In a message dated 4/30/2004 7:33:42 AM Pacific Standard Time,
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Does anyone have handy any MD respected information to guide me in supporting
co-sleeping?

Go to the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine web site, www.bfmed.org and click
on Protocols on the left side.  We have an evidence-based protocol/guideline
re co-sleeping.  For most of human history and still for most infants
world-wide, sleeping with the parent is the NORMAL way to sleep.  What is the evidence
that this new way to sleep (in a crib) is safe?  After-all, isn't SIDS called
"crib death"?  As Jim McKenna points out very clearly in his books and
papers, we have been using cultural mores, instead of science re parenting issues
for a long time in the USA.

Nancy
Nancy E. Wight MD, IBCLC, FAAP, FABM
Neonatologist
Children's Hospital and Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women
Medical Director, Sharp HealthCare Lactation Services
San Diego, CA
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