Parents Mag article

In Sue wrote:
The magazine is who "they" are. The magazine editors and writers who
wrote the article for the magazine. The magazine has to cover their
butts and not give advice that could kill a baby. -- Sue mom to three
girls

Meredith Edwards-Cornwall wrote in
message ...
In Sue wrote:
Well they are covering their butts because there are still many
babies dying and they are attributing it in part to co-sleeping.

Who are "they?" I haven't seen any research that suggests that co-
sleeping is to blame for SIDS. I'd be interested in seeing it, though!

Meredith


I'm trying to understand. Are you saying that talking about co-sleeping
is "giving advice that could kill a baby?"

Meredith

There were so many things in this issue that really annoyed me. I have had a
subscription for the past few months and have found a few annoying things before,
but this issue was just really bad. When I was reading about the baby that fell
through a hotel crib because one of the screws holding the bottom in was loose, I
thought why would you use a crib at a hotel anyway? Later in the issue, it talked
about all the checks you should do on a crib at a hotel before you use it. It
would be so much easier to put the baby in bed with you!

Anna



Leslie wrote:

Anybody read the latest issue of Parents? I don't know why I bother--it always
gets me angry--and this issue was even more full of garbage than usual.

There's an article on preventing SIDS. There is NO mention of the preventive
effects of breasatfeeding, but there is a diatribe against co-sleeping:

"2. Don't let your baby snooze in your bed. It's tempting to bring your newborn
into your bed, at least occasionally. And more moms and dads are making it a
permanent arrangement: Nearly 13 percent of babies under 8 months of age
usually share an adult bed at night, up from just 5.5 percent in 1993,
according to the NICHD.

Don't jump on the bandwagon. "Adult beds are not designed for babies," says
Marian Willinger, Ph.D., special assistant for SIDS at the NICHD, in Bethesda,
Maryland. "An infant can get pinned between the mattress and the bed frame, or
sink into the pillow and quilt." The crowded environment might also cause the
child to rebreathe air pockets, just as tummy-sleeping can. Possibly for these
reasons, a baby who sleeps with Mom or Dad in a grown-up bed is nearly
one-and-a-half times more likely to die of SIDS, according to one preliminary
study. Most experts consider that increase to be negligible, says Fern R.
Hauck, M.D., a SIDS researcher at the University of Virginia, in
Charlottesville, but the risks can quickly rise if parents cover their baby
with a comforter, or if either or both have been drinking, are taking
sleep-inducing drugs, or are very tired -- which may make them unaware that
they're crowding their child. If Mom or Dad smokes, the risks increase too (for
more on why, see Tip #6). "

http://www.parents.com/articles/health/5373.jsp?page=2

Leslie

Emily (2/4/91), Jake (1/27/94), Teddy (2/15/95), and William (3/5/01)
http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/o/onemoremakesfour/

"Children come trailing clouds of glory from God, which is their home."
~ William Wordsworth

"Naomi Pardue" wrote in message
...
Unfortunately they probably do have to be careful what they say is OK,
in any way, shape or form. If they ran an article on how to co-sleep
safely, once they've said "co-sleeping is safe", the magazine has opened
itself up to being sued by the parents whose baby dies while

co-sleeping,

Uhhh... it would be hard to see that the parents would have much of a case
there. I mean, if the magazine ran an article on giving solids to babies,
and
a baby choked on solids, could the parents sue the magazine? If they ran
an
article on using swings, and a baby died in a swing, would the parents sue
the
magazine?


The difference is that the example you site of a swing is that there is a
swing manufacturer involved. Whether or not someone can successfully bring
suit against someone else is based largely on whether or not it has been
done before. There is plenty that a mag can do to be held liable, but that
has more to do with irresponsible journalism. Like they can quite a
reputable source who is really not reputable or misrepresent facts.



The only
way for them to legally CT(heir)A is to say, "don't co-sleep".


No, the ONLY way to CTA's would be to not have a magazine at all.


Naomi
CAPPA Certified Lactation Educator

(either remove spamblock or change address to to
e-mail
reply.)

"Meredith Edwards-Cornwall" wrote in message
...
In Sue wrote:
The magazine is who "they" are. The magazine editors and writers who
wrote the article for the magazine. The magazine has to cover their
butts and not give advice that could kill a baby. -- Sue mom to three
girls

Meredith Edwards-Cornwall wrote in
message ...
In Sue wrote:
Well they are covering their butts because there are still many
babies dying and they are attributing it in part to co-sleeping.

Who are "they?" I haven't seen any research that suggests that co-
sleeping is to blame for SIDS. I'd be interested in seeing it, though!

Meredith


I'm trying to understand. Are you saying that talking about co-sleeping
is "giving advice that could kill a baby?"

Meredith

Well they are hanging out there a little if they support a practice that the
peds specifically do not support. If there is no defacto authority espousing
co-sleeping whom they can quote with impunity, they can get in trouble for
bad journalism. But if they put it in a format of a pros and cons and put
Sears on one side, they could talk about it if they wanted to. Of course,
cosleeping can kill a baby. If you are a moron and do it unsafely. People
get sued by morons all the time.

S

Leslie wrote:

Babies who die while co-sleeping are victims of
suffocation for the most part, not SIDS.


Exactly! If the co-sleeping baby had fallen out of bed into
a bucket of water, they wouldn't call that SIDS, so why is
suffocation confabulated with SIDS?

Phoebe

Because the magazine wants people to think that so they will stop putting
babies to sleep in the family bed.
--
Sue
mom to three girls

Phoebe & Allyson wrote in message
...
Leslie wrote:

Babies who die while co-sleeping are victims of
suffocation for the most part, not SIDS.


Exactly! If the co-sleeping baby had fallen out of bed into
a bucket of water, they wouldn't call that SIDS, so why is
suffocation confabulated with SIDS?

Phoebe

In Stephanie and Tim wrote:

"Meredith Edwards-Cornwall" wrote in
message ...
In Sue wrote:
The magazine is who "they" are. The magazine editors and writers
who wrote the article for the magazine. The magazine has to cover
their butts and not give advice that could kill a baby. -- Sue mom
to three girls

Meredith Edwards-Cornwall wrote in
message ...
In Sue wrote:
Well they are covering their butts because there are still many
babies dying and they are attributing it in part to co-sleeping.

Who are "they?" I haven't seen any research that suggests that co-
sleeping is to blame for SIDS. I'd be interested in seeing it,
though!

Meredith


I'm trying to understand. Are you saying that talking about co-
sleeping is "giving advice that could kill a baby?"

Meredith

Well they are hanging out there a little if they support a practice
that the peds specifically do not support. If there is no defacto
authority espousing co-sleeping whom they can quote with impunity,
they can get in trouble for bad journalism. But if they put it in a
format of a pros and cons and put Sears on one side, they could talk
about it if they wanted to. Of course, cosleeping can kill a baby. If
you are a moron and do it unsafely. People get sued by morons all the
time.

S

There are authorities that support co-sleeping, and there is a growing
body of research on it. I guess I don't get this, because it's not co-
sleeping that causes SIDS. After all, a much higher percentage of babies
die in their cribs, not in the bed with their parents who are co-
sleeping safely.

I was reading Essence yesterday - the June 2003 issue, I believe, and
they had a fairly positive little blurb about co-sleeping. They even
quoted James McKenna. So not all national magazines feel they can't
say anything positive about it or they will get sued.
---
--- Vicki in Indiana

Married my dear husband Joshua on May 21, 1995.
Ima shel ds, born 11/16/99 and breastfed for 22 months;
and Ima shel dd, still nursing. Born at home, 05/19/02.
http://www.geocities.com/vyxter/
An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy. -Spanish proverb
Baby names I like: Theodore, Corinne, Lionel, Adele, Timothy, Amelia,
Chloe, Orlando.

Meredith Edwards-Cornwall wrote:

In Sue wrote:
Well they are covering their butts because there are still many babies
dying and they are attributing it in part to co-sleeping.

Who are "they?" I haven't seen any research that suggests that co-
sleeping is to blame for SIDS. I'd be interested in seeing it, though!

Meredith

The askdrsears website has research claiming the opposite, that
co-sleeping, as long as certain rules are followed, reduces the risk of
SIDS!

Cath

Stephanie and Tim wrote:

Do other people's very pro-breastfeeding peds not also agree with the
recommendation to not cosleep?

No idea wrt ped, but the breastfeeding specialist physician who has been very
helpful to me recommends that we DO co-sleep. (she has four kids, and says
there's nothing like having co-slept to keep older kids willing to talk to their
parents about difficult things...I've heard this before from other sources too.)

Dawn



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