Good afternoon, Lactnetters,

It is always good to share a positive report.  At lunch time on today's ABC
(Australia) radio Science Show, Dia Michels was interviewed on bed sharing.
She deplored the current US directions never, ever to sleep with a baby, for
fear of SIDS, and she was critical of current directions to keep the baby
awake while breastfeeding and then to place her/him in a crib.  She
described breastfeeding as protective and described the normal soporific
(sleep-inducing) effects of breastfeeding, for instance, vs keeping the baby
awake (unphysiological).  I wish I had made a note of some of her nicely
worded comments.

The program can be accessed online.  I don't have the URL, but it can be
found at ABC Radio National, and the program is the Science Show with Robin
Williams.  Date, Saturday, 5 February 2011, time 12 noon.

I am currently "no mail" because this is a very busy time. 

Virginia

 

Dr Virginia Thorley, OAM, PhD, IBCLC, FILCA 

Private Practice IBCLC (cohort of 1985)

Brisbane, Qld, Australia 

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