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I am currently on holidays which explains my ability to respond
quickly but also my lack of ability to send the references this week.
However here are a few quick points
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- the research is extensive. It is not 1 study but a great many
replicated world wide. It originated with a study done in New
Zealand. The initial study was extensively questioned as the results
were such a surprise. In the past 15 years several other groups have
approached the question from a variety of research approaches, all
have the reached the same conclusion. There are a number of excellent
studies from Europe and Asia as well as North America. This is not
"questionable" research although like all bodies of research the
studies themselves vary in quality.
- back sleeping is the norm for breastfeeding infants co sleeping
with their mothers. I think one person posted about the difficulty of
trying to get her co sleeping breastfed child to sleep on his tummy
during the years that was advised. Dr McKenna's work clearly explains this.
- interestingly among the highest risk infants are those who
normally sleep on their back and grandma or baby sitter puts on their
tummy. So it is their first time or near to first time on tummy.
I have extensive files at work. If people would like more
information, they are welcome to email me.
I consider knowledge of this research to be as important in our work
as knowledge of other well baby issues. Back to sleep is as proven
as we can get. There is more research than exists for car seat safety
which was quickly accepted. PLEASE go out and do the reading.
The really big issue is safe sleep, ie , safe crib environment and/or
safe adult bed environment. I totally agree with the comments about
the pictures in magazines or catalogues of unsafe crib environments.
My children are all in their 20s so were born in the tummy sleeping
era. I also co slept so they spent most of their time on their back,
although I also tried to encourage tummy sleeping. The one who
refused to back sleep at all slept across my chest for most of the
first year as he was hypertonic and would arch and cry if set down
on a firm surface. Perhaps you were seeing a similar reflex in your
son Darillyn.
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