Ah, Cian Sawyer just said it perfectly!!!  Go back, read her post and  insert 
breastfeeding for the tummy sleeping regardless of how many studies show  it 
is better....and especially how for 'mom' needs.  Cian, I am not being  unkind 
to you...you know me.  I just want to say that while some thought  this did 
not compare, you just proved it certainly does. Just like every  baby fed 
formula does NOT grow up with every disease known to man, and  breastmilk is NOT 
magic fairy dust that cures all ills, it is also true  that not all tummy 
sleepers die of SIDS. Moms say can say: "I didn't  breastfeed my first child, and he 
is healthy and smart, so why bother with the  next one?"  OR "My first child 
slept on his tummy, and he is here, so  my second child can too".  Same for "I 
didn't sleep on my back,  and I didn't die of SIDS" and "I didn't get 
breastfed, and I am just  fine."   Statistics are there for SIDS, statistics are 
there for  breastfeeding.  But, for both there are still those who make choices 
not  based on research, but on experience.

My theory is simple and the same  many others have said: If maternal/infant 
biology suggests cosleeping  and night feeds as the norm, tummy sleeping in a 
separate sleep space would not  seem to be the 'natural' sleep of a baby.    
 
Take care,
Pam MazzellaDiBosco, IBCLC, RLC  Who did not breastfeed, and slept on  my 
tummy as a baby.  Reasons my sister and my mother don't see  why I bother....
 
 
 
 

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