she is a committed attachment
parenting advocate, and she exhausted every avenue — took him to doctors,
co-slept, didn't
co-sleep, slept with him on a futon on the floor, changed her bedding & blinds & diet, bought a slew of white noise generators, etc. the lack of sleep was
affecting her marriage & her own mental health, as you can imagine.
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome researcher Doctor James McKenna said that as long as
co-sleeping is carried out in a responsible manner — not on a waterbed or couch and not by
parents affected by drugs or alcohol — then babies up to 12 months old will reap the long - term benefits.