Seems to me we need to be VERY careful about saying that co-sleeping can increase risk of death. Of course, AAP may not see this but...in cases where babies do die, parents will blame themselves no matter where that baby was asleep. If we say "that is because you slept with your baby" we are really adding to the guilt and anxiety felt by the family. I find this "selective causality" very frustrating. What about the correlations between time of immunizations and infant deaths? Never mentioned in the public press. "Don't want to scare parents." Why are we willing to scare them about co-sleeping? France has now mandated that the Hep. B vaccine be given to no one under 14 years of age. Seems the Peds. there are concerned about high incidence of serious advers reactions. Japan, I hear, is waiting until age two to give vaccines and reporting lower incidence of SIDS in their infants. I'm not really taking a side on the immunization issue here. I understand that this issue is complex. I'm just pointing out how this "selective causality" tends to err on the side of caution when it involvespractices that promote successful breastfeeding, but to ignore significant indicators when they involve medicine, pharmaceuticals...... Susan Susan *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html