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Sandy Hess <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 6 May 1999 13:09:23 -0400
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Jan,

Re: your inquiry about an AAP statement.  (By the way, you inadvertently
left off the word "IF" when you copied part of my first
sentence.....which happens to change the meaning of my thought).

Press Release 8/4/97

"Parents who sleep with their baby in an adult bed do not reduce the
risk of (SIDS).... . In a new policy statement developed with the
National Institue of Child Health and Human Development, the AAP
acknowledges that bed sharing can alter and synchronize sleep patterns
of mother and baby and encourage breast feeding  (*a positive!), but
points out that no scientific studies prove bed sharing reduces SIDS.
In fact, under certain conditions, bed sharing may actually increase
SIDS risk, especially if the baby sleeps on its stomach on a comforter
or other soft surface.  The AAP also warns that, unlike cribs, adult
beds are not designed to meet safety standards for infants and may carry
a risk of accidental entrapment and suffocation."

***

I'm concerned that, if the scenario I mentioned in my last post should
occur, with the above statement not sounding all to supportive of
co-sleeping  (i.e. the dangers portion), how might this impact giving
the info.

Should develop a handout and have mom sign that she was given specific
precautions?  Should we document to the nth degree?  Is all this
necessary?  Could we still be sued even if we did our best to "cover all
the bases?

I think that this is a question we need to consider.  Again, if anyone
has a credible legal viewpoint, please post.

Jan, I agree with your thought about a statement warning of the
potential for serious illness, disability, or death (paraphrased) if an
infant is given ABM.


Sandy Hess

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