Comments on: Cocaine & Breast Milk: A Deadly Combination

By: victoria

victoria — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 08:58:33 +0000

All four of my children were breastfed- if I so much as ate onions or garlic the babies reacted with stomach aches and gas – cmon people think about it- neuroscientists now have brain scans which show that the brain looks like swiss cheese on cocaine- the vital areas of the brain ceases to function- the baby is 6-8 pounds- of course it could kill a baby. Anything the mom takes in goes directly into that sensitive,
delicate little system of a baby. Moms must be extremely careful when breastfeeding- not to mention
conscious. The world has gone mad, in my opinion, to think that it wouldnt affect a baby.

By: Vivian

Vivian — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 05:46:58 +0000

The lesson to be learned here clearly is to be a responsible parent. To nuture your child the way your suppose to. Children expect us and turn to us to be protected. If you have a child and you still wanna behave as though you don’t give the child up for adoption. You can’t have things your way this isn’t burger king people. When you are a parent you’re suppose to check up on your baby. This a child knows. Condoms are cheap don’t have what your not wiling to fight for. I feel sorry that they lost there child to stupidity.

By: Doug

Doug — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:03:07 +0000

Cm-on Dr. Manny … So, according to your article, if a mother drank water that day and har child died of SIDS that night, we can assume that she is guilty of the death? Don’t tell a liberal this; they’ll acuse her of waterboarding!!! I don’t support the abuse of ANY substance; however, the cocaine use during the day cannot be blamed for the baby’s death since so many thousands have died over the years while completely sober parents were caring for the children. Using this logic, sobriety was the cause of these other SIDS cases, eh? We can’t make drugs the scapegoat for this one. If there is any justice remaining in America, the accused will have the accusations in that case laughed out of court.

By: jennyp

jennyp — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 20:48:42 +0000

put an IUD in that woman and cut the string.

By: Pat Doran

Pat Doran — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 17:16:28 +0000

Suggestion for preventing spread of germs: SNEEZE IN YOUR SHIRT, NOT ON YOUR HANDS.

The Middle Ages strategy of covering one’s mouth with hand when coughing and/or sneezing only transfers the germs to the hand.

Suggestion: If when one pulls out a collar of one’s shirt/blouse and sneezes in shirt/blouse, the germs will be contained on the person of the already-infected individual. It may not be the common “etiquette,” but it is more effective.

Note: When I taught in the inner city, my students were required to do this and to teach their families to do so.

We generally had 100% attendance, while other classrooms suffered many students absent.

By: wicked

wicked — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 04:51:58 +0000

They deserve to be charged if they did drugs, because by being drunk and high they put that child in danger. maybe there isn’t anything they could’ve done with the sids but anything could’ve happened to that child and wouldn’t have been coherent enough to handle that either. so where they don’t deserve to be held up on murder charges they should have to pay a penalty for being irresponsible in the first place.

By: jennie

jennie — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 14:07:11 +0000

WOW-me thinks a few of the people who replied to your info are drug users themselves. I mean how hard is it to understand that the baby had parents so messed up on drugs that they did not check on the child-did not notice signs of impending death which may have been picked up on by sober parents. Sure the baby may have died had the parents been responsible as that sadly happens but dont give drug using parents the support that” well ….anything could happen…..might as well get high-s*** happens.” Notice the children alone at the playground who have no parent watching over them……..could it be that they slipped out the door at the wise old age of 3, unnoticed by sleeping parents -I know of someone who was sleeping mid-afternoon due to being high—–they defended their actions stating ”my child knew it was wrong to go out without me.” A THREE year old. Another acquaintance drank , passed out while cooking leaving stove on while her 2 year old was in the crib-she also left the door OPEN. Her drinking started outside …luckily a good neighbor saw the open door and went in to check on the person knowing she had been drinking heavily…………..BUT what if no one had noticed Or what if the person had been someone with evil intent…………….yet this parent the very next day dismissed the evenings behavior. She stated ”everyone does it sometime.” C’MON PEOPLE lets expect people to behave responsibly. Let’s hold ourselves and friends/family accountable.

By: Jennyjones

Jennyjones — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:20:33 +0000

I am with lisameowme on this one. While these parents are morons for doing drugs (if true), either the baby died of SIDS or the baby died of cocaine ingestion. Not both. As the mother of a baby who died of SIDS, your article is offensive and vapid. They haven’t proven these people were on drugs, that is just heresay. Also, I was told that children have even died in their parents arms in a hospital due to SIDS and nothing could be done to save those babies. Even children on monitors have died of SIDS & they couldn’t save them. So quit blaming the parents of these precious babies. Having said that, drugs and babies don’t mix. And these people should not have been doing drugs with or without children present. It is a tragedy all the way around. But until they have proof that this baby died of cocaine ingestion (very possible, but again – NOT the same thing as SIDS) then we shouldn’t accuse these people just because their neighbors said they party all the time. So far, they have denied that is the truth. Losing a baby is a tragedy of immense proportions. Don’t cheapen it with gossip and pathetic advice that, like Natalie says, will never reach the people it needs to because they won’t be reading things like this anyway.

By: Darlene

Darlene — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:45:01 +0000

Another perfect baby died, due to the mothers stupidity. Murder charges are to good for these parents. PLEASE, think BEFORE you do any kind of drug or alcohol.

By: lisameowme

lisameowme — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 03:38:14 +0000

bleh