AAPs policy statement against co-sleeping can be viewed at: http://www.aap.org/policy/pe000272.html May 1999 news release from AAP can be viewed at: http://www.aap.org/advocacy/releases/mayinf.htm Another study about SIDS and positioning which recommends against co-sleeping is: McKenna JJ, Mosko S, Dungy C, McAninch J. Sleep and arousal patterns of co-sleeping human mother/infant pairs: a preliminary physiological study with implications for the study of suddent infant death syndrome (SIDS). Am J Phys Anthropol. 1990;83:331-347 and a policy statement about that study can be viewed at: http://www.aap.org/policy/04791.html Hope this helps. Christine in Connecticut -----Original Message----- From: M. O'Hara-Hawn <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tuesday, July 13, 1999 5:14 PM Subject: co-sleeping and SIDS >Hi, > >Do any of you have specifics of cases where medical examiners / coroners >assumed that co-sleeping was causally related to an infant death, just >because the infant happened to die while in the family bed? An Oregon >coroner was brought up @ the Evergreen conference on parenting this >spring, but without the specifics I need to try to write a response to an >article in Pediatrics which concludes that co-sleeping should be >prohibited. Thanks, MA > >********************************************************************* >MaryAnn O'Hara, MD, MSt >Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program >University of Washington >1959 NE Pacific, Rm H-220 Health Sciences Center, Box 357183 >Seattle, WA 98195-7183 >(office) # 206-616-8724 >(home office) 206-329-6870 >(fax) 206-685-2473 >e-mail: [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(TM) >mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: >http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html *********************************************** 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