Comments on: co-sleeping revisited, um…, revisited? http://rochesterturning.com/2008/05/15/co-sleeping-revisited-um-revisited/ turning the tide upstate Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:29:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: BurbProgressive http://rochesterturning.com/2008/05/15/co-sleeping-revisited-um-revisited/#comment-142201 BurbProgressive Fri, 16 May 2008 18:41:53 +0000 http://rochesterturning.com/?p=4749#comment-142201 With us it's more of an upside down "U" than an "H", usually I end up with feet in my face! With us it’s more of an upside down “U” than an “H”, usually I end up with feet in my face!

]]> By: Itchy http://rochesterturning.com/2008/05/15/co-sleeping-revisited-um-revisited/#comment-142143 Itchy Fri, 16 May 2008 12:25:48 +0000 http://rochesterturning.com/?p=4749#comment-142143 It's an "E" in my house - wife and three perpendicular kids, with me on the floor! JK. They've all slept with us for a time. My older two - 6 & 2 are both in their own beds, now, but usually come in in the AM for some snuggles. The little one actually sleeps better by himself. Go figure. All kids are different. It’s an “E” in my house - wife and three perpendicular kids, with me on the floor! JK. They’ve all slept with us for a time. My older two - 6 & 2 are both in their own beds, now, but usually come in in the AM for some snuggles. The little one actually sleeps better by himself. Go figure. All kids are different.

]]> By: ladkiddo http://rochesterturning.com/2008/05/15/co-sleeping-revisited-um-revisited/#comment-142140 ladkiddo Fri, 16 May 2008 11:41:54 +0000 http://rochesterturning.com/?p=4749#comment-142140 Isn't it crazy the way they end up sleeping perpendicular between the parents till you end up with this crazy "H" formed by human bodies? Isn’t it crazy the way they end up sleeping perpendicular between the parents till you end up with this crazy “H” formed by human bodies?

]]> By: BurbProgressive http://rochesterturning.com/2008/05/15/co-sleeping-revisited-um-revisited/#comment-142022 BurbProgressive Thu, 15 May 2008 21:03:04 +0000 http://rochesterturning.com/?p=4749#comment-142022 ladkiddo - we used one of those sidecar co-sleeper units when the kids were really small (less than 3 mo), each one of our 3 has been in the big bed ever since -- well, the 9 yr old and 6 yr old have moved to their own beds now, at least most of the time :-) How many babies die from unsafe crib environments every year? Old cribs with the slats too far apart, too much padding etc. I'm sure lots of these get written off as SIDS to make the parents feel better about a bad situation. This is all just the crib industry lying with statistics the same way formula companies do... money funds the studies, and those that have the potential to lose money get the study results they want. My personal experience is that a child in bed with you is more likely to push the grown-ups out of the bed rather than the other way around. I am always amazed how much of a queen sized bed a small child can take up, leaving two adults clinging to 6-inch wide sections at the edges of the mattress! ladkiddo - we used one of those sidecar co-sleeper units when the kids were really small (less than 3 mo), each one of our 3 has been in the big bed ever since — well, the 9 yr old and 6 yr old have moved to their own beds now, at least most of the time :-)

How many babies die from unsafe crib environments every year? Old cribs with the slats too far apart, too much padding etc. I’m sure lots of these get written off as SIDS to make the parents feel better about a bad situation.

This is all just the crib industry lying with statistics the same way formula companies do… money funds the studies, and those that have the potential to lose money get the study results they want.

My personal experience is that a child in bed with you is more likely to push the grown-ups out of the bed rather than the other way around. I am always amazed how much of a queen sized bed a small child can take up, leaving two adults clinging to 6-inch wide sections at the edges of the mattress!

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