Safe Cosleeping
(from one of my listservs. I went and participated in the survey)
Hello breastfeeding supporters and educators,
As you well know, the best food for a new child is breast milk. You also know that not everyone believes that fact. The formula companies have successfully “separated” today’s woman from herbreast, at least mentally. The leaders of the Le Leche League aretrying to undue this unfortunate shift of culture, and we thank youfor it.
As you may also know, many of these same “Big Corp” interests areattacking the Family Bed saying it can’t be done safely. They, forall intensive purposes, have a firm grasp on America’s idea aboutthe ONLY safe place that a child should sleep, a safety approvedcrib.
Co-sleeping or bed-sharing can be an integral part of mostbreastfeeding situations. It makes it easier, which helps extend theduration. However, there is a very real movement to officially label co-sleeping as NEGLECT. This would be a major step back for breastfeeding. There are important bed-sharing guidelines that need to befollowed, and not omitted. Public health departments and the genera lpublic are being bombarded with news stories calling for the end ofco-sleeping. They say it’s dangerous and can’t be done safely.
You as a professional know different. Help get the message out to save this beneficial parenting choice. Please ask your successful co-sleeping families to help prove something that Mr. Big Corp would like to hide…that people can and are co-sleeping/bed-sharing safely.
www.co-sleepingsurvey.com is a 30 second survey that allows parentswho have or are currently co-sleeping/bed-sharing to countthemselves as safe parents. The website has been live for under aweek and over 1000 people have signed up. Most of them arebreastfeeding women.This number is desperately needed to prove that co-sleeping and bed-sharing can be done safely and the only thing that needs to beabolished is the discrimination against this valuable practice.
Thanks,Co-sleepingsurvey.com
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