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Originally Posted by SharkAttack
Yes, those close calls may as well be the real thing for a brief time, and no doubt take years off of your life!
I had a similar occasion but with my first daughter. She was maybe 4 or 5 months old at the time. As a brand new dad, and very young and naive(me, not the daughter), I was extremely cautious and fairly insane with protecting this child. She decided to go into a very deep sleep on the way home from my parent's house with pacifier in mouth. It was a 30 minute trip, and she didn't make a peep the entire way.
I continuously placed my hand over her heart to make sure it was fine and the chest was heaving, at every stop light. But when we made it back to the apartment, she appeared to be not breathing, and not reacting to anything, including me gently nudging her and calling her name. I died at that moment, and shouted her name very loudly and gave her another nudge. Still nothing! I teared up... and then she stirred, like "wtf, dad? I was asleep." No way I make it past 70 with the years lost on that one trip home.
I feel your pain, Ninastar.   |
Yeah those first few weeks/months are such fun aren't they...baby is either awake and screaming or asleep and you're awake and screaming thinking there is something wrong. I remember panicking when my son was a couple if days old and was fast asleep but I was convinced there was something wrong when his breathing went weird. Really short shallow quick breaths and I thought he was having some kind of attack...luckily the midwife turned up at that moment and looked at me wearily and said "that's how newborns breathe sometimes.....calm down". She stopped jut short of slapping me I think...