Regardless of where you stand on any one particular position endorsed by the AAP, Jennifer Tow's analogy illustrated the very different public health policy statements by the AAP depending on "acceptability" that sometimes overrides evidence. After her analogy, I was thinking along the same lines as Judy about cobedding due to the "Babies should always sleep alone" campaign in New York City. To date, I have not succeeded in getting the Deputy Commissioner to respond to my direct question of whether or not social services would take a baby away from its mother for cobedding UNDER SAFE CONDITIONS. The written response danced around my direct question and never answered it at all. Excellent analogies. Best, Susan *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome