Our Co-sleeping Set-up
According to the BBC World News, the Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths (FSID) just released a study that says co-sleeping or bed sharing with your child, has been implicated in about half of SIDS cases. According to this study, the risk is greatest if either parent smokes, has been drinking, has taken sedatives or is “very tired,” and that small babies, such as preemies are particularly at risk.
According to Dr. Sears, attachment parenting guru who has written two books on the topic and done extensive research on the risks of SIDS when co-sleeping, there is nothing to worry about. In fact, he believes that co-sleeping can actually reduce the risk of SIDS.
The best advice is to do as you would with all things parenting and follow your instincts. As for my husband and I, we knew we wanted to co-sleep, but did not think we would be comfortable with a baby in bed with us. Read more »
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I have traveled all over the world under intense and difficult situations, such as sleeping on a centipede infested mattress on a dirt floor in India or vacating a bus due to a bomb threat in Israel or paying a quarter for a Chinese bathroom (you’d have to smell it to believe it). Yet traveling with children requires a whole new set of skills and rules that I wasn’t quite prepared for. We’ve traveled with my daughter several times now including our five week road trip to New Orleans last spring. But not yet a mobile toddler, I was able to sit her in the corner with toys and take care of dinner. Now that she is walking, and does not care to be held for long, a new breed of vigilance is required. Read more »
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This is the hard part. A lot of people are totally against allowing a baby to cry themselves to sleep. If you mention it to your mom or anyone of her generation, they would think it was completely normal to do so. Your mom let you cry yourself to sleep. So ask yourself: How screwed up are you? If you turned out okay, then feel free to proceed. Read more »
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Day in the Life, Mental Health | admin March 13, 2009 | Comments (0)
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Not getting enough sleep is the eternal complaint of all moms. You may be the mom who co-sleeps with their child and doesn’t even stir when baby wakes up to nurse or you have that rare child that began sleeping through the night at 6 weeks, but for the other 99% of us, we get so little sleep that when we do, we dream of sleeping. Maybe you tried everything or you are finally ready to try something. Here is my method for getting your child to sleep through the night in 10 difficult steps: Read more »
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Day in the Life, Mental Health | admin March 12, 2009 | Comments (0)
I was never a morning person. Instead, I was a night owl. The nighttime could be anything I wanted it to be: productive and creative or relaxing and indulgent Staying up late, I would sleep-in every day. My mean wake up time on a day I had no obligations was about 11 a.m. Then, I had a baby and mornings went from, that time of day I lazily slept through to, that time of day I dreaded. Read more »
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