Alla asked for evidence based reviews on the real situation with co-sleeping and the breakdown on the misgivings of the "official" anti co-sleeping studies.
The 2015 Gold Lactation On-Line Conference currently going on (until June 1) has a special add-on section of 5 lectures on this topic. I listened to them and they are excellent.
The "Sweet Sleep" book has a whole section assessing the flaws in the studies used to promote anti-bedsharing messages. See chapters 19 and 20.
Here are some additional resources that may be of help:
An article against bedsharing, (with a more complex critique below):
Carpenter, Robert, Cliona McGarvey, Edwin A Mitchell, David M Tappin, Mechtild M Vennemann, Melanie Smuk, and James R Carpenter. “Bed sharing when parents do not smoke: is there a risk of SIDS? An individual level analysis of five major case–control studies”. BMJ Open, Volume 3, Issue 5. 20 May 2013. http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/3/5/e002299.full
Note the responses at the bottom of the article. (This study is strongly criticized).
A Critique of this article:
http://kinderverstehen.de/images/SIDS_Stellungnahme_Carpenter_HRP_130613.pdf
Herbert Renz-Polster, MD and Freia De Bock, MD, MPH
“In response to: Carpenter et al. 2013: Bed sharing when parents do not smoke: is there a risk of SIDS” (published as e-letter “More questions than answers” to BMJ Open, June 11, 2013. English section starts on page 5.
Gettler, Lee T. and Mckenna, James. Never Sleep with Baby? Or Keep Me Close But Keep Me Safe: Eliminating Inappropriate “Safe Infant Sleep” Rhetoric in the United States. Current Pediatric Reviews (2010) 6, 71-77.
All McKenna's downloadable articles are listed here.
See http://cosleeping.nd.edu/articles-and-presentations/articles-and-essays/
Talk by James McKenna: “Co-Sleeping with Infants: Science, Public Policy, and Parents’ Civil Rights” 18.46 minutes. 2/25/13. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCZzzqFkyiU
“Should the AAP Sleep Alone?” by Melissa Bartick, MD. Blog on Breastfeeding Medicine 4/9/14. http://bfmed.wordpress.com/2014/04/09/should-the-aap-sleep-alone/
Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Protocol on Cosleeping and Breastfeeding (2008): http://www.bfmed.org/Media/Files/Protocols/Protocol_6.pdf See Protocol #6
Bartick, Melissa, Kenneth Rosenberg, Martin Bruce Lahr and Kathleen Marinelli. “Study on Sleep Location Flawed, Inconclusive.” http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2014/07/09/peds.2014-0401/reply#pediatrics_el_63649
Smith, Linda, Diane Wiessinger, Diana West and Teresa Pitman. “Murky Definitions, Missing Data Prevent Meaningful Conclusions.” http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2014/07/09/peds.2014-0401/reply#pediatrics_el_63649
Sarah Kerrigan. "Is It Time to Rethink Co-Sleeping?" WBUR, Boston's NPR station, November 8, 2013. http://commonhealth.wbur.org/2013/11/is-it-time-to-rethink-co-sleeping
Anna Burbridge, La Leche League of Great Britain: “Bedsharing, Breastfeeding and the Risk of SIDS” (July 22, 2014)
https://www.laleche.org.uk/content/bed-sharing-breastfeeding-and-risk-sids
Diana West. “Smart Bedsharing Gives Breastfeeding Mothers More Sleep.” The Huffington Post, “Huff Post Parents,” August 9, 2014.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/diana-west/smart-bedsharing-gives-br_b_5662733.html
Linda J. Smith. “Sleeping Like a Mammal: Nighttime Realities for Childbirth Educators to Share with Parents.” Science and Sensibility: A Research Blog about Healthy Pregnancy, Birth & Beyond. August 21, 2014. http://www.scienceandsensibility.org/?p=8608
Bartick, Melissa and Linda J. Smith. “Speaking Out on Safe Sleep: Evidence-Based Infant Sleep Recommendations.” Breastfeeding Medicine. Volume 9, Number 9. November 2014: 417-422. doi:10.1089/bfm.2014.0113
http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/bfm.2014.0113
Bartick, Melissa, MD. “Pediatric Politics: How Dire Warnings against Infant Bedsharing ‘Backfired.’” WBUR’s Common Health, WBUR 90.9, Boston’s NPR News Station. December 19, 2014. http://commonhealth.wbur.org/2014/12/dire-warnings-against-infant-bed-sharing-backfired
Bartick, Melissa, MD. “Five Things You Need to Know About Sharing a Bed With Your Infant.” WBUR’s Common Health, WBUR 90.9, Boston’s NPR News Station. December 30, 2014. http://commonhealth.wbur.org/2014/12/infant-bed-sharing-tips
Fleming, Peter J. and Peter S. Blair. “Making informed choices on co-sleeping with your baby” (Editorial). BMJ 2015;350:h563 (Published 2 February 2015)
Huffington, Ariana. “My Conversation with Co-Sleeping Expert James McKenna” The Huffington Post. 4/22/2015. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/james-mckenna-co-sleeping-expert_b_7119782.html
Anne Altshuler, RN, MS, IBCLC, LLLL
Madison, WI USA
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