Co-sleeping Mother Charged in Baby's Death

In India, in rural places...100 percent of women co sleep with their babies ..no incidence such as this...honestly it depends upon sleeping habits I suppose. If the lady is accustomed to large bed and sleeping alone...that can be dangerous I suppose, because we are so overpopulated and accustomed to sleeping in congested way ...I guess we are programmed differently.

Wow all I can say is how sad. Yes I find this a dangerous thing anything could happen. I never slept with my babies or had them sleep with me they had their own bed in their own room. As for this mother you think she would have learned the first time when this happen.

My first response was sorrow for her, then I looked at her history of violence. I don't know if she did it on purpose but I remember as a new mom falling asleep feeding my child at 3am. When I woke up he was on the floor asleep where apparently he'd rolled out of my arms as I fell asleep. I was horrified and so grateful that he wasn't hurt! I never let myself be that sleepy again. New moms and even moms with toddlers are run ragged and often exhausted, we fall asleep at odd times because we are so tired. I'm not going to judge this woman, it's something she'll have to live with.

I never did, I was just to paranoid. I always had their bed nearby so I could hear them and tend to them though.

she's had TWO children die that way? oh my gosh! we were co-sleepers with all of our children. i'll be honest, i didn't sleep very well during that time because i was scared of something happening with the children.

I never slept with my babies. I guess it is dangerous. Certainly it was in this person's case.

We had a crib for our daughters in our bedroom until they were a little older then they slept in the same crib but in their room.

I did not co sleep with either of my babies, I was too afraid of smothering them.

I don't have any children, but if I did I would not sleep with an infant because of that danger.

With the number of arrests she has it is not very much of a surprise. It is more of a surprise that they sent the baby home from the hospital with her.

I hope she thinks about it while serving in jail as to how babies are important in the mother's life.

About 15 years ago, this very same thing happened to my next door neighbor. She was co-sleeping with her newborn daughter, and rolled over on her during the night, smothering the infant. It was a tragic accident, but she was never charged with manslaughter.

I fell asleep only once when I was nursing my daughter. Nothing happened with her. The fact this happened twice to the same woman, and both times the baby was days old, suggests to me there was more going on with her falling asleep with her baby. It seemed deliberate to me and I would have to agree with that police chief.

No kids here and don't want any but - it just seems like a dangerous idea...I mean co-sleeping

I have never co-slept with my children. I didn't think it was a good idea, for many reasons. I think some independence even as a baby is a good idea. They don't always need to be attached at the hip, they need to be able to sleep on their own. I'm pretty sure this mother had other issues going on...those poor babies. =(

heart-breakin' :( i watched the broadcast 'n wonder how much guilt her family now carries's well? 't said her sister knew she'd issues'n didn't get the help/support she needed. sadly, 'tis the babe who suffered...'n the one prior.

I think there is more to the story and we will probably never know it.