Nikki Lee wrote:
> <
> http://abcnews.go.com/Health/back-sleeping-infants-flat-heads-ear-infections/story?id=8665385
>   
> Dear Friends:
>
> These researchers tell of an increase in flat-headed babies since the 1992
> Back to Sleep campaign here in the USA; there is a trend associating a flat
> head with otitis media.  As mothers are routinely cautioned against carrying
> their babies in the postpartum unit, mothers associate carrying babies with
> danger. This could be one reason babies aren't carried enough. And now a
> well-meaning campaign is reaping an unexpected effect.
>
> Who are we helping? The Back to Sleep campaign is credited with reduced
> death from SIDS; however the statistician I work with pointed out that the
> definition of SIDS and how the data were collected also changed at that same
> time.......
>
> What would mammals do? That is proving to be our best guide.
>
> warmly,
>   
Other primate mammals have babies that cling to them, backs or fronts, 
so maybe we can look at that. 

This is really interesting information.  I had kids who refused to sleep 
on their backs no matter what I did and either fortunately or 
unfortunately, I never had to worry about SIDS because they never slept 
long enough!

How do primates sleep with their babies?  I am really not even sure how 
primates sleep.  Do they lay down? 

Liz Cammin, LLL Leader, Midland, MI

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