In my opinion the end goals of Attachment Parents and the end goals of the Safe Sleep for infants are not the same. The end goals of parents is to raise healthy children, the end goal of of them is to get more money from those who have a business built on selling more cribs and a dozen safety devices.

We’re going to have to agree to disagree.

The proponents of Safe Sleep for infants and SIDS Risk Reduction are pretty much on the same side as the Attachment parenting people with regard to the end goal. To assist parents in doing whats best for infants. However, the focus may be different.

It really comes down to a difference in the availability of information. I see the death reports on all the infants that die in my state. I see how babies are slept and whether or not they are being breastfed. I would be surprised if that is information that you get.

You see the successful side of attachment parenting, I see the unsuccessful side of parenting….with the worst possible results. I’m sure that you too are passionate on your subject.

As a parent who worked and exclusively breastfed 3 children, I feel very comfortable with the idea that we can raise healthy children with them sleeping in their own safe sleep space. That doesn’t necessarily mean down the hall or down the street. It means in their own space nearby.

In the U.S., we do not generally have beds like the rest of the world. We have quilts, pillow toppers, memory foam, pillows and lots of soft bedding. In fact, I have a Sleep number bed! Those are exactly the items that we have discovered are unsafe for infants. Being in a crib does not mean safety. Being in the adult bed does not mean death. But, we can definitely say that a safe crib - with no soft bedding in the parents bedroom is safer than being in an American style adult bed. When you review the death reports, the data is very clear. Do most infants die - NO! Most infants live. But, it is devastating when its your baby. Why take the chance? Everyone always assumes that the babies that die are “Those other people”. They must be drinking or smoking.. That can be true, but those people are just like you. They love their babies and are trying to do what’s best. As an exhausted new parent, we don’t always make the wisest decisions. Do you put your baby in a car with no car seat? I wasn’t in a car seat - yet I survived. Of course, you can put an infant in the adult bed and they can survive, but not all do. Not all survive in cribs. But, they are rarely safe cribs with infants placed on their backs.

As a parent, it’s your decision to make. Just don’t ever assume that it won’t be you.

That’s ridiculous that governments elsewhere have decided to dictate how long someone should breadfeed!?

The biggest problem by far is the separation of babies from their parents. These children were manipulated by adults the same way adopted children are, but the difference is that it is not done in the best interests of the child. NBC’s deceptive marketing is distasteful, but not in the same league as the main issue.