I've thought about the AAP SIDS recs and interpret them to mean that 
maybe sleeping long and hard is not healthy for infants in terms of 
SIDS risk. The pacifier thing is basically to keep them from getting 
into too deep a sleep, and I think the back to sleep thing is the same. 
I have had moms say "but he sleeps so much better on his tummy." I now 
think that babies aren't meant to sleep "better' (i.e. deeper and 
longer) and it appears to put them at greater risk for SIDS. Which may 
be why brestfed babies have a lower incidence of SIDS. Formula babies 
sleep too long and deep. In fact, I plan to start talking about the 
whole "Babywise" issue as it relates to this (I live in Babywise 
country as one of the authors - Bucknam - is one of our local pedis).
If anyone is looking for a research project, how about duration of 
sleep periods and incidence of SIDS.

Andrea Tran RN, IBCLC
Boulder/Erie, Colorado

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