----- Original Message -----
From: "T Pitman" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 4:45 AM
Subject: Re: SIDS and bed sharing


> Note in reference to this "study" that it is completely meaningless to say
> that half the babies who died were sleeping with someone else at the time
> when we have no idea how many babies in the area sleep with an adult. If
50%
> of babies sleep with adults, and co-sleeping has no effect on SIDS, then
you
> would expect to see 50% of SIDS deaths happening when babies co-sleep. If
> 75% of babies co-sleep, and only half of the SIDS babies were co-sleepers,
> then co-sleeping clearly has a protective effect.


this is exaclty what the official sids commission in the Netherlands did.
based on an increase of the SIDS numbers with co-sleeping, co-sleepignnwas
condemned.

In a parent magazine a while ago one of the members of the SIDs commission
was interviewed and she showed a strong vision on child rearing that was
about crying it out, separate sleeping, and 'setting boundaries'.
Co-sleeping was portrayed as 'lazy parenting'.

since the SIDS commission did very good things in the past, reducing the
SIDs rate very strong, Their advices are seen as the ultimate truth.


regards, Annelies Bon
Lay counsellor of the Dutch bf organization "Borstvoeding Natuurlijk"

Breastfeeding postcards: http://www.borstvoeding.com/shop/english.html

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