>Peter Fleming's research has shown that sleeping with baby on a sofa, and
smoking, are two significant risk factors in crib death, while the<

I thought it was tummy vs back sleeping, not whether baby was on the sofa, a
bed, the floor, or anywhere else.  Lots of us have bf'd baby while lying
down on a sofa, but there's the 'common sense' factor: size of mom, size of
baby, softness of sofa, depth of sofa seating area, ie to they both "fit"?
& is baby protected from falling off the edge with some sort of bolster?  or
have enough wiggle room if mom's on the outside edge?

This is also assuming an unimpaired mother.  I agree with the smoking as
being the major factor here.

Phyllis Adamson, BA, IBCLC
Private Practice - Glendale, AZ
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