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| 5/12/2017 11:30 AM -to- 12:00 PM | Welcome to Cultivating Connections Preview |
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| 5/12/2017 12:00 PM -to- 12:05:05 PM | Opening Message |
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| 5/12/2017 12:05:05 PM -to- 12:56:05 PM | Return of Breastsleeping: Humankind’s Oldest and Most Successful (Safest) Feeding and Sleeping Arrangement James McKenna, PhD Dr. McKenna presents compelling evidence that the answer to the question, “should one bedshare or not,” isn’t yes or no, but it depends – on what parents know about safety. Referring to laboratory, home and survey studies, McKenna challenges us to acknowledge that, in fact, mothers do bedshare for some or of all of the night and thus should be given support. Just as there are recommendations for safe crib sleeping, there should be clear recommendations for safe bedsharing/co-sleeping as it is happening widely. McKenna suggests, that breastsleeping (in the absence of all known independent risk factors) is safe, successful and satisfying when guidelines are observed and followed. Professor James J. McKenna is recognized as the world’s leading authority on mother-infant co-sleeping especially in relationship to breastfeeding and SIDS. As director of Notre Dame’s Mother-Baby Behavioral Sleep Laboratory, he is known for conducting the first ever physiological and behavioral studies of the differences between solitary and co-sleeping mother-infant pairs. In recognition of his work in 2009 he was admitted as a Fellow into the select body of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world's most prestigious scientific society. McKenna is a strong proponent of co-sleeping and focuses his research specifically on the relationship between sleeping arrangements, feeding method and risk factors for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). He has published more than 130 scholarly articles in medical, anthropological and psychology journals and is the author or “Sleeping with Baby: A Parent’s Guide to Co-Sleeping. |
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| 5/12/2017 12:56:05 PM -to- 1:09 PM | What do we DOula with this information? |
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