Comments on: Cosleeping and Biological Imperatives: Why Human Babies Do Not and Should Not Sleep Alone

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 09 May 2012 15:32:24 +0000

Jasmine, reread the article. I don’t think you were paying attention.This article does not “muddie” the facts, in fact it covers both sides quite well. It states that you have to look at all the factors. Not everyone can safely sleep with an infant. You need to reread this article. It does not “promote” bedsharing. Parents need to decide what is best and safe for them. You feel like this article makes you a “bad” parent for not bedsharing, then you must have guilt issues about your overall parenting. The whole crib “thing” to have your baby sleep in another room is not “natural”. Animals do not put their babies in a seperate rooms. But we do have people who are heavy sleepers and if you do not know this about yourself by the time you have a baby, that is pretty sad.
Also, when you are nursing, especially in the first few months, babies nurse constantly. I hear the statement alll the time that a mother “does not make enough milk for their baby because they always seem hungry. Signs that a baby is not actually getting enough would be not enough wet diapers, fussiness and not being able to sleep. You should be tested by a doctor to determine “if” you truly are not lactating enough. You also have to eat and drink enough to keep your milk flowing. I have a friend who starting fasting in the morning and her milk did dry up. You cannot diet or fast while nursing without causing a disruption.

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» Love in the Time of Cosleeping Little Hearts/Gentle Parenting Resources — Sun, 06 May 2012 17:35:25 +0000

[...] Cosleeping and Biological Imperatives: Why Human Babies Do Not and Should Not Sleep Alone “In Japan where co-sleeping and breastfeeding (in the absence of maternal smoking) is the cultural norm, rates of the sudden infant death syndrome are the lowest in the world. For breastfeeding mothers, bedsharing makes breastfeeding much easier to manage and practically doubles the amount of breastfeeding sessions while permitting both mothers and infants to spend more time asleep.” [...]

By: Kathleen Johnson

Kathleen Johnson — Sun, 06 May 2012 17:25:46 +0000

I also shared a bed with my infant daughter. In the beginning it was a necessity since she was born a month premature and nursed every 60 to 90 minutes. I have always been a light sleeper so I had no fear of harming her. Even in my sleep I knew her position and the smallest movement from her would awaken me. She hardly ever cried and grew stronger every day. Now she is 10 years old and at times still sleeps in the same bed with me. She likes to cuddle and truth be told, I like it too. We tend to keep it quiet though as many people in our community see it as babyish for a child her age to sleep with her parents. I don’t see it that way nor does she. It creates a bond of love, trust, and security that we would not trade for the world.
Despite my success with bed sharing, I would never recommend it for everyone. With me, a person could walk into my room and whisper my name and I would be awake. Other’s are not such light sleepers. When I was about 15 I knew a girl who went to juvenile hall for supposedly smothering her baby in her sleep. So I know that infant death does happen while bed sharing, but I also know it happens when there is no bed sharing as well. For me and my daughter, it was the most beautiful and natural way to sleep and if I could do it all again I would go back and give my other children the same gift!

By: On mother-baby bonding

On mother-baby bonding — Fri, 04 May 2012 06:06:50 +0000

[...] chosen to parent – a potent combination of attachment parenting, ecological breastfeeding and cosleeping/nighttime parenting. It’s not for everyone. It’s incredibly time-consuming, requires you to give up much of [...]

By: ERGObaby Blog | Sleeping with Your Baby: A Parent’s Guide to Cosleeping

ERGObaby Blog | Sleeping with Your Baby: A Parent’s Guide to Cosleeping — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:41:48 +0000

[...] Cosleeping and Biological Imperatives: Why Human Babies Do Not and Should Not Sleep Alone, by Dr. James J. McKenna, Ph.D. http://neuroanthropology.net/2008/12/21/cosleeping-and-biological-imperatives-why-human-babies-do-not-and-should-not-sleep-alone/ [...]

By: Sharing our bed with baby | Motherlands

Sharing our bed with baby | Motherlands — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 08:44:12 +0000

[...] “One of the most important reasons why bedsharing occurs, and the reason why simple declarations against it will not eradicate it, is because sleeping next to one’s baby is biologically appropriate, unlike placing infants prone to sleep or putting an infant in a room to sleep by itself. This is particularly so when bedsharing is associated with breast feeding.” see neuroanthropology.net [...]

By: Co-Sleeping Facts, Figures and Opinions – Natural Mamas

Co-Sleeping Facts, Figures and Opinions – Natural Mamas — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 17:39:23 +0000

[...] http://www.cosleeping.org/ http://neuroanthropology.net/2008/12…t-sleep-alone/ [...]

By: Beyond the Sling | Georgievi

Beyond the Sling | Georgievi — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 02:52:24 +0000

[...] is for babies and mommas. Here’s a good post about co-sleeping and another one on how co-sleeping is very important for newborns. All that being said, I won’t be doing it until my child is 5 as the author is. Safe [...]

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