thesis/antithesis

Not surprisingly, I've been reading a variety of books, magazines, and Web sites for information about pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding, child development, and parenting. For every theory I've read I've found someone else promoting the exact antithesis:

• sleeping with your baby helps him feel more secure and reduces risk for SIDS/sleeping with your baby makes him feel less secure and increases his risk for SIDS;
  
• feed your baby every time he cries/feed your baby only at regularly timed intervals;
  
• don't drink any wine during pregnancy/a glass here or there is ok;
  
• feed your baby bland foods until after 2 years old/feed your baby the same foods that you eat (as long as there is no choking hazard) as early as 6 months old;
• using a pacifier will disrupt breastfeeding/using a pacifier may prevent SIDS;
  
• circumcision has no medical benefits/circumcision has many medical benefits.

Gack! I'm ready to toss it all since "mother knows best" (this worked well for the dogs, right? ;) ) I'll keep reading and storing away interesting tidbits, but I expect - as with many parents I've talked with - we'll discover our own mix of approaches...and perhaps invent a few of our own.