I have something VERY unpopular to say, so please
forgive me when you read it:

SIDS effects less than 1/10 of 1% of babies (2500 SIDS
vs. over 4 million births).  The irony of this is that
the new recommendations will negatively impact more
than 70% (or greater) of babies in this country.

Sometimes I am ashamed to be a nurse in the USA.  What
has our culture come to?  Is no one looking at the
REAL reason a pacifier is used in the first place?

At my workplace we see 2-3 SIDS a year and SMOKING
seems to be the biggest denominator for us.

Seems like again, the AAP cannot look past the
bottle-fed culture.  It is not difficult to figure out
with the monies being exchanged.

Again, I am sorry if I have offended.  

Warmly,
Pam, who has just about seen it all with all these
efforts to sabotage directly/indirectly breastfeeding
and how medicine continues to only look at fatalities
instead of overall public health.


	
		
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