In a message dated 1/31/2006 2:04:36 AM Eastern Standard Time,  
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I didn't  count, but I, too, have seen a serious increase of problems of 
various kinds  since the Dutch varant of the back to sleep campaign and the 
successive ''not  ever in the parents' bed'' campaign. 

Dear Friends:
    This is very interesting.
    I was thinking that GERD had increased before the 'Back to  Sleep' 
campaign, with the rise in epidural use and inductions.
    We are all probably correct: all these factors that disturb  the normal 
process have some negative impact on babies.
    Perhaps 'back to sleep' is only healthy when the mother is  in bed with 
the baby; if the baby is sleeping alone, perhaps 'back to sleep' has  side 
effects?
    The only diagnosis that I know is connected to the 'back to  sleep' 
attitudes, where parents leave their babies supine all of the time, is  
plagiocephaly, where the skull becomes misshapen and babies are put into shaping  helmets.
    warmly,

 
Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE
Maternal-Child Adjunct  Faculty Union Institute and University
Film Reviews Editor, Journal of Human  Lactation
www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com

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