bed sharing

Letter to the editor in response to: “Co-sleeping fears prevented call for parents to abandon defective cribs”

November 27, 2009




Dear Editor, I was dismayed but unfortunately not shocked by Sarah Schmidt’s article Co-sleeping fears prevented call for parents to abandon defective cribs. Governments across North America, including the federal and some provincial governments in Canada,  have been waging an ongoing war against co-sleeping. Unfortunately, this is not based on sound science. It is important [...]

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8.8 deaths per 100,000 population

June 1, 2009




8.8 deaths per 100,000 In 2003, in Canada 8.8 people per 100,000 population were killed in fatal car accidents. 8.8 deaths per 100,000 In 2008, in Ontario 8.8 babies per 100,000 live births died while sharing an adult bed or mattress with an adult. The Ontario coroner says it is dangerous for babies to share [...]

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Co-Sleeping Safety

January 11, 2009




As a follow-up to my post on the benefits of co-sleeping, I wanted to write a post about co-sleeping safety. I think this is important because too many people either believe that it is unsafe and therefore avoid it at all costs or they don’t think twice about safety and can end up putting their [...]

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Benefits of Co-Sleeping

January 9, 2009




When a baby is on the way, most parents spend hours, days or weeks preparing a beautiful nursery with a gorgeous crib. Society tells us that babies sleep on their own, in a crib, in a different room from their parents. More recently, health authorities have started suggesting that the safest place for a baby [...]

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Mirena follows in Motrin’s footsteps

December 18, 2008




They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Perhaps that is what Mirena is counting on here. But I’m not impressed. When Motrin put out an inaccurate and insulting advertising about babywearing, telling moms that babywearing was painful but it was good pain and you should just take Motrin to deal with it, they [...]

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Posts that moved me…posts that moved you…

August 2, 2008




The first half of 2008 is behind us (edited to add: I now realize I am a month behind…I blame it on Mommy brain). I have been wanting to start blogging for a long time and finally got kick started with this blog while on vacation visiting my in-laws back in May. I’ve also started reading [...]

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Faulty logic from the Ontario coroner regarding bed sharing

June 5, 2008




I don’t know what the qualifications are to become a coroner in Ontario, but I doubt there is a required course in statistics (also known as quantitative methods). If it was required, then Ontario Coroner Dr. Bert Lauwers skipped a few too many classes, is purposely trying to deceive the public, or is blinded by [...]

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