Sometimes, yes, it is negligence. SIDS risk factors include parents smoking, parents drinking, baby sleeping position, baby sleeping equipment (crib, couch, blankets, swaddled, etc.), race -- blacks have a much higher SIDS rate -- etc.
But, some percentage of the time, it is seemingly random and not linked to any factor or anything that anyone did wrong. It happened to a distant cousin of mine--they are a great family, have two other kids, and they did everything right, but their baby girl passed away about a week after being born for no apparent reason. Horribly sad and just crushing for the entire family.
Sometimes, yes, it is negligence. SIDS risk factors include parents smoking, parents drinking, baby sleeping position, baby sleeping equipment (crib, couch, blankets, swaddled, etc.), race -- blacks have a much higher SIDS rate -- etc.
But, some percentage of the time, it is seemingly random and not linked to any factor or anything that anyone did wrong. It happened to a distant cousin of mine--they are a great family, have two other kids, and they did everything right, but their baby girl passed away about a week after being born for no apparent reason. Horribly sad and just crushing for the entire family.
Fun fact, black kids aged 0 to 5 have the same mortality rate as that of a 20 year old White male.