On 28 Apr 2006 at 9:58, Judy Le Van Fram wrote:

>  
> _http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/530804_print_ 
> (http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/530804_print) 
>  
> Pardon for any cross postings..

I don't understand the conclusions of this study, from reading this 
press release.
From the evidence that is given in this text it is risky to take an 
unwell infant in the parental bed for the first time - unaccustomed 
and uninformed parent, probably unfit bed, unwell child. This is 
nothing new, is it?

> These data, the authors conclude, reinforce that factors associated with  
> bed-sharing increase the risk of SIDS for infants at risk. "While it has not  
> been demonstrated that bed-sharing is a risk factor in itself, clearly it  
> interacts with other risk factors to increase the associated risks even  further," 

From what the Reuters information says, I would conclude it is 
important to inform ALL parents about safe co-sleeping. Usefull for 
those who practice it every night, of vital importance to those who 
do it when in despair for the first time because they feel they won't 
get any sleep otherwise.

From the abstract I understand sofa-sleepers were included in the bed-
sharing population... Well, that's similar to including babies in a 
cot that doesn't fit any safety standard in the 'normal' not bed-
sharing infants.

Too bad they don't have the full article online... I would love to 
read it to see if they give more insight in the questions that I 
have.
-- 
Heleen Hayes
www.xs4all.nl/~hhayes

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