Extended co-sleeping seems to be one of those things most parents don’t really plan on. When I hear talk of co-sleeping, it’s usually about babies. But there is a large contingent of parents who co-sleep indefinitely with their children. It makes life so much easier. Research shows that extended co-sleeping is more common than many [...]
Categories: Attachment Parenting, Uncategorized
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Tags: Attachment Parenting, Co-sleeping
Since I’m a single mom, I have glimpsed the future, without cosleeping, something that many/most AP moms don’t get a chance to do. It’s a sad, ironic future where you can finally sleep alone without the twisted torture of a child mangling your body while you sleep. But you miss it. You miss the child. [...]
Categories: Attachment Parenting, Motherhood
| Tags: Annika, Attachment Parenting, Co-sleeping, Single Mom
She slept in the Moby wrap a lot as a newborn. People are always talking about “getting babies to sleep,” or, even worse, “making babies sleep.” Or, how did your child “learn” to fall asleep on his/her own? Sleep is a funny thing in the parent world. There are basically two camps in the baby [...]
Categories: Attachment Parenting, Motherhood, Parenting
| Tags: Annika, Attachment Parenting, Breastfeeding, Co-sleeping, Extended Breastfeeding, Parenting
She’s been sleeping with me since birth. I firmly believe that lack of sleep is the truest foe of women during motherhood. Forget about all the arguments. Feminists say that men oppress women. Parenting experts say that perfect motherhood is a societal myth used to control mothers. The media portrays children as evil savages waiting [...]
Categories: Attachment Parenting, Motherhood
| Tags: Annika, Co-sleeping, Motherhood
A sleeping child is one of the most beautiful sights. The day I’ve been waiting for is here. I think. I mean, with toddlers you never really know for sure how long anything is going to last. The only thing that’s for certain is that they will eventually grow up and you will be able [...]
Categories: Attachment Parenting, Motherhood, Parenting
| Tags: Annika, Attachment Parenting, Co-sleeping
Not just my bed, she’s taken over my gadgets too. Annika has been noticing her “spot” in bed as of late. If I happen to roll over there, or if god forbid, we happen to switch sides and she is lying in “my spot,” she screams, “Mama! That’s MY spot! You can’t lay in my [...]
Categories: Attachment Parenting, Motherhood, Parenting
| Tags: Annika, Attachment Parenting, Co-sleeping
