Co-sleeping

Let’s try another analogy

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

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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Soon they are best friends (Part 4 in a series on having baby #2)

June 13, 2009




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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Move over: making room for 1 more in the bed (Part 3 of a series on preparing for baby #2)

June 4, 2009




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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8.8 deaths per 100,000 population

June 1, 2009




8.8 deaths per 100,000 In 2003, in Canada 8.8 people per 100,000 population were killed in fatal car accidents. 8.8 deaths per 100,000 In 2008, in Ontario 8.8 babies per 100,000 live births died while sharing an adult bed or mattress with an adult. The Ontario coroner says it is dangerous for babies to share [...]

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What on earth were we thinking? (Part 1 of series on preparing for baby #2)

May 29, 2009




Panic. Complete panic. It’s 3:00am. I’m 30 weeks pregnant. My 2 year old son wakes up again and wants Mommy. I nurse him back to sleep, get up to pee again (pregnant bladder) and try to find a comfortable position to sleep where my huge belly is neither making me uncomfortable nor in danger of [...]

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Gentle Baby and Toddler Sleep Tips

February 28, 2009




This post provides tips for sleep deprived parents that want their babies to sleep better and, like me, do not want to use the cry it out approach. Some of these things I have learned through experience and others I’ve learned through reading research. I should note that I have not necessarily tried all of [...]

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Wordless Wednesday: Conversations About Crying It Out

February 25, 2009




Comics Courtesy of Heather Cushman-Dowdee @ MAMA-IS.COM

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Sleep Associations: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

February 1, 2009




Sleep associations can have a big impact on the ability of babies, children and adults to drift off to sleep. When a baby first comes into the world, he is usually able to sleep just about anywhere but doesn’t sleep for long stretches. Over time, your baby’s ability to sleep anywhere will change and sleep [...]

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Squeezed at both ends?

January 27, 2009




To read more about how public health authorities are trying to make motherhood impossible, check out my guest post on breastfeeding and co-sleeping at a Mother’s Boutique’s Mommy News & Views Blog. Don’t forget to leave a comment while you’re there!

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