Second Baby Death in Two Days

July 2, 2009

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By WEEK Producer

Story Published: Jul 2, 2009 at 10:31 AM CDT

Story Updated: Jul 2, 2009 at 7:24 PM CDT

Another baby has died in Peoria.
The Peoria County Coroner says 3 month old Zoey Adams was pronounced dead just after five this morning at her residents.
The girl lived at 112 Cross Street in Peoria.
Johnna Ingersoll says the little girl was co–sleeping with her mother, Tammy Adams.
An autopsy is scheduled for today.
Ingersol says the enfant was found unresponsive by her mother.
Yesterday, 29-day old Glen N. Cheney died while co-sleeping with his mother in Peoria.

Wednesday, Jul 8 at 3:16 PM Redhead wrote ...

I second Little Red's comment. It is terrible that a WEEK producer can't manage to use spell check or have an editor check the grammar or spelling before posting a story. Enfant? How about infant. Residents? How about residence. Very, very irritating. None the less, a horrible tragedy. My heart goes out to all effected by these deaths.

Monday, Jul 6 at 7:16 AM Donta wrote ...

my condolences goes out to both mothers.i will keep both of you in our prayers.

Saturday, Jul 4 at 7:15 PM sympathetic wrote ...

And for the record..I have a baby and I use a crib. I personally don't want to sleep with my child in my bed but I'm not going to judge someone else for doing it. It is obviously not a crime because you don't see anyone getting charged with anything for it do you? My heart goes out to the families of Glen and Zoey.

Saturday, Jul 4 at 7:11 PM sypmathetic wrote ...

I can't believe how completely rude some of you people are!!!! Did the article say that the parent woke up cause they rolled over on the baby and that's how they died..NO! Get over it, some people sleep with their children in their bed and it has happened for years and years and years. Don't blame these poor mothers who already have to deal with heartache and utter pain of losing their children. Would you have said a word if they were in their crib and the same thing happened? NO

Saturday, Jul 4 at 5:31 PM Interested Bystander wrote ...

Stop sleeping with your babies! What part of that sentence is hard to understand? For those of you who keep pushing the co-sleeping; you need to wake up and quit spewing your uninformed viewpoints. They make baby cribs for a reason!

Friday, Jul 3 at 9:47 PM Zoey aunt 2 wrote ...

My sister didn't do anything wrong.Tammie what you did was loved her and took great care of Zoey and you take good care of your other 3 girls. so for the people that wants to write nasty things in here about my sister you need to think what you are saying because you don't know what happen you just know what the news and the paper said. one last thing Tammie i love you and if you need me for anything i will be right here for you.

Friday, Jul 3 at 4:53 PM Anonymous wrote ...

If God said its time its time no matter where anybody sleeps. I have slept with my two children plusgrandson and niece, this can happen regards if its a crib or bed, My prayers are with this mother.

Friday, Jul 3 at 11:52 AM nursemom wrote ...

What has happened to caring and compassion? These two women have lost a child. Don't judge them until you have walked in their shoes. I'm sure as parents we all can say that we have made some mistakes. Children don't come with instructions. Have a heart people. Maybe these young mothers may have been helped by taking a parenting class?

Friday, Jul 3 at 9:49 AM blessme1953 wrote ...

To see another of these deaths are just too much for anyone. What hurts the most is not only the untimely death of an infant but the fact our society always blames the "Mother" for everything in a childs life whether it is death or other issues. We need to stop blaming start loving and help all Mothers raise their children. By the way where was the Father of this child in the first place. Why wasn't he watching over his family? My heart, prayers goes out to this Mother and may God heal her.

Friday, Jul 3 at 7:06 AM Anonymous wrote ...

You know what my cousin died in a crib...from sids. This is not the parents fault...these things happen more often than you think. Might not have had anything to do w/ where they were laying...get over yourselves people. You all need Jesus.

Thursday, Jul 2 at 10:39 PM Devastated Aunt wrote ...

There are more babies dying in cribs than co-sleeping. Please do not judge my family. Tammie is a wonderful mother and would never do anything to harm any of her children. People who are leaving these nasty, negative comments must have never lost a loved one. There are always 2 sides to every story. Please just keep our family in your prayers through this terrible tragedy.

Thursday, Jul 2 at 5:57 PM Zoey's Aunt wrote ...

The cause of death has not been revealed. My sister was a very good mother and no one new her or her curcumstances. Do not judge her. All my children slept with me as infants, and it is not because I was lazy, it was because I wanted them close. More children die in cribs than in bed with there parents. I know I have lost a sister to Sids and she was in her CRIB!!!

Thursday, Jul 2 at 5:55 PM Interesting wrote ...

It's interesting that the cosleeping deaths appear in the news, but the crib deaths don't?? Media bias perhaps?? Also, read the articles (from the past) it wasn't the cosleeping itself that "caused" a death.

Thursday, Jul 2 at 5:17 PM cosleeper wrote ...

I am so sad for this family. HOwever cosleeping did not CAUSE the death SIDS most likely did. It is a horrible and unfortunate situation that cosleepers and cribsleepers have had to deal with. Plus, remember SIDS isn't called CRIB DEATH for nothing. We will see if there was more involved at a later date I am sure. This article says baby died WHILE not BECAUSE OF cosleeping.

Thursday, Jul 2 at 4:40 PM read wrote ...

if you can't read the paper and see how many children die from this you shouldn't be a parent!!! wake up mom's out there your not doing the infant any good. only making yourself feel better by having the baby close 2 you. instead look at the results. WAKE UP DONT SLEEP WITH YOUR BABY!! LORD HOW STUPID

Thursday, Jul 2 at 4:19 PM Anonymous wrote ...

My heart goes out to both familys. I often slept with both of my infant children in bed as I would fall asleep breastfeeding. Sometimes I would just leave them in bed with me because I was so exhausted. Don't judge someone this could have not been there fault. Think before you speak.

Thursday, Jul 2 at 4:09 PM nan wrote ...

please don't sat mean things about this mom you don't know till you have walked in this losing a love one is so awful

Thursday, Jul 2 at 4:01 PM unknown wrote ...

why in 2 days think ahead of time if you cant handle your baby then you dont need to be a parent there is alot of foster parents who would love to take in the baby if you cant use a crib or bassinet for the baby.

Thursday, Jul 2 at 3:04 PM mrs. lynn wrote ...

my deapest thoughts are with you parents,for those of you writting bad thoughts,just want you to now that sids runs in our family and tammie, our sister candy who died of (sids) is watching over her and prayers to the other mother too. nobody is perfect and things like this are happening like the saying says god does things for a reason god bless all parents who lose their children to sids

Thursday, Jul 2 at 3:01 PM never learn wrote ...

2 in 2 days!!! How many does this make this year? Will people never learn how many times do they have read this in the paper or see it on TV. Put the baby in a crib a bassinet not in an adult bed with or without an adult.

Thursday, Jul 2 at 2:59 PM get real wrote ...

my thoughts and prayers are with this family..i am really close to the cheney family..the other family..and i am really saddened by the mean and hateful people in the world..i myself have slept with both boys..you guys ever think 2 babies pretty much dieing of almost the same problem..somthing is going on with the hospitals and not the moms..why is it wrong to cosleep when they are sick..let the families grieve in peace people and quit degrading them in there time of need..god its the holidays

Thursday, Jul 2 at 2:40 PM Dest wrote ...

My prayers are with the family. I have a son a never slept with him cause i hear that happens all the time. Babies just need to be in their cribs so this stuff doesnt happen.

Thursday, Jul 2 at 2:02 PM ME wrote ...

Until the cause of death is confirmed, no one should judge. So many articles of late on people that out & out murdered their children, I pray these moms were just trying to stay close and comfort them and a tragedy occurred. My prayers to all involved..

Thursday, Jul 2 at 1:49 PM wondering wrote ...

where in these 2 articles did it say how the infants passed away??????

Thursday, Jul 2 at 1:49 PM Anonymous wrote ...

It is scary now to raise a kid, especially with all the recalls on cribs these days..

Thursday, Jul 2 at 1:47 PM bob wrote ...

Do these parents not read the news? seriously. Think this is at least the 10th baby this year in the Peoria area that died while sleeping with the parents.

Thursday, Jul 2 at 1:05 PM cosleeping parent wrote ...

ah yes, lets put the children in cages and segregate them from their parents. That is a great idea. NOT. Peace to the families. Did any of the uniformed of you out there even think that there can be other causes to the deaths? Seriously people.

Thursday, Jul 2 at 1:01 PM Kate wrote ...

I don't beleive people have the baby sleep in their bed b/c they don't want to get up. ALl the parents I know have done it b/c that is the only way their baby will sleep..is with the parent being next to them. While some think it is not safe, some parents want their children to sleep. There is actually specials things they sell to prop the baby properly for this purpose so the parent does not roll over & so the baby is in the correct sleeping position. My condolences with the families.

Thursday, Jul 2 at 12:58 PM Mother of 2 wrote ...

I agree, have some sympathy for these parents. I have slept with both of my babies before, it is easy to do when they are newborns and are getting up every 2 to 3 hours it is very exhausting. I have even fell asleep holding my baby while feeding thank the lord I never dropped one of them. It must have been males who wrote all of these nasty comments!!!!

Thursday, Jul 2 at 12:52 PM Theresa` wrote ...

This is exactly why you DO NOT co-sleep with your baby, babies belong in cribs not in bed with parents. Having them sleep in cribs or bassinetts will solve this problem.

Thursday, Jul 2 at 12:29 PM anonymous2 wrote ...

3/4 of the world's population sleeps with their infants. We Americans need to be less judgemental and arrogant.

Thursday, Jul 2 at 12:28 PM RIP little one wrote ...

Has no one ever fallen asleep with their infant beside them? I have more than once.My condolences to the family of this little angel. The articles seem as if they are written by a child.If you can't spell how did you get your job?

Thursday, Jul 2 at 12:01 PM Anonymous wrote ...

Get real--people don't co-sleep because they don't want to get out of bed. People need to do some research before following the herd. Baaaaaaa...

Thursday, Jul 2 at 11:43 AM teaches wrote ...

residents > residence enfant > infant In this day of spell check....come on

Thursday, Jul 2 at 11:41 AM a parent that can spell wrote ...

so sad,but what is also sad is the bad spelling in this article

Thursday, Jul 2 at 11:10 AM saddened wrote ...

This is a tragedy. I want to say that I consider myself to be a wonderful mother and I did sleep with my infant in my bed many times. There is no mother in the world that follows every so-called rule. I have compassion and offer my prayers.

Thursday, Jul 2 at 10:58 AM concerned wrote ...

Is it really that hard to get out of bed and walk to the babies room to change or feed them. Babies belong in cribs!!!!

Thursday, Jul 2 at 10:46 AM LIttle Red wrote ...

Please correct spelling in this article.

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