Poll Results: Breastfed Infants Sleeping in Cribs or Co-Sleeping

Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:14:30 +0000

No poll results have surprised me more than these. I understand that the pool of readers who actually answer the polls here (only a very small fraction of people who visit the blog — I hope more of you vote in the latest poll to help me name my baby!) might be quite skewed, but I still was shocked to find that nearly 2/3 of voters co-sleep with their breastfed infants under age 12 months. With all the bad press and debate about the safety of co-sleeping, I didn’t realize how many families find that co-sleeping works for them!

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Co-Sleeping with an Infant

Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:15:42 +0000

When Los Angeles County officials issued a warning about co-sleeping with an infant, National Public Radio host Larry Mantle opened up the topic for a 35-minute discussion on AirTalk on KPCC 89.3 (listen here). In addition to Deanne Tilton Durfee, director of the Los Angeles County Interagency Council on Child Abuse and Neglect, guests included co-sleeping advocate Dr. William Sears, co-author of The Baby Sleep Book: The Complete Guide to a Good Night’s Rest for the Whole Family, Dr. Charles Sophy, Medical Director for the L.A. County Department of Childen and Family Services, and Dr. James J. McKenna, Director of the Mother-Baby Behavioral Sleep Lab at The University of Notre Dame and author of Sleeping with Your Baby: A Parent’s Guide to Cosleeping. One of the most important things the debate brought to light is how much safer it is for a breastfeeding infant to be sharing a bed compared to a formula-fed baby.

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Poll Results: Breastfed Infants Sleeping in Cribs or Co-Sleeping

Co-Sleeping with an Infant