This is becoming a hot topic locally.
Link to today's newspaper article about James Kemp's Pediatrics study:
"Babies in bed with adults are in peril, study says"
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20031006/USUF
FXB/TPHealth/
AAP news release:
http://www.aap.org/advocacy/releases/oct03studies.htm
abstract of study (posted to Lactnet last week)
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/112/4/883
The Globe and Mail article is more balanced than the abstract of the
Pediatrics study. I am waiting for a copy of the study itself.
James Kemp was a co-author of the 2000 study that stated: "The impact of
bedsharing on risk for sudden infant death remains controversial. Three
case-control studies suggest that bedsharing increases risk for sudden
death,24,26,45 but the risk is lessened when the high rate of maternal
smoking in these studies is considered"
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/106/3/e41
More quotes by Kemp from Saint Louis University
http://www.slu.edu/readstory/newsinfo/1153
In August 2003, Health Canada issued an advisory against infants sleeping
on air mattresses that included the statement that infants should only
sleep in a cradle or crib.
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/english/protection/warnings/2003/2003_65.htm
This booklet for parents is hopefully what will be included in the Canadian
Pediatric Society's statement this year:
http://www.backtosleepforlife.ca/backtosleepforlife.pdf
We are waiting for the Canadian Pediatric Society's statement.
Janet Vandenberg RN,BScN,IBCLC
Newmarket, Ontario
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