> Note in reference to this "study" that it is completely meaningless to say
> that half the babies who died were sleeping with someone else at the time
> when we have no idea how many babies in the area sleep with an adult. If
50%
> of babies sleep with adults, and co-sleeping has no effect on SIDS, then
you
> would expect to see 50% of SIDS deaths happening when babies co-sleep. If
> 75% of babies co-sleep, and only half of the SIDS babies were co-sleepers,
> then co-sleeping clearly has a protective effect.

In addition, assuming it is true that co-sleeping contributed to SIDS in
some of these cases, it might be that there is another confounding variable
that is really the culprit here--for instance, perhaps unsafe bedding and
cosleeping are less safe than safe cosleeping or crib use, or perhaps adult
drug use and cosleeping is less safe than safe cosleeping or crib use.

How can the AAP make such a sweeping statement based on such poor science?
You could make a hundred criticisms of this "study"--from the self reporting
to the lack of a control group.

Nancy Rupert
Port Coquitlam, BC
(LLL leader)

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