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...owing to the risk of suffocation, strangulation or death by "overlying"--when a sleeping parent mistakenly rolls onto an infant. This announcement was based on data collected from 1990 to 1997 showing that on average, 64 American babies die each year while "co-sleeping" with their parents in adult beds...
...CPSC presented this warning to parents in absolute terms, saying that babies should never be allowed to sleep on adult beds, daybeds or waterbeds; that doing so exposes the child to a "potentially fatal hazard." The CPSC acknowledges "limitations" with its data, in that the reported cause of death in some cases is based on "anecdotal information." In some of the cases the babies might have been victims of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS); it is also not clear if parents' consumption of alcohol or drugs might have contributed to the "overlay" deaths. (Interestingly, even safety equipment is dangerous...
...fact is, 3,880,894 American babies were born in 1997, the most recent year for which we have statistics. Sadly, 28,045 died before their first birthday. But only 64 of them died on adult beds, compared with 736 who died of other accidental injuries--for instance, 160 babies under the age of one year died in motor-vehicle accidents...
...discovered a wonderful Web freebie: create-your-own family sites, where relatives equipped with passwords can post messages, share family anecdotes, keep track of birthdays, scan in snapshots--and see what the rest of their extended family has been up to. Valerie Juleson lives in Wilton, Conn. Her 12 adult children--11 foster kids and one biological child--are spread out all over the U.S. and Europe, and her two grandchildren live in Florida. She keeps up with everyone through a site created on myfamily.com One of the latest sitemakers to come online: superfamily.com...
...televisions or radios, but, man, you just feel good!" Stearman says. The weeklong Grandparent-Grandchild Summer Camp, founded by Arthur Kornhaber, in the Adirondack Mountains of New York, is one of many intergenerational programs launched in recent years. Elderhostel, which organizes learning vacations for seniors, has seen the adult enrollment in its intergenerational programs in the U.S. shoot up, from 251 in 1990 to nearly 3,300 in 1999. Stearman explains the allure: "It's a general immersion into the life of a kid. It's wonderful just to hang out together and see how they function with other kids...