II am mobile and must be brief.

Sofa "entrapment" and similar suffocation deaths are not SIDS, by definition.

Bed-sharing, co-sleeping, the Family Bed, by any name, decrease the incidence of Sudden Infant death. 

Sloppy and/or intoxicated "falling asleep" with a baby can lead to suffocation.These studies are attempting to decrease the incidence of safe co-sleeping and also decrease the incidence of breastfeeding.

Not letting a mother rest and sleep with her baby makes mothering much harder and is inexcusable policy. 

Jay Gordon MD, IBCLC, FABM (FAAP with increasing embarrassment)

drjaygordon.com (new, improved!)
Thumb-typed on my Treo--Typos Included

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