Oh yes ... clearly you know all about SIDS. How about informing some of the doctors who are still stuck researching it - the silly fellows that they are.
Someone already pointed out SIDS is more likely when an infant is asleep and, if you ever had your own, you'd konw that parents are either sleeping or sleeping when an infant is asleep.
So besides that, this magic fabric changes color at 98.6 degrees? That's great, except how does it measure core temperature from the outside of the body? The head is the most accurate external place to measure and...well this doesn't cover the head. The extremeties are useless, they vary greatly depending on many factors. You can attempt to measure the torso but, again, that will still vary depending on several things - the simplest of them being the room temperature and if the child is wrapped in blankets.
Depending on where the cut-off temp is, there's a huge potential for false positives and negatives. Given parent's inability to 'parent' these days they often rely on crap like this. Just be aware how rabidly they will sue when a product doesn't prevent their ignorance from leading to injury or death of a child.
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Oh yes ... clearly you know all about SIDS. How about informing some of the doctors who are still stuck researching it - the silly fellows that they are.
Someone already pointed out SIDS is more likely when an infant is asleep and, if you ever had your own, you'd konw that parents are either sleeping or sleeping when an infant is asleep.
So besides that, this magic fabric changes color at 98.6 degrees? That's great, except how does it measure core temperature from the outside of the body? The head is the most accurate external place to measure and...well this doesn't cover the head. The extremeties are useless, they vary greatly depending on many factors. You can attempt to measure the torso but, again, that will still vary depending on several things - the simplest of them being the room temperature and if the child is wrapped in blankets.
Depending on where the cut-off temp is, there's a huge potential for false positives and negatives. Given parent's inability to 'parent' these days they often rely on crap like this. Just be aware how rabidly they will sue when a product doesn't prevent their ignorance from leading to injury or death of a child.