It’s been more than 12 months since a child in the Hunter has died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
Experts can’t explain why and mothers who’ve lost a baby say it’s no reason to stop looking for answers.
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It’s been more than 12 months since a child in the Hunter has died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
Experts can’t explain why and mothers who’ve lost a baby say it’s no reason to stop looking for answers.
I am a father of seven children and grandfather of twenty-one. I am a 73 year-old mechanical engineer and successful inventor.
Like most parents, I have always had concerns about SIDS.
After reading the recent news stories about the 73% reduction in SIDS if there was a fan in the room, I wondered how this could be. It occurred to me that we exhale carbon dioxide as we breath. Carbon dioxide is much heavier that air.
If the baby is placed in a basin-shaped bassinet or a crib with bumper pads or even blankets that can form a depression, there is a possibility that the “basin” can fill with carbon dioxide gas, much like water. Eventually the sleeping infant can drown in this deepening pool of gas.
Oxygen in this pool is depleted, while, simultaneously, the toxicity level of the carbon dioxide is increasing
If the baby is on its back, than the pool has to get much deeper before it can become a problem.
A room fan can perhaps stir enough air to disrupt this gas pool, if it is properly located.
I believe a better approach would be to place a very small fan directly on the crib or bassinet.
I invented a special mini-fan for this purpose.
It is here: http://www.Infantaire.com, if anyone is interested.