Today we received a warning from one of our injury prevention staff regarding co-sleeping.  It was based on a message from Health Canada, Product Safety Division, which in turn was based on the following article:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/10/031006064748.htm

This has been reprinted. 

Note that Health Canada did not go to the source material.  Nor the injury prevention staffer, "Because I respect and trust what Health Canada says".  Based on a newspaper article.  <aaaargh>

I have forwarded the UNICEF standards for safe co-sleeping, but they are not as "good" as Health Canada.

Any thoughts out there?

Judith

Judith A. Hayman, RN, BSc, BScN, IBCLC
Public Health Nurse, Lactation Consultant

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