Re: Infant flat skulls can be avoided: U.S. doctors

"Roger Schlafly" <rogersc@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> "Elizabeth Reid" <eliz_reid@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
> > I tend to agree that the risk for a healthy term infant who has
> > no other risk factors is pretty low.  I also agree that if a child
> > sleeps much better on his stomach, it may be worth considering.  I
> > had a co-worker whose child would literally only sleep thirty minutes
> > at a strtech if put on his back.  In that situation, I'd put a child
> > on his stomach too.
>
> Tell the pediatricians. The AAP seems to lack common sense in
> this area.

The NIH did: http://www.nichd.nih.gov/sids/sids_qa.htm:
"Health
professionals need to consider the potential benefit when taking into
account each baby's circumstances." Sounds like the real professionals in
health have already addressed the issue.

All the best,

Jeff