>  However, I also strongly
>encourage those mothers NOT to fall asleep while nursing in bed because of
>the dangers involved (overlay, falling off the bed, overheat, entrapment
>between headboard and mattress).  I must also say that I NEVER slept with
>my baby in bed and my baby NEVER slept on a bed.  Parents and babies
>should be close, but adult beds were not made with infant safety in mind.
>Michelle Eichinger, MS


I agree with you about the manufacturing of adult beds, Michelle. I
think we need to investigate all the ways a parent may co-sleep
safely with a child. This might well mean thinking about the design,
or the use, of the adult bed.

Do you have evidence that falling asleep with a  baby who is
breastfed increases the risk of death due to overlay, falling off the
bed, overheating, entrapment?

I don't know of evidence that shows this, so I'd be interested. We
do, of course, have evidence that shows a breastfed co-sleeping baby
may be *less* likely to be overlain, to fall, or overheat (Helen
Ball's work, mainly). I don't know about entrapment - I do recall a
study which showed babies were at risk of this when sleeping *alone*
in an adult bed.

Heather Welford Neil
NC T bfc, UK

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