wrote: > In a message dated 10/4/1999 11:02:08 PM Central Daylight Time, > writes: > > << But what if the husband happens to be a heavy sleeper? >> > > One of the things Jim McKenna points out is that the wife should sleep > between the baby & the husband as the husband is generally a heavier sleeper > and is not as sensitive to the baby's movements as the wife is. Remember -- > she's been living with those movements for nine months. > > And whoever posted about the tragic death of the baby in their practice -- it > was the husband who lay on the baby. > > Jan Barger, RN, MA, IBCLC So now us fathers are considered worthless and murderers. What does a baby kicking in a stomach for 9 months have to do with one squirming in bed beside you? I guess it means the mother has been sleep deprived for 9 months and may let her guard down when she finally gets some sleep. g barden