been terrifed that my little girl who is 6 months ( and perfectly healthy) is going to die. She has 100% cotton sheets on her bed, no bumpers, pillows or quilts, and has a cellular blanket over her to sleep. We have a themometer in there as well so we know to keep it at right temperature all the time, also air her room every day. But i am just so worried that I'm going to lose her. It also doesnt help that a girl who i know had her baby boy die of cot death just after christmas and he was 5 months, and she too had cotton sheets etc etc like us.

Has anyone else had this problem?

Thanks xx

I think most mothers worry about cot death. It's so scary because there seems to be no reasoning behind it. You can take all the recommended precautions as your friend did and there are still no guarantees. But worrying is a huge part of being a mum. You're always going to have something to worry about. I was obsessesed with the idea that someone was going to grab my baby when we were out. I spent so many days indoors because I was afraid to go out with him when he was tiny. Then I realized that I was depriving us both. There's nothing wrong or unnatural about worrying. Just don't let it ruin the time you spend with your baby

hello,i think its probably more common that you think that people think like that,i was a little more scared becouse my brother died of cotdeath when he was a baby,so what i did before my LO one was born was buy a baby monitor with the sensor mat,which has eased my mind no end! i think i will be still using it when hes 18 :lol: hes nearly 1 and iam still not ready to turn it off,even though i should becouse he all over the cot when he sleeps and when he sleeps right at the top or bottom of the cot the mat cant detect his breathing and sets off.

sarah
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My cousin died from cot death and when sam (who is 6 months old now) was first born I was terrified of losing him. I actually spent many weeks preparing myself, waiting for it to happen (I suffer from bad PND and I reckon this has something to do with it

It is really scary. like the first time you both sleep through you wake in a panic cos they havent woken you, but I think Allie is right you will always be worried about something, just thinking about when they are old enough to go out on their own or even when they are old enough to go out drinking or something, send shivers through me.

Have you thought about using the baby sleeping bags Garfield? I know they put my mind at rest a great deal cos Iwasnt worrying that the blanket had gone over his head.

Im terrified about cot death-the emmerdale storyline was aired the day i came out of hospital with 1 st baby. I was hysterical-cot death was something that id been worrird about all throgh my pregnancy anyway. I brought an angel care monitor and alfie sleeps in a sleeping bag. It has given me peace of mind but the fear never goes away. As Allie73 says just try to enjoy your baby but it is hard not to worry about it.

worrying is part of being a mum, I worried myself sick with my first and second so when baby no3 came along i bought the angelcare monitor with the sensor pad, although it doesnot guarantee against cot death it certainly gave me piece of mind and i was alot more relaxed, i also use it for Isaac and he is going to be 1 next week , i really think its time to take the sensor mat off but i just cant do it yet.

This must be every mothers worst nightmare. I could not watch Emmerdale knowing what was going to happen. Even though I worry about it a lot, my LO sleeps on his stomach due to several reasons. I have to stop myself from getting over paranoid. It hasn't helped that I know someone whos 4 month old has just died of SID...her LO was playing and it suddenly happened. I also had a next door neighbour who's LO died of cot death and remember speaking to another neighbour about it...she was told by the paramedics that if its going to happen it will, if that makes any sense?
I am going to the funeral tomorrow and dreading it...i just dont know how i could cope if it happened to me yet i would drive myself into such a deep depression if i keep thinking that.
Easier said than done sometimes with being a new mum and being hormonal and emotional, plus the fact you cannot justify why it has to happen in the first place, but you have to try very hard to put it to the back of your mind and just enjoy every moment.

Sorry, just also want to say because of this post you will probably hear loads of stories now about people who know people who have had babies and died of cot death which probably wont help at all....dont let this get you down further, just think of all the babies in the world and the amount of people you know who have kids and are fine x

This is something that worries me senseless!! I can't allow myself to ponder on it for too long because I would just become obsessed with it and think of nothing else. I really think it is a case of because you love your lo so much in the world that you can't bear the thought of anything so bad happening, that you can't help but think of it happening...if that makes sense?

I think it is also worse if you know of someone who has had a baby die as it drives it home just how possible it is.
I just try and focus on how many babies are ok compared to how many that die from this awful thing. It seems so unfair that a new baby could be taken away so soon, it is just heartbreaking!

I pray everyday that my baby will be safe and are just so thankful he is with me day after day. We should cherish every single day and appreciate every minute we have!