Once two large factors of SIDS had been removed from statistics, that of prone sleeping (which is entirely unnatural in the cosleeping, breastfeeding infant), and that of sleeping with a smoking parent, the truth
about cosleeping and breastfeeding became quite apparent.
I have a few sleeping posts in the work, and hope I can muster up the courage to post more
about cosleeping
In the following sections, we'll answer some of the most common questions
about cosleeping with toddler and newborn together.
The last two, to my knowledge, have never been asked in a study
about cosleeping / bedsharing.
Fortunately, before he was born, we read extensively
about cosleeping so we'd know how to do it safely if need be.
... Despite the 2002 CPSC statement
about cosleeping «dangers,» the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) continued to support safe cosleeping.
I was lying in bed this morning, thinking that maybe I could email
you about cosleeping!
A few years ago, it became apparent who was behind the curious disinformation campaigns
about cosleeping.
Also, I completely agree
about cosleeping.
Not exact matches
Just this morning I began writing an update to her and I am still in the middle of writing
about the benefits of
cosleeping and my adoration for it.
That's in large part what my blogging has been
about all of these years — addressing topics like home birth, circumcision,
cosleeping, vaccinations, child - led weaning (breastfeeding), babywearing, home schooling, unschooling and more.
-LSB-...] away from the guilt trips and into the education and excitement
about our babywearing,
cosleeping, cloth - diapering, food - growing -LSB-...]
Full - color glossy brochure
about infant sleep safety and
cosleeping based on API's Principle of Ensure Safe Sleep, Physically and Emotionally.
She blogs at A Little Bit of All of It
about those things she is passionate
about like cloth diapering, breastfeeding (past infancy), bedsharing /
cosleeping, baby - led solids, natural childbirth, attachment parenting, natural living, Christianity, miscarriage awareness, babywearing, and homeschooling.
Interested in learning more
about safe
cosleeping?
Attachment parenting is often misconstrued to be simply
about breastfeeding, babywearing,
cosleeping, etc..
When our first son was
about 6 months old, we found our
cosleeping groove and ability to connect throughout the night.
I keep having this crazy idea
about night weaning, but then at 3 am when she wakes up for the third freaking time, I realise my parenting style is #lazymom and I shove it in her face and fall back to sleep [because I'm a die hard
cosleeping mama who just can't handle sleep training].
Mother - infant
cosleeping, breastfeeding and sudden infant death syndrome: what biological anthropology has discovered
about normal infant sleep and pediatric sleep medicine
A free source of information and inspiration
about pregnancy, natural birth, home birth, cloth diapering, breastfeeding,
cosleeping, gentle discipline, babywearing, natural health care, organics, being in Nature with young children, attachment parenting, and many other aspects of mindful parenting.
I love
cosleeping with our little girl, and I've written fondly
about it before.
I am becoming passionate
about all things natural: natural birth, breastfeeding, cloth diapering,
cosleeping, attachment parenting, and taking baby steps to become «greener».
Pictures of our daily life and posts
about homeschooling, breastfeeding, cloth diapering, eco-frugality, natural childbirth and homebirth, handmade goods,
cosleeping, crafts, food (growing it and cooking it) and much more in the works like natural remedies and natural ways to support your health, baby led feedings, general reflections on mothering from a natural living standpoint, traveling with kids, and Waldorf posts.
Without access to the city's internal records, we may never know what really brought
about Milwaukee's dangerously substandard medical care implicated in the Fetal Infant Mortality Review, or discern the cause of the extreme bias toward African - American babies dying in Milwaukee, or discover the root of the subsequent bizarre publicity campaign by the local Milwaukee government against
cosleeping, but we can be sure of one thing, «Something's rotten in Denmark... er, Milwaukee.»
This post is also not
about how to stop
cosleeping with your baby or toddler once you've gotten into that habit.
Advantages can only be assessed in view of how parents feel
about their infant being close or — next to them, and calculated in a positive way only if parents are knowledgeable
about how to
cosleep safely.
A few weeks ago there was this big raucous in the media
about the evils of
cosleeping, warning mothers again not to do it.
I'm confused
about whether I want to
cosleep or not.
The Scientific Perspective McKenna, J., Ball H., Gettler L., Mother - infant
Cosleeping, Breastfeeding and SIDS: What Biological Anthropologists Have Learned
About Normal Infant Sleep and Pediatric Sleep Medicine.
Mother - Infant
Cosleeping, Breastfeeding and SIDS: What Biological Anthropology Has Discovered
About Normal Infant Sleep and Pediatric Sleep Medicine, by James J. McKenna, Helen Ball and Lee T. Gettler.Yearbook of Physical Anthropology 50:133 - 161.
Often news stories talk
about «another baby dying while
cosleeping» but they fail to distinguish between what type of
cosleeping was involved and, worse, what specific dangerous factor might have actually been responsible for the baby dying.
This website is intended to give scientifically — based information, provide downloadable scientific articles, as well as provide access to educational PowerPoint presentations and television appearances
about my work on mother - infant
cosleeping and breastfeeding.
We are careful
about how we
cosleep but we enjoy the closeness and bond that it allows ust o share with our baby.
I was DEAD SET against
cosleeping before I had my son — I had seen all the literature on the risks and the supposed «evidence»
about how it was SOOOO much more dangerous than a crib.
I have heard plenty of
cosleeping moms talk
about how it's only unsafe if you're a smoker, drinking * or * using blankets / pillows / sheets.
But it would have saved me a lot of tears, anguish and SLEEP if my pediatrician had talked to me
about it in some way other than if
cosleeping was the dawn of the Apocalypse (he was a great pediatrician otherwise!)
On the other hand, speaking of sticking fingers in ears, I think the
cosleeping community needs to look at this study and talk
about how the risk of death seems to be higher in the first 3 months.
I wrote a novel - length, teary - eyed email to
about 12 mom friends in desperation because I did NOT want to
cosleep and didn't know what to do.
Don't worry
about all the hype around the dangers of
cosleeping.
-LSB-...] blogs at A Little Bit of All of It
about what she is passionate
about: cloth diapering, breastfeeding (past infancy), bedsharing /
cosleeping, baby - led solids, natural childbirth, -LSB-...]
She blogs at A Little Bit of All of It
about those things she is passionate
about like cloth diapering, breastfeeding (past infancy), bedsharing /
cosleeping, baby - led solids, natural childbirth, -LSB-...]
McKenna JJ et al. (2007) Mother - infant
cosleeping, breastfeeding and sudden infant death syndrome: what biological anthropology has discovered
about normal infant sleep and paediatric sleep medicine.
Fast forward a few years to when I began having children of my own and needed to make parenting decisions
about everything from breastfeeding to
cosleeping to discipline.
For now,
cosleeping and breastfeeding are at the core of how we're teaching our young daughter
about life and -LSB-...]
For now,
cosleeping and breastfeeding are at the core of how we're teaching our young daughter
about life and love.
Julia blogs at A Little Bit of All of It
about what she is passionate
about: cloth diapering, breastfeeding (past infancy), bedsharing /
cosleeping, baby - led solids, natural childbirth, attachment parenting, natural living, Christianity, miscarriage awareness and babywearing.
Natural Parenting is
about exploring gentle, instinctive and attachment parenting methods by avoiding common products and customs designed to separate us from our offspring and choosing more organic, instinctive and attached parenting techniques such as breastfeeding, babywearing,
cosleeping, homeschooling and elimination communication.
Your observation
about more frequent wake - up s with the older
cosleeping baby is a common one.
-LSB-...] bittersweet post
about an (abrupt) child - led end to a
cosleeping relationship — of course this made me want to stare at my daughter in the middle of the night -LSB-...]
-LSB-...] of It
about what she is passionate
about: cloth diapering, breastfeeding (past infancy), bedsharing /
cosleeping, baby - led solids, natural childbirth, attachment parenting, natural living, Christianity, -LSB-...]