On Mon, 18 Jul 2005, Deborah Gillespie wrote: > I also think that if people realized the higher incidence of SIDS > outside the family bed versus in the family bed, cribs would be > outlawed! Our culture (heavy sigh)... This is an excellent point, Debbie. Does anyone have a link to any references on this issue? I'd really like to have it in hand when this topic comes up in my classes. I had to laugh at your comments about daddies loving bedsharing. My son-in-law is a huge advocate of the family bed. I think I may have written about that here in the past. He objected strongly when my daughter suggested that they should get their 2 year old to sleep in his own bed because they had another baby on the way... so they just bought a bigger bed. Now all four of them are nice and cozy in their king sized bed. John openly brags about it to anyone who will listen - co-workers, customers, strangers. He loves it. He says he cannot imagine putting a child of his to bed in another room. :) We love John. LOL. As for the question of intimacy when the family bed is in practice, John has a ready answer for that, too. When someone made a comment to him once about how they were able to conceive baby #2 with their toddler in their bed every night, John said, "Dude... if you think the only place babies are conceived is in the bed in the master bedroom, you're sorely lacking in imagination." ;) Cee *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html