The very appetite proceeding from labor and peace
of mind is
gone: we eat just enough
to keep us alive: our sleep is disturbed by the most frightful dreams; sometimes I start awake, as if the great hour
of danger was come; at other times the howling
of our dogs seems
to announce the arrival
of the enemy: we leap out
of bed and run
to arms; my poor wife with panting bosom and silent tears takes leave
of me, as if we were
to see each other no more; she snatches the youngest children from their
beds, who, suddenly awakened, increase with their innocent questions the horror
of the dreadful moment.
Critics point
to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) as a
bed - sharing risk; the health
dangers of going unvaccinated; and the potential difficulty
of removing older children from their parents»
beds.