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Jodine Chase <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 14 Jan 2003 08:20:16 -0700
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I just heard a local radio report that sounded much better than the AP wire
coverage. The radio report sounded a lot like this UPI story below:

http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20030114-124723-5985r

>
> BED SHARING BY PARENTS, INFANTS RISING
>
> Bed sharing -- the practice of letting babies sleep in an adult bed with a
> parent or care-giver -- is increasing in the United States, according two
> studies published in the January Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent
> Medicine.
>
> The studies find nearly 13 percent of infants shared an adult bed and 50
> percent of infants spent at least some time in the previous two weeks sleeping
> on an adult bed at night.
>
> Proponents argue that bed sharing contributes to longer periods of
> breastfeeding, might protect infants from succumbing to Sudden Infant Death
> Syndrome by increasing infant awakenings and increases the mother's awareness
> of the infant.
>
> Opponents cite potential hazards, including: suffocation in soft bedding or
> pillows; entrapment between the bed and wall or bed frame, headboard, or
> footboard; and bed sharers rolling over onto the infants.

-- Jodine Chase

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