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PSYCHO PENGUIN
Dude, you are giving penguins a bad name. Chillax and please step away from the cap-locks.
Posted to What's Up, Doc by TobyF on March 10, 2009
Death Rates
The journal article in question, ''US Infant Mortality Trends...'' shows that while ASSB (rollover, etc) deaths increased from 2.8 to 12.5 per 100,000 over the 20year study, SIDs deaths decreased from 142.9 to 54.6 per 100,000. Although they do a poor job of correlating cosleeping with these rate changes, it looks to me like a correlation is in ...
Posted to What's Up, Doc by TobyF on March 10, 2009
These statistics are skewed
What I want to know is why the parent's bed is grouped with sofas and couches. Sofas are a very dangerous place to sleep with your child, because parents usually wedge the child between them and the back of the couch so the child doesn't roll off. The child then becomes crushed by the parent and suffocates. I'm sure if you were to look at ...
Posted to What's Up, Doc by Lazurii on February 6, 2009