I shared some of the hoo-hah about co-sleeping with another list (our unofficial NCT list) and posted the URL for the news story. I got an email tonight from our chief exec Belinda Phipps who is going on morning TV tomorrow, called in by the most-watched-by-mothers morning TV programme, who had seen the story in the NY Times. Belinda had seen my post and emailed me for more info, so she could have help to work out her facts and views. All she had was a badly faxed copy of the NYT piece, and she needed to focus on challenging it. I was able to send her a potted version of the discussion on Lactnet (no names of course, as per Netiquette) which was *enormously helpful* to her, as she just wasn't in a position to do the research from home, at night, and she needed to be up at the crack of dawn to get to the studios. This means that the message about the 'dangers' of co-sleeping will be effectively debated - and I know for a fact she is going to use KD's point about cars, which she thought was spot-on when I told her it. Thanks! Heather Welford Neil NCT bfc Newcastle upon Tyne UK *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html