bubbalicious: the place for young parents

bit harsh :\ because im young im putting my baby at risk :(

I don't think its right to compare 'young mum's' to 'older mum's all the time. Age is just a number and it doesn't define whether you'll be a good mother or not. I don't drink, smoke or take drugs but i know of a woman who has also recently had a child that does all of the above and is in her later 30's! As a young mum i made myself well aware of all the precautions to take to help prevent cot death.

i dont like this artical they are wrong younger mums are just the same as older mums }:(

Statistics are probably made up so the goverment can try and reduce the chances of young girls getting pregnant, they are all a bunch of liars at the end of the day, they lie their way into power and the will lie their way through any 'issue' they dont like!!! It doesnt matter how old you are, ANY child could die from cot death, it could be a 16 year old single mum or a 30something married mother, its not about your age, it is just one of these things that happen! They are just looking for someone to blame!! x

I hate this article!

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it depends on what the government are counting as a young mum and also are they using the same amount of young mums and old mums in comparison because it could be there are more young mums than old mums or is it just a tactic to try and prevent teenage pregnancies x

I think that they are just trying to make people think that young mums make bad parents. It doesn't matter how old u r! :(

This is rather annoying, age is just a number!!! x

i think evrey mother has the same rights,, no older mothers r more better than younger mothers. statistics dont mean anything. its taking care of ur baby and making sure u dont put them at risk. what makes us young mothers so different from older mums. /?

Its quite sad 2 read, us young mums love our babies just as much as older mums and i feel very sorry 4 any1 who loses a baby, whatever age they or their baby are! :(

I think either young mothers or older mothers ..its all the same for everybody! x

typical, its all on young mums again! its silly, i dont think age comes into it if im honest - if your mature enough to bring a child into the world then sure enough you can stay clear from them sorts of things, its a absolute awful thing to happen and god forbid if it did but how can it happen more to younger mums? i think that it could happen to any age range of mothers¬

its not fair to say that young mums are more at risk... theres not one young mum i know that wouldnt do everything they can to prevent cot death- exactly the same as older mums.

this can happen to anyone the steps will help everybody

it could happen to anyone. following the steps to prevent it will help anyone.

This is the last thing we need to hear =/

Statistics may be true but there's steps to take that decrease the chance of cot death. Not smoking when pregnant, feet to foot, not smoking around your baby once it's born, not sharing a bed at to young an age, not letting their bedroom or nursery overheat, tucking blankets around the sides of cots so they can't cover their face or overheat with to much of their bodies concealed. Only ones I can think of at the top of my head but google cot death & you'll have many others to prevent it. Sometimes cot death happens even if you do everything to 'prevent' it! It's just a matter of life & people shouldn't be scared they should just think positive & do everything they no & can to prevent it. It's a silly thing for the government to allow to be checked & published as if younger parents already don't have enough to deal with without this extra factor of 'why you shouldn't have a baby young' :) xx

yiounger mummys bettter than older mummys . nuff sed <3

it just one of those things that happen carned be helped sad

it one of those things that happen no one can help that

lets hope no ones baby dies weather there young or older

I think it is all down to common sense! Being a mum means you just 'know' things, things about what you can and can't do with your own child. Some people are saying that we are not informed properly, that may be the case but as I said, common sense and instinct! I know hundreds of single mums and dads, myself included and I know of no1 who has had to suffer the death of a child through cot death. I understand it's all just statistic's etc but it just causes worry and upset for a load of people who don't need it

Who is to say just because we're young we're rubbish. A adult can have a baby a do nasty thngs to them xx

dont you think young mums are nervous enought without saying stuff like this??

the government is not bashing young mothers, these are statistics, just because you dont know of any young mother's personally that have lost a child to cot death doesnt not mean the information and research is wrong or irrellevant. please do not take offence to the research as its not saying you are bad parents, just higher risk, like an older mother is higher risk for having a child with downs syndrome, doesnt mean they have faulty genes or something!! the reason younger mothers are more at risk is because they are less educated in information regarding cot death, and the health precautions you should take in pregnancy, and thats notyoung mums fault thats the government failing to provide that information. for instance far more younger mothers smoke in pregnancy than older mothers, its a proven statistic, and we know there has been nevidence suggesting smoking is linked to cot death, so there's one reason why maybe younger parents are more at risk, secondly younger mothers are not educated on the real dangers of drinking during pregnancy, do you know even one glass of wine in the first 14 weeks is the equivilant of your babies body weight in alcohol? and take 3 times longer to leave there bloodstream than it doesn yours? we arent bad parents, but we arent as informed in our choices as older parents. im a young mother myself and i know nearly all of us want whats best fror our children, but if were not told the consequences of our choices how are we to better ourselves??

I think that this blog is rediculous... i know loads of young mums and none of their babies have died yet and nor has mine...! cot death is unexplained but there is factors which influence the cause of cot death like smoking and drinking and sharing a bed with your baby. i dont do any of those and i know grown adults that do! so this is so ageist . also i was given lots of advice from my health visitor/midwife everybody is given a leaflet on cot death at hospital... and i did child development when i was at school so i learnt a lot then and passed with a C so its not like we dont have enough information u'll probably find we arent more at risk of losing our baby because we are young its because we are the biggest age group having babies therefore the statistic's on cot death relate to us!

Oh my gosh there is nothing bloody wrong with us younge mum's likee.. we just the same as a normal mother likee.. i hate people slagin us off likee,,

Isn't it more risky for an older person to have children? Like after the age of 35 or something, that's why they have more care when they are pregnant? Either way you don't see so much research being negative towards them. It just makes me sick that people can be judgmental, I've grown up around babies and children so have always known how to look after them, I'm sure a woman who has less experience and has spent her life in an office should get more stick when it comes down to it...

omg i cant believe this just because we are young mums we do the same job as older mums, i hated people slaging off young mums we do the best job that we can. no1 cant help cot dealths so how dare the goverment say cot dealth happens more in younger mums.

just because were young mum's or young mum's to be doesnt make us bad parents or people, i think this statement is harsh against us as were the same as any other parent, cot deaths can happen to any baby no matter how old the parents are, just because were young shouldnt make a difference.

This Is Harsh Against Young Mums x

this statement is disgusting towards young mums!!

i notice no were do they admit what they are trying to say is young moms dont look after their children properly so they die?

Nd now David cameron was actually sayiing how he don't liike young mums! He just judges and believes that we are just afta the money...Yes wiv sum people tht may b true....But wiv most iit defo aiint ...Its descriminatiiion!!!! I thiink age dont make a diifference about cot death ... Being capable or any of these thiings... Its the iinsiide everyones different nd the miind nd heart has its own age.x

Young Mums can still be very good mums just coz ur young doesnt not mean ur not gonna care for your child young parents are just as caple xx

Any baby can be at risk of cot, whether your a young mum or not. We will listen to any advice given as its about our baby, no mum wants to go thorugh cot death. But i know that young mums should not be subjected to statements like that. xxx

discrimination to young mums!!! i think there is alot more information out there now which is good i think x

the goverment saying that aint exactly gunna help us young mums x

:( this is not right

I think these statistcs are jus yet again another dig at us young mums, y do people always feel the need to try an make us feel incapable!!

@Ryansmummy The report from the Office for National Statistics (http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pdfdir/uinfmort0810.pdf) shows that the cot death rate (number of cot deaths per 1000 live births) is 1.07 for mothers aged under 20. The rate falls the older the mother. The cot death rate for all mums of all ages is 0.46. The report does not indicate why young mums have an increased risk though.

cot death is a mystrey, it doesnt matter about how old you are to have a baby, its the knowledge you have and the maturity level

I was given a mountain of information by my midwife, I don't understand why they wouldn't give the same amount of information to younger parents than older parents... surely younger parents need the information more? I think I had about two carrier bags full of leaflets on babycare including cot death etc.. and I read them and took all the precautions. But to be honest, I think if it's going to happen, it's going to happen and as long as you take all the precautions you can, theres not much else you can do.

I discussed this with my mum who is a midwife and she says the figures are a bit dodgy because whenever they count 'young mums' its ages 16-25 years which is the age group having the most babies. So more babies die of cot death to 'young parents' because they are more 'young parents' than any other age group xxx

Hmmm mixed feelings on this topic....I do think some young mums aren't mature enough to behave responsibly around their children and drink, smoke, take drugs etc but there are young mums, like most i know, who are just as capable of looking after their children than an "older" mum. Accidents happen but sometimes people ignore the info they are given or if they are given leaflets they just throw them away and don't bother researching these types of situations at all. But it could just be a pure coincidence that young mums suffer more at the hands of cot death.....I know some pretty bad parents who are older than me and some that have had children removed from their care by SS....yet not a single one of my friends with children has had SS interfere for fear of their childrens safety (as far as i am aware).....so the age argument will go on :)

I don't completely agree with you there @Katherine. Yes younger mums probably are more physically able to cope but unfortunatly alot of young mums dont really use all the precautions that they should use to prevent it. It could be they arent given the information that they should be given which is down to the midwifes and HV. Sometimes its down to pure lazyness and being idiots. Sad truth is some teen/young mums still smoke,drink take drugs excessively which can impare their judgement and reactions which could lead to cot death by sleeping with baby etc and rolling over onto them. This can also happen when mum or dad are too tired. More info on cot death should be given to all mums, no matter what their age during pregnancy, in the hospital after birth and when you get home by both midwifes and hv. Maybe then the numbers will go down

I agree with @katherine, but i also think teen mothers should be given the same info as older mums get, i'm 18 n still get given the run around when it comes to gettin info from my midwifes.

But younger mums are more physically able to cope, the chances of cot death are very slim and there are some ways to prevent it. I do believe though that we should be made more aware which is why i think this website being made is a good idea even though the truth of this is harsh.

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