This has been a fascinating thread!
Judy, I'm a foster momma to a 7 mo old infant and have to sign a form that I will never bring her in my bed. It's hard enough to parent an infant without breastfeeding (it's all I ever knew to do with my bio babes) but REALLY hard to sleep apart.

Maeve Howett, PhD, APRN, CNP-Ped, IBCLC
Co-Director, Southeast Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit at Emory University 
President, Southeastern Lactation Consultants Association
Assistant Clinical Professor
Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing 
Emory University
1520 Clifton Road
Atlanta, GA, USA 30322
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