Co-sleeping

Fox News Video on Bed Sharing

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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Letter to the editor in response to: “Co-sleeping fears prevented call for parents to abandon defective cribs”

November 27, 2009




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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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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Co-Sleeping Safety

January 11, 2009




As a follow-up to my post on the benefits of co-sleeping, I wanted to write a post about co-sleeping safety. I think this is important because too many people either believe that it is unsafe and therefore avoid it at all costs or they don’t think twice about safety and can end up putting their [...]

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Benefits of Co-Sleeping

January 9, 2009




When a baby is on the way, most parents spend hours, days or weeks preparing a beautiful nursery with a gorgeous crib. Society tells us that babies sleep on their own, in a crib, in a different room from their parents. More recently, health authorities have started suggesting that the safest place for a baby [...]

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Showing Appreciation for Underappreciated Posts

January 1, 2009




For my first blog post of the New Year, I have decided to give back to my followers. I asked on twitter for people to send me links to their underappreciated posts from 2008. Things that they wrote that didn’t get the exposure or recognition that they deserved. I am using this post to give [...]

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