In searching for info on teeth and nocturnal breastfeeding, I came
across a small but interesting study reported by McKenna, J. & Mosko, S.
1997 in Pediatrics August 100:2 Pt 1 214-219. The total N=35
breastfeeding Latina couplets, 20 bedsharing and 15 solitary sleeping:

"RESULTS: The most important finding is that when tested in their usual
sleeping conditions, routinely bedsharing infants breastfed
approximately three times longer during the night than infants who
routinely slept separately: this reflected a two-fold increase in the
number of breastfeeding episodes and 39% longer episodes. Breastfeeding
was also facilitated on the bedsharing night relative to the solitary
night within the routinely bedsharing group: the number and total
duration of breastfeeding episodes were significantly larger on the
bedsharing night."  They also point out that "This is the first study to
directly measure nocturnal breastfeeding behavior in any cultural group."

Joan Edelstein

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