Breastfeeding Is Associated with a Lower Risk of SIDS According to The
Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine
10/14/2005 2:26:00 PM EST
Contrary to even the recommendations of its own Section on Breastfeeding,
the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) released an ill-advised and
ill-informed statement from its Task Force on SIDS (1) (sudden infant death
syndrome). Recommendations that advise against parent-infant bed-sharing and
support the generic use of pacifiers imply a "truly astounding triumph of
ethnocentric assumptions over common sense and medical research," according
to Nancy Wight, M.D., president of The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine.
These controversies, and many more, will be addressed in the upcoming, new
peer-reviewed journal Breastfeeding Medicine (www.liebertpub.com/bfm), the
Official Journal of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (www.brmed.org).
 Current research from the CDC (2), as well as AAP's existing policy
statement on Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk (3), note that
breastfeeding is associated with a lower risk of SIDS. Since 1992, SIDS has
decreased as both co-sleeping and breastfeeding have increased. Sleeping
near one's baby or in the same room has been shown to reduce the risks of
SIDS and more broadly promote maternal and child health by facilitating
breastfeeding. As exclusively breastfed infants feed frequently through the
night, breastfeeding is thought to reduce SIDS by the same proposed
mechanism as supine sleep and pacifiers, namely less deep sleep and frequent
brief awakenings. Breastfed babies do not need artificial pacifiers to get
stimulation since they already have the protective effect of suckling during
the night....

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