Brittani Boren Leach: Christmas Decor, Unsafe Sleep Galore | Part 8

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littlebit wrote: Thu Nov 19, 2020 11:45 am I think the US is moving toward calling deaths like Crews SUIDS (which can be true SIDS or could also be suffocation due to unsafe sleeping). https://www.cdc.gov/sids/about/index.ht ... ndSIDS.htm


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Yes, that's a great explanation! Sudden unexpected infant death (SUID) is a term used to describe the sudden and unexpected death of a baby less than 1 year old in which the cause was not obvious before investigation. My understanding is that many of the deaths that were "unexplained" years ago are now understood to be largely suffocation related, because numbers went down dramatically once guidelines shifted to preventing suffocation during sleep (baby on back, in a bassinet, without pillows or blankets, etc.). Think about the logistical nightmare of launching an investigation. A grieving family that doesn't want to be told that their infant suffocated to death due to an unsafe sleep environment. No witnesses. The scene is usually disturbed in the pandemonium of finding your child not breathing. There really isn't a uniform investigation process or reporting mechanism from state to state, so these cases usually aren't investigated beyond asking the family some routine questions.

I agree that the SNOO story seems suspect. I read Dr. Harvey Karp's book, and it is very clear on safe sleep. Large portions of Happiest Baby on the Block are dedicated to explaining the risk factors and how to create a safe sleep environment. I don't know if his company is big on influencer marketing, but we know how much Brittani loves a brand deal and I would think this would be a great partnership for them. I'm thinking either her use of the SNOO is greatly exaggerated, or she reached out to try to get a partnership and was shot down, maybe because their marketing team does their homework and didn't want to be associated with her, so she doesn't show it out of spite. You'd think the swipe up potential alone would be too good for her to NOT show him in it if she really had one.

It's very telling that she's so combative and nasty to a commenter trying to say something in the nicest way possible. Including the person's user name was a low blow when she could have easier covered it up and prevented her sycophants from coming for this woman. She was clearly a fan, and Brittani humiliated her and called her out in a big way. As a mother your heart goes out to anyone who has to go through the loss of a child, but I agree that she shows her true colors over and over again. You just can't help but get a bad feeling from her. Her online presences is so sleazy.
I think that even if she wasn't given a snoo to collaborate, she would still show it if she really has one to show that she can afford it.

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Seeing how precious Cole is breaks my heart, because I fear that something "A sudden death" is going to happen with that precious baby.
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This bitch really is stupid. That person did not say anything remotely rude to her. But woe is me brittani needs to make it look like an attack to continue milking it and have her followers kiss her ass. I have to say something and get shit off my chest. I cant stand her. She posts her kids in unsafe situations then gets mad when people call her out or give advice. A dumb ass. Idc if i have to scroll to her first picture, im getting what i have to say off my chest. Also, its so painfully obvious that some, if not all, of these drive thru people dont exist and she's making them up for attention.
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Lol she deleted her rant from her IG stories. She truly is something else


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pineberry wrote:The way I understand SIDS is that it happens when the baby simply stop breathing in their sleep, for no apparent reason (my literal worst nightmare btw, being a first time mom to an 8 week old precious little boy). It is most likely to happen in the first 6 months of life and experts aren’t sure why it happens. If the reason is suffocation (getting stuck between something in the bed etc) then there is an obvious cause of death, not SIDS. This woman is trying to make it seem like crew just died for no obvious reason- even though he most definitely got stuck and suffocated.

Imagine being careless and dumb enough to put your 3 month old to sleep in an adult bed, causing his death and then earning $120k from it - i just can’t wrap my head around how fucked up that is.
Suffocation can still be labeled as sids. Especially in cases where strangulation can't be found to rule it as a murder or something. My friends baby passed away and they had a blanket in the crib... definitely the baby suffocated but it was ruled sids.

https://www.sids.org/what-is-sidssuid/s ... eba176.jpg[/IMG]


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Ok I’m glad I’m not the only one who thinks it’s super weird she hasn’t advocated for SIDS or even mentioned what Crew died from. All the posts in the hospital last Christmas made me feel so uneasy. I was about to deliver my first baby then and it scared me so much, but who tf takes pics of herself on the bathroom floor saying she’s shopping for a funeral dress on Nordstrom. Are you normal???!! Then proceeds to get pregnant two months after the supposed biggest tragedy of her life?Did she just replace Crew with this new baby???First thing I had go through my mind when I read she had this baby is “ Please don’t kill this one too” 🤷🏻‍♀️
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penny17 wrote:
pineberry wrote:The way I understand SIDS is that it happens when the baby simply stop breathing in their sleep, for no apparent reason (my literal worst nightmare btw, being a first time mom to an 8 week old precious little boy). It is most likely to happen in the first 6 months of life and experts aren’t sure why it happens. If the reason is suffocation (getting stuck between something in the bed etc) then there is an obvious cause of death, not SIDS. This woman is trying to make it seem like crew just died for no obvious reason- even though he most definitely got stuck and suffocated.

Imagine being careless and dumb enough to put your 3 month old to sleep in an adult bed, causing his death and then earning $120k from it - i just can’t wrap my head around how fucked up that is.
Suffocation can still be labeled as sids. Especially in cases where strangulation can't be found to rule it as a murder or something. My friends baby passed away and they had a blanket in the crib... definitely the baby suffocated but it was ruled sids.

https://www.sids.org/what-is-sidssuid/s ... eba176.jpg[/IMG]


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THIS. SIDS is a blanket term. They don't typically perform autopsies on infants unless there are signs of foul play and/or abuse.

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The person in her comments definitely asked her if it was SIDS, and Brittani definitely replied ‘yes SUIDS’ because I remember having to google it as i’d never heard that term before. She specifically added the ‘U’ in her reply. Which in itself may mean nothing, but seeing as it’s the ONLY time she’s ever referenced Crew’s cause of death before.

Just thinking out loud too - I cannot f&cking stand Brittani, but I really hope that she is not this cold heartless bitch because of guilt? That would truly be awful if she’s buried her pain and faking her way through life because of crippling guilt :( I’m thinking this because she never mentions safe sleep or organ donation, and also because Crew has no date on his headstone.
There’s also the possibility that Jeff put Crew down that night and that Brittani is standing by her husband and supporting him? I don’t know. I just can’t wrap my head around her terrible attitude towards safe sleep, towards death in general (those skulls!), and this whole thing is a puzzle that my brain keeps trying to solve
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I've been reading silently for months, but after seeing another one of Brittani's stories of Cole dressed in rainbows, accompanied by a rainbow song, I had to join to write this.

I was a so-called rainbow baby, born to bereaved parents less than 18 months after their loss. My parents didn't make a song and dance about me being a rainbow baby or having been "hand picked" by my deceased sibling, but they had a lot of unprocessed grief. From a young age I was aware that I was likely only alive because my sister had died and that I could never fill her shoes no matter how hard I tried. It sucked and it messed me up for a long time. Sometimes I still struggle with the fact that I was a replacement and I'm now in my 40s.

Brittani - tone down the rainbow thing when Cole gets a bit older. Let him be his own person. Don't put Crew on a pedestal that Cole can never live up to. Don't relate everything back to Crew. Cole deserves a clean slate. Take it from someone who's been there - it's really hard growing up in the shadow of a dead sibling with parents who haven't properly dealt with their grief.
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RainbowBabyUgh wrote: Thu Nov 19, 2020 6:17 pm I've been reading silently for months, but after seeing another one of Brittani's stories of Cole dressed in rainbows, accompanied by a rainbow song, I had to join to write this.

I was a so-called rainbow baby, born to bereaved parents less than 18 months after their loss. My parents didn't make a song and dance about me being a rainbow baby or having been "hand picked" by my deceased sibling, but they had a lot of unprocessed grief. From a young age I was aware that I was likely only alive because my sister had died and that I could never fill her shoes no matter how hard I tried. It sucked and it messed me up for a long time. Sometimes I still struggle with the fact that I was a replacement and I'm now in my 40s.

Brittani - tone down the rainbow thing when Cole gets a bit older. Let him be his own person. Don't put Crew on a pedestal that Cole can never live up to. Don't relate everything back to Crew. Cole deserves a clean slate. Take it from someone who's been there - it's really hard growing up in the shadow of a dead sibling with parents who haven't properly dealt with their grief.
This was so hard to read :( I’m sorry this happened to you.
I’m hoping that you can look at sweet little Cole and see how pure, how innocent, how precious he is, regardless of what happened before he was born and what happens after he is born. He is perfect, his value is immeasurable, as is yours x
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Brittani has such a huge platform. Whether they’re there for support or waiting for the train wreck, they’re there. She could be educating all those people. Even the ones without kids. Her educating people could save so many lives. Imagine if she even did one campaign about putting your baby to bed safely. She reckons she did hours and hours of research. Share it!! Share what you read. Share studies. Share life saving information.
But she doesn’t care. All she cares about are swipe ups and Starbucks.

I’m not saying she’s responsible for the safety of other people’s kids. I just can’t see how she could lose her baby and not want to make it her life’s mission to try and prevent it happening to someone else.
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I’ve seen people get pregnant immediately after a loss.. sometimes women need that right away and others takes time. But I’ve only seen that in women who didn’t have other kids living and they want to have something to look forward to and hope for. Brittani literally has a house full of kids so there are plenty of distractions. I don’t get it either.


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I'm sure lots of other struggling to conceive folks out there can relate to how I'm feeling, as I scroll through Instagram to take my mind off of the cramps from passing a chemical pregnancy, to see Brittani post pictures of her brand new perfect baby that she got with 0 effort at all after (likely) contributing to the death of her last child, it breaks my heart. I just can't believe someone who was so careless with her baby's life can just order up a new one faster than it takes her to get her Chick-Fil-A. Also, we think she got pregnant in February but for it to have happened right on cue in one cycle is pretty unlikely, so I'm guessing she started trying in January if not even December right after Crew died.
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The whole rainbow baby concept that she won't stop leaning into reminds me of the movie "My Sister's Keeper" where the younger sibling was only conceived to be a donor for the sick sister. The girl had no identity of her own and was only born out of necessity. I'm not saying it's the same situation, but it's very similar to Cole being born only to replace Crew.
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I'm sure Brittani has learned that you can't "replace" a baby. She probably thought her heart would be somewhat healed when Cole came along, and she is probably wrong. Not that she doesn't love Cole, but he's not and is never going to be Crew, and he's never going to take away the pain of losing Crew. I wouldn't be surprised if Brittani is feeling some disappointment right now. You can't make things better by having a new baby.
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So I'm not trying to ruin the term rainbow baby and I understand for a lot of women and families that have experienced loss and miscarriages having that rainbow baby moment is so so incredibly special but when did this term come about??

I've never even heard of this until YT and Instagram. I was born after my mom had 2 miscarriages but I don't even know if my parents were trying at the time and I swear I think my mom wasn't even sure she was pregnant during one of them. When I was born I was a complete surprise, 9 years after my brother. I was never a "rainbow baby" I wasn't this special rainbow after a storm. Maybe just because I was a surprise and unexpected.

If you have other kids, and you have been trying for more and after a loss you get pregnant, isn't calling that baby a rainbow baby a blow to the other kids?
Its like saying this sibling is more special than the others.

And I realize not all families cling to this term as strongly as Brit, and I'm not calling people out. It just feels like another trend people are taking advantage of on social media lately. Not ALL women, just insta people.

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wonderwall99 wrote:So I'm not trying to ruin the term rainbow baby and I understand for a lot of women and families that have experienced loss and miscarriages having that rainbow baby moment is so so incredibly special but when did this term come about??

I've never even heard of this until YT and Instagram. I was born after my mom had 2 miscarriages but I don't even know if my parents were trying at the time and I swear I think my mom wasn't even sure she was pregnant during one of them. When I was born I was a complete surprise, 9 years after my brother. I was never a "rainbow baby" I wasn't this special rainbow after a storm. Maybe just because I was a surprise and unexpected.

If you have other kids, and you have been trying for more and after a loss you get pregnant, isn't calling that baby a rainbow baby a blow to the other kids?
Its like saying this sibling is more special than the others.

And I realize not all families cling to this term as strongly as Brit, and I'm not calling people out. It just feels like another trend people are taking advantage of on social media lately. Not ALL women, just insta people.

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Google says the term became popular around 2008. So it's still fairly new.

Most people who use the term don't go around and call their kids it 24/7 like BBL and other influencers so I don't really think that other kids would even notice. I think when it's used in a good way, it's a beautiful way to honor the baby you lost but rainbow everything isn't it.

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She's completely hijacking the term "rainbow baby" because she knows it gets her more sympathy, likes, followers, views, and (more importantly to her) sponsorships and money. It's a total slap in the face to the other parents of rainbow babies who wouldn't even think of monetizing off such a loss. Poor baby Crew's death was in vain. Brittani will never be a vocal advocate for safe sleep or SIDS/SUIDS awareness, at least not until she finds a way to make money from it. Even then she would have to face the reality and admit she didn't make the best decisions when it came to safe sleep and she'll never do that. That would ruin her "perfect mom" image and shatter her ego. She would never let that happen.
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That baby is definitely not in a snoo because she has shown him in a swaddle every morning.

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wcity84 wrote: Fri Nov 20, 2020 8:29 am She's completely hijacking the term "rainbow baby" because she knows it gets her more sympathy, likes, followers, views, and (more importantly to her) sponsorships and money. It's a total slap in the face to the other parents of rainbow babies who wouldn't even think of monetizing off such a loss. Poor baby Crew's death was in vain. Brittani will never be a vocal advocate for safe sleep or SIDS/SUIDS awareness, at least not until she finds a way to make money from it. Even then she would have to face the reality and admit she didn't make the best decisions when it came to safe sleep and she'll never do that. That would ruin her "perfect mom" image and shatter her ego. She would never let that happen.
This is what I have been thinking this whole time. The only reason why she doesn't advocate for safe sleep (or even practices it) is because she does not want to admit that Crew's death might have been her fault, or that she is not a good mother. But the fact that she continues to profit off of Crew's passing instead of advocating and educating others on safe sleep is disgusting to me.

Cole is already living in Crew's shadow, with all of the rainbow and llama stuff. Cole will probably never have a chance to be his own person, and it's going to be so hard for him because he will grow up thinking he is not good enough because he is not Crew. I feel so bad for this poor little baby already. And Brittani is definitely milking the term "rainbow baby" for sympathy, money, etc, and using Crew and Cole as her cash cows. So disgusting.
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