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Co-sleeping

Emotional Availability and Infant Sleep

by phdinparenting on August 17, 2010

Over the past few days, several people notified me about a Globe and Mail article called Coddle or let the kid cry? New research awakens the sleep-training debate with a header that read: “While many moms and dads reluctantly allow their infant to ‘cry it out,’ some experts now say the practice can cause real [...]

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Fox News Video on Bed Sharing

by phdinparenting on May 5, 2010

This video from Fox News that my friend Allie at No Time for Flash Cards sent me a link to is a must watch (never thought I’d say that!): There is so much I want to say about this video, yet I don’t know where to begin. So I’ll let you all start. Discuss… //

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A different kind of baby-led weaning

by phdinparenting on March 1, 2010

When people talk about baby-led weaning, they are usually referring to the method of introducing solid food that involves introducing finger foods and allowing the baby to decide what and how much to eat, rather than the parents spoon feeding baby food. Over time, feedings at the breast are gradually replaced with self-feeding of the [...]

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Dear Editor, I was dismayed but unfortunately not shocked by Sarah Schmidt’s article Co-sleeping fears prevented call for parents to abandon defective cribs. Governments across North America, including the federal and some provincial governments in Canada,  have been waging an ongoing war against co-sleeping. Unfortunately, this is not based on sound science. It is important [...]

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In light of the massive crib recall, there were a lot of concerned parents on twitter today wondering where their baby should sleep while they wait who knows how long for the repair kit to make their crib safe again. As a non-crib user, I threw out a few suggestions to people (not intended as [...]

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Image credit: teresia on flickr I received an e-mail from a reader who is feeling alone and criticized due to her parenting choices. Unfortunately, she is not alone in feeling that way. A lot of people do. Here is her story: I am a 23 year old mom, with a 2 1/2 year old son. [...]

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Let’s try another analogy

by phdinparenting on June 28, 2009

A lot of people objected to my last post for a lot of different reasons.I addressed a lot of them in the comments, but I wanted to rehash one of them, using some new, less offensive and perhaps more easily understood analogies this time. A number of people said that if you have tried gentle [...]

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Sex and Sleep

by phdinparenting on June 26, 2009

Photo credit: “At the end of a very long day” by KitLKat on flickr There was some banter the other day on twitter comparing sleep with sex. I’m not sure if it originated with or ended with Ann Douglas, but the conversation at some point came around to the intro to her book  Sleep Solutions [...]

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This is the fourth and last post in a series on preparing for a second baby. If you haven’t read them already, check out the first part What on earth were we thinking?,  second part To tandem or not to tandem, and third part Move over: making room for one more in the bed. It [...]

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This is the third post in a series on preparing for a second baby. If you haven’t read it already, check out the first part What on earth were we thinking? and the second part To tandem or not to tandem. …there were four in a bed and the little one said “roll over, roll [...]

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