Dear Friends:
 
A healthcare professional from Denmark described a way that nurses in some  
Danish hospitals use a draw sheet to secure a baby in bed. Anyone from Denmark  
care to elaborate?
 
Helen Ball PhD described her study in a UK hospital where some mothers used  
a side-car sleeping arrangement. My opinion about that, for the US, is that 
the  side-car arrangement would be a terrific compromise between the two sides 
of the  infant sleep imbroglio.....a separate sleep surface yet close enough 
and easy  enough for nighttime nursing. Dr. Ball found, after videotaping 
mothers at  night, that both baby in bed and baby in side car supported 
breastfeeding.
 
The side-car sleeping arrangement is sold in the US as the Arm's Reach  
Co-sleeper. Now if a company wants to make money selling product, why not  make 
these?
 
If the mother is sedated, then the baby is at risk if it is in bed with  her. 
An option here might be to have the dad or grandmother do s2s  with the baby 
until the mother has recovered from anesthesia.
 
warmly,
 
Nikki Lee RN, BSN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE, CIMI
craniosacral  therapy practitioner
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