>
>I think this article is a good one, because it looks at the circumstances
>surrounding bed sharing in a way that other studies don't, or don't do
>quite so thoroughly. I don't think the study discourages co-sleeping at all
>- if anything, the reverse.


I'm pleased with it too, since in the Netherlands co-sleeping is now being considered a
risk factor for SIDS. Our SIDS workgroup has made a statement against co-sleeping, since
they found a few (very young) baby's in the parents bed, where the other risk factors
could be excluded.

The Dutch SIDS workgroup has done very good job. While our SIDS number was 250 in the
eigthies. Nowadays it is about 50 cases. The recommendations that had lead to such a
strong lowering of the SIDS deaths was: back sleeping and use blankets in stead of decks
on the bed.

They work as follows: they contact the parents of (almost) every SIDS victim and take a
thorough history. They analyse all histories to try to find risk factors.

Annelies Bon

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