Just got this e-mail from Lou Boyes, IBCLC. She is the WIC breastfeeding coordinator for Palm Beach County: Thought you all would like to see what the final decision was on"Safe Infant Sleeping" with the Palm Beach County, FL Health Department Child Fatality Review and Prevention Project. It was originally recommended that no parent should ever sleep with their infant. As a result of the work team reviewing information that I shared with them: * Culture and Infant Sleep, Study Module #560-02 from LLLI which includes Dr. McKenna's studies; * the AAP's Policy on Breastfeeding; and * the LLLI media release on Co-Sleeping they developed a comprehensive flyer which will be distributed throughout the county. There is media coverage planned also. This is a wonderful effort that had a very positive outcome due to a dedicated work team that read the facts and kept an open mind. The PBC Medical Examiner had just had his first child and his wife was breastfeeding!! He certainly had a vested interest in reading all the material. Hope the rest of the counties and states put forth such a dedicated effort. v CO-SLEEPING: Ø If parents are smokers or have ingested alcohol or drugs, they should not sleep with their babies. These drugs include some prescription and over-the-counter medicines (such as allergy, sleep or cold medicine) that may make the person fall into a deep sleep and/or make it difficult for the person to wake up. Ø If an infant sleeps in an adult bed: § The mattress should be tight fitting to the headboard of the bed. § There should not be any loose pillows or soft blankets near the baby's face or under the baby. § There should not be any space between the bed and the adjoining wall where the baby could roll and become trapped. § The baby should not be placed on his or her stomach. § Be very careful that an adult or child sleeping in the bed with the baby does not roll over onto the baby or cover the baby with a body part that could smother the baby. Margie Forrest, RN, BSN, IBCLC The Lactation Corner at Palms West Hospital Loxahatchee, FL *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html