Sharon, I worked with Dr. Lawrence for many years in Rochester, and
never heard her say one negative word about a baby sharing a bed with
a mother. As you said you've "heard" this about her, I'm just stating
that I never heard this *from* her. I can't speak for her, but would
like to point out a distinction here.

Let's be clear that the "family bed" is not equivalent to the mother
sleeping with the baby. As far as I know, we have no research on the
safety of two adults sleeping with a baby. (As I'm sure you know, we
have plenty of research on the safety of mothers sleeping with their
infants, e.g., research by Dr. McKenna and others.) I'll cheerfully
stand corrected on this if someone can cite research that I'm unaware
of.

So was Dr. Neifert talking about a mom and baby, or a family bed, on
the TODAY show?


>The last I heard, Dr. Lawrence was also not big on the family bed,
>so getting support for these kind of things on these types of shows
>is going to continue to be difficult.
>Warmly,
>Sharon Knorr, BSMT, ASCP, IBCLC
>
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