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Why I No Longer Believe Babies Should Cry Themselves to Sleep Worth another read (from 2006), from Gabor Maté:	There is a biological reason why breastfeeding leads to sleepy moms and babies. This "APtly Said" post by API's Rita Brhel on the problem with proposed recommendations for infant sleep makes an impression.
Clinical Lactation's Special Issue on CIO and Sleep Training This month's special issue of Clinical Lactation (Volume 4, Issue 2) is a great resource for crying-it-out and sleep-training issues.	API and Research Community Find Anti-Bedsharing Recommendations Unsupported The emotional and physical welfare of infants is API's mission, and API celebrates the efforts and research aimed at reducing and eliminating SIDS/SUDS. The Carpenter et. al.
Bed Sharing Safely: Not All Co-Sleeping is Created Equal "When it comes to the potential risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome from a mother sharing her bed with her baby, there is a push to change the message from "just don't do it" to "here is how it's done most safely."	Researchers from Murdoch University's School of Health Professions are urging health organisations to reconsider their attitudes "While we accept the need for preventative strategies to reduce sleep-related infant deaths, we believe health agencies should shift from absolute messages discouraging bedsharing to messages that address known risk factors.
Co-Sleeping With Infants: Science, Public Policy, and Parents Civil Rights, with James McKenna, PhD "Dr. James J. McKenna, PhD, director of the Mother-Baby Behavioral Sleep Laboratory at the University of Notre Dame shares:

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