On Mon, 24 Apr 2006 22:22:34 -0600, Janice Reynolds [log in to unmask]
wrote about:

Coroners demand action on baby bed deaths; Parents 'should never sleep with
tiny infants'

 

Yorkshire Post, UK;
http://www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=55
<http://www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=55&ArticleID=14
45735> &ArticleID=1445735

 

The following parts were interesting to note:

"Shocked by the local statistics, Wakefield MP Mary Creagh, is raising the
issue with Government through a parliamentary question asking for national
figures of the numbers of babies who die through overlay.
She said: "I didn't realise the local statistics were so high. Parents'
greatest worry in the first few months is the survival of their baby and
parents need to have the best advice to ensure they give their child the
best start."

 

Is it possible to inform the coroners, the MP Mary Creagh, and others,
through the media or other ways, that their concerns are appreciated and
then include data about when it is dangerous to sleep with a child and how
to do it safely?

Also, might one dare to point out that there are many more infants who die
because they are fed formula?  The coroners, the MP Mary Creagh, and others
might consider a strong response to that by calling for the banning of
formula - because it most likely, not only causes hundreds of infants'
deaths, but also hundreds of thousands of infant illnesses and diseases in
the UK.  I would be interested to know their responses if the last sentence:

"Parents' greatest worry in the first few months is the survival of their
baby and parents need to have the best advice to ensure they give their
child the best start"

is used to make a point about the dangers of formula.  Where is the public
outcry to stop its use?  Parents need to be made aware!  Is that
Government's responsibility?

Janice, thank you for making us on LACTNET aware of that article.

Lee Galasso, MS, IBCLC, RLC


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