Jaxton - My daughter passed away the night she got her shots! I 100% believe that had something to do with it. She was 8 weeks. She had a cold and was on antibiotics as well. I blame the doctors all the way!

PS She would be 11 in January and my heart still hurts every day :'(

@Jaxton's Mom: I have thought the same thing about the connection between lots of vaccinations in the 2-4 month window and SIDS rates.

Talya was five weeks old, and had her first and only vaccination less than 48 hours before she died -- I will always wonder about the connection between these two things.

Rhea was only 3 weeks, she was born July 3rd after I was induced for health reasons, so she was born a few weeks early (although she was not a preemie and was a very normal healthy weight at almost 7lbs!) her due date was July 31st and she died on July 23rd, so technically, she shouldn't have even been born yet at the time she died...statistics suck...

Holden only got the 1st shots because he was only 1 month 1 day old... I just don't get it, because everything says that the fear is in the 2-4 month old range. I just don't get it......

Christopher was 5 months too...

I understand wanting to vent. I lost my 10-1/2 month old Grandson on 10-31 just a few weeks ago. They are calling it SIDS. I do not accept this as an answer. He was a lively happy and strong little guy. My family is going through intolerable pain. His first birthday will be tomorrow. I honestly believe they give it the name SIDS because they just can't figure it out. There is an answer for this terrible loss and I only hope they find it soon. Until they do, we will try to survive this tragic loss. I wish all of you the best and hope that your pain too, will become more bearable as time goes by. We are in for a rough day tomorrow and the holidays are making it more difficult also. Love and prayers to all of you.

That question "why" haunts me every day. Brynja died one week before we would have celebrated her 5 month birthday. She was a perfectly healthy and happy little girl and my heart will forever be broken.

I wish you all strength as we enter this holiday season. It should be such a time of celebration, and instead I mourn. Peace be with each and every one of you.

@Scootersmimi- I know that it's really hard to accept "SIDS" as an answer. My son was also a healthy, happy baby and I think that most of the parents on this board would agree that theirs were, too. That's one of the things that makes SIDS so difficult-there's nothing to look for. It's not like they were sickly, had a fever, were vomiting, were lethargic or any of those other things that we would normally take our babies to the doctor to or at least be vigilant over. From what I have discovered, in most cases of SIDS the baby goes to bed a healthy, happy baby and then never wakes up. I often say that I feel cheated because I didn't get to "fight" for my son. But SIDS is sneaky like that. And it stinks.

And you're kind of right about them calling it SIDS when they "just can't figure it out." SIDS is usually ruled when they perform a complete autopsy and do an investigation of the death scene and can find no other probable cause of death. It does nothing to keep us from asking "why" or second-guessing ourselves, though. I wish I had an answer, too.

Doesnt matter if your child is couple minutes old when they die. Screw the statistics...why do they matter anyway? It can happen to anyone at any age.... your child is your child and pain is pain. My son was 6 weeks and 5 days old and I couldnt love him any more then I did when he was minutes old or if he would of been 5 months when he died.