Comments on: Children ‘should sleep with parents until they’re five’ http://attachedmama.net/2009/07/12/children-should-sleep-with-parents-until-theyre-five/ A person's a person, no matter how small Thu, 10 Nov 2011 05:47:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Catherine http://attachedmama.net/2009/07/12/children-should-sleep-with-parents-until-theyre-five/comment-page-1/#comment-416 Catherine Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:50:57 +0000 http://www.attachedmama.net/?p=380#comment-416 Hey there, Just stumbled across your blog :) Great article, and i briefly saw your post about night sleeping. Have you read The Aware Baby by Anthea ...? Also, theres a site called parenting with presence, pretty interesting. http://www.parentingwithpresence.net/ Im into it, but cant say im practicing what i preach. I’m a bit all over the shop with what Im comfortable with, and what works. Actually, Ive started to put my boy in a cot, at 4 months of being really overtired and not well rested. I sooo want him in my bed, but find weve both ben getting more sleep. Im a light sleeper. Ive juggled between the two actually, part of the night there, part with me. I dont like putting him down during the day in there, he gets quite upset. But i just wanted to ask what you did to help your babe get enough rest during the day? Had her with you and put her on a blanket to sleep? Mine wakes quickly when I do that, but maybe he will get use to it? I get tired of wearing a sling, and thought I would do that a lot more then what I have done too. Love your thoughts, :) Catherine Hey there,
Just stumbled across your blog :) Great article, and i briefly saw your post about night sleeping. Have you read The Aware Baby by Anthea …? Also, theres a site called parenting with presence, pretty interesting. http://www.parentingwithpresence.net/
Im into it, but cant say im practicing what i preach.
I’m a bit all over the shop with what Im comfortable with, and what works.
Actually, Ive started to put my boy in a cot, at 4 months of being really overtired and not well rested. I sooo want him in my bed, but find weve both ben getting more sleep. Im a light sleeper. Ive juggled between the two actually, part of the night there, part with me.
I dont like putting him down during the day in there, he gets quite upset. But i just wanted to ask what you did to help your babe get enough rest during the day? Had her with you and put her on a blanket to sleep? Mine wakes quickly when I do that, but maybe he will get use to it?
I get tired of wearing a sling, and thought I would do that a lot more then what I have done too.
Love your thoughts, :) Catherine

]]> By: AttachedMama http://attachedmama.net/2009/07/12/children-should-sleep-with-parents-until-theyre-five/comment-page-1/#comment-418 AttachedMama Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:12:58 +0000 http://www.attachedmama.net/?p=380#comment-418 Yeah, it really bothers me when parents think their children should fit into some model that is convenient for them. I actually find cosleeping more convenient anyway, personally, but even if I didn't, you're right, five years is such a short time. We plan on setting up a kid's room too at some point. But it'll be a place Meredith can go if she wants to and will have toys and such set up, but I will never try and push her into it before she's ready. I actually fully expect she will probably cosleep until the new baby is ready to transition out and that they will likely transition out together. I've heard it's very common. Though she will be older than a lot of siblings are when new babies are born, so who knows. I'm happy either way. Yeah, it really bothers me when parents think their children should fit into some model that is convenient for them. I actually find cosleeping more convenient anyway, personally, but even if I didn’t, you’re right, five years is such a short time. We plan on setting up a kid’s room too at some point. But it’ll be a place Meredith can go if she wants to and will have toys and such set up, but I will never try and push her into it before she’s ready. I actually fully expect she will probably cosleep until the new baby is ready to transition out and that they will likely transition out together. I’ve heard it’s very common. Though she will be older than a lot of siblings are when new babies are born, so who knows. I’m happy either way.

]]> By: Jennifer http://attachedmama.net/2009/07/12/children-should-sleep-with-parents-until-theyre-five/comment-page-1/#comment-417 Jennifer Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:37:51 +0000 http://www.attachedmama.net/?p=380#comment-417 I think once you make the choice to have children that part of that choice means that for a short while you don't get to do whatever you want whenever you want. 5 years is so short! I took pictures on our trip of the old house at a heritage park which the whole top floor was one big room with 3 beds. Maybe it wasn't co-sleeping, but it sure wasn't sending the kids off somewhere else. It will be nice when we move because there will be a kids room. but we aren't planing on giving each kid their own room yet. They wouldn't use them anyways. But with a kid room Sam can start to transition to her bed if she wants. I think once you make the choice to have children that part of that choice means that for a short while you don’t get to do whatever you want whenever you want. 5 years is so short! I took pictures on our trip of the old house at a heritage park which the whole top floor was one big room with 3 beds. Maybe it wasn’t co-sleeping, but it sure wasn’t sending the kids off somewhere else.

It will be nice when we move because there will be a kids room. but we aren’t planing on giving each kid their own room yet. They wouldn’t use them anyways. But with a kid room Sam can start to transition to her bed if she wants.

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