Kathy D wrote:

>Wow!  Just caught the tail end of a CNN headline news flash that said a new
>study just published (didn't catch where) found that 55% of SIDS deaths
>could have been prevented by BREASTFEEDING.  In other words, to
>Wiesiingerize that, 55% of SIDS deaths can be attributed to formula-feeding.
>  Another 27% can be attributed to second-hand smoke.  This study found no
>difference in SIDS deaths based on sleeping position (front or back).  Very
>interesting . . . .
>
>If someone can find the original study, please post the reference.

Kathy, thank you for posting this. I certainly would love to see that
study. It is so tragic that the "back to sleep" campaign has wreaked such
havoc on our babies--misshapen heads, poorly developed neck structures, no
crawling, torticolis, and probably GER, to name a few. There is a business
here that specializes in the helmets for infants, the purpose of which is
to re-shape their heads after they have been lying on their backs for
months. THey have ads in all of the baby/parent publications.

Paren't live in terror of their babies being on their stomachs, so much so
that they are resistant to skin-to-skin on mom's chest. As I have written
before, if only the Peds would get onto such a campaign to promote
breastfeeding.

On CNN, you say. That's pretty mainstream. Maybe it will make other popular
media.

Hopefully someone else has heard this news.

Pat Gima, IBCLC
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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