Comments on: The Disaster Called Co-Sleeping http://www.noodad.com/wp/predad/the_disaster_called_co-sleeping wiping asses and taking names since 2006 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:28:39 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: jiff http://www.noodad.com/wp/predad/the_disaster_called_co-sleeping/comment-page-1#comment-172 jiff Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-172 My nephew cosleeps with his parents and grandparetns.... he is 3 years old and has \"maybe\" sleep 2-3 nights by himself. I have seen this turn into a disaster first hand so I can vouch about this story! My nephew cosleeps with his parents and grandparetns…. he is 3 years old and has \”maybe\” sleep 2-3 nights by himself. I have seen this turn into a disaster first hand so I can vouch about this story!

]]> By: rupertz http://www.noodad.com/wp/predad/the_disaster_called_co-sleeping/comment-page-1#comment-173 rupertz Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-173 I actually disagree with this pretty strongly. Neither of our kids co-slept with us but I have a few friends who I truly respect who did co-sleep. I\'m pretty sure all research indicates that the rolling over your baby while they are asleep thing is a complete myth. If anything, co-sleeping advocates would say it is safer than leaving a baby in a crib. Also, the few times we did it when one of our babies was sick were actually wonderful nights for the family, there is truly nothing like sleeping together with a baby. I think this falls into the each-to-his-own category. Dr. Sears has a great piece on co-sleeping here, http://www.askdrsears.com/html/7/T071000.asp I actually disagree with this pretty strongly. Neither of our kids co-slept with us but I have a few friends who I truly respect who did co-sleep.

I\’m pretty sure all research indicates that the rolling over your baby while they are asleep thing is a complete myth. If anything, co-sleeping advocates would say it is safer than leaving a baby in a crib.

Also, the few times we did it when one of our babies was sick were actually wonderful nights for the family, there is truly nothing like sleeping together with a baby.

I think this falls into the each-to-his-own category.

Dr. Sears has a great piece on co-sleeping here, http://www.askdrsears.com/html/7/T071000.asp

]]> By: foodad http://www.noodad.com/wp/predad/the_disaster_called_co-sleeping/comment-page-1#comment-174 foodad Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-174 I\'m not sure what kind of ship you\'re running over there Captain, but \"pretty sure\" is not good enough for my crew when it comes to \"potentially smashing your kid.\" How could sleeping in a bed with 1 or 2 grown adults be safer than being in a crib without blankets and large, possibly mobile objects? I fail to see your logic or reasoning here and would argue that you are just being contradictory for the sake of doing so. This article CLEARLY is not about the magical, Disney-(or-Neverland-)esque moment your family shared when your kid was sick. This is a warning about kids sleeping in bed with the parents ALL THE TIME. This Dr. Sears article is pure RUBBISH written by some parents who are weak with discipline. They\'re probably the same ones who bribe their kids with a candy bar at the store when they\'re crying. Who is running the household? The parents or the kids? Look at this dog vomit from the article: \"As I watched the sleeping pair, I was intrigued by the harmony in their breathing. When Martha took a deep breath, baby took a deep breath. When I draped our tiny babies skin-to-skin over my chest, (a touch I dubbed \"the warm fuzzy\") , I noticed their breathing would synchronize with the rise and fall of my chest. \" There is a name for this. It is co-dependency. It is not healthy. The parents are enabling the children and in this case, the parents are actually convinced that this is good for the family. They\'ve even come up with cute little crunchy stories to make it seem all warm and fuzzy. RUBBISH!!! HOGWASH!!!! HU SHUO!!! I\’m not sure what kind of ship you\’re running over there Captain, but \”pretty sure\” is not good enough for my crew when it comes to \”potentially smashing your kid.\”

How could sleeping in a bed with 1 or 2 grown adults be safer than being in a crib without blankets and large, possibly mobile objects? I fail to see your logic or reasoning here and would argue that you are just being contradictory for the sake of doing so.

This article CLEARLY is not about the magical, Disney-(or-Neverland-)esque moment your family shared when your kid was sick. This is a warning about kids sleeping in bed with the parents ALL THE TIME.

This Dr. Sears article is pure RUBBISH written by some parents who are weak with discipline. They\’re probably the same ones who bribe their kids with a candy bar at the store when they\’re crying. Who is running the household? The parents or the kids?

Look at this dog vomit from the article:
\”As I watched the sleeping pair, I was intrigued by the harmony in their breathing. When Martha took a deep breath, baby took a deep breath. When I draped our tiny babies skin-to-skin over my chest, (a touch I dubbed \”the warm fuzzy\”) , I noticed their breathing would synchronize with the rise and fall of my chest. \”

There is a name for this. It is co-dependency. It is not healthy. The parents are enabling the children and in this case, the parents are actually convinced that this is good for the family. They\’ve even come up with cute little crunchy stories to make it seem all warm and fuzzy. RUBBISH!!! HOGWASH!!!! HU SHUO!!!

]]> By: rupertz http://www.noodad.com/wp/predad/the_disaster_called_co-sleeping/comment-page-1#comment-175 rupertz Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-175 Well, one person\'s co-dependency is another person love which is why, like with most things parenting I think its best not to judge. And the dog vomit you cite could actually be the reason by co-sleeping deaths are far less common than crib related deaths. And that is written by Dr. Sears himself, an incredibly respected pediatrician who has eight children of his own, who he has brought up with his wife, also Dr. Sears. Worldwide statistics indicate that co-sleeping is far safer than the crib industry would like you to believe, http://www.babyreference.com/Cosleeping&SIDSFactSheet.htm Again, we haven\'t done co-sleeping with our kids but I\'m not one to judge. Well, one person\’s co-dependency is another person love which is why, like with most things parenting I think its best not to judge. And the dog vomit you cite could actually be the reason by co-sleeping deaths are far less common than crib related deaths.

And that is written by Dr. Sears himself, an incredibly respected pediatrician who has eight children of his own, who he has brought up with his wife, also Dr. Sears.

Worldwide statistics indicate that co-sleeping is far safer than the crib industry would like you to believe, http://www.babyreference.com/Cosleeping&SIDSFactSheet.htm

Again, we haven\’t done co-sleeping with our kids but I\’m not one to judge.

]]> By: noodad http://www.noodad.com/wp/predad/the_disaster_called_co-sleeping/comment-page-1#comment-176 noodad Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-176 But so do a lot of things you shouldn\'t do. I don\'t view this subject as something that is even remotely 50/50. There is no good reason to consistently do this except that you were weak, gave in, and you can\'t get out of it. But so do a lot of things you shouldn\’t do. I don\’t view this subject as something that is even remotely 50/50. There is no good reason to consistently do this except that you were weak, gave in, and you can\’t get out of it.

]]> By: harry http://www.noodad.com/wp/predad/the_disaster_called_co-sleeping/comment-page-1#comment-177 harry Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-177 Thanks to the noo and the foo for laying it out as it should be. I can understand the desperate fleeting moment of considering such a dangerous act such as cosleeping, but I cannot for the life of me actually comprehend doing it. Beyond the obvious and previously stated risk of the kid being squished to a hideous shade of blue, let\'s not forget the mobile kid has the ability, desire and technique to try to venture out of the bed on his/her own. Many kids have been injured from falls out of their bed during the daytime with a wide awake parent in the room. Now let\'s imagine that same awake adventurous kid laying betweeen two comatose parents around 2am. Can anyone truly guarantee that kid isn\'t going to try to escape the bed? Can anyone truly guarantee that they are definitively going to wake? And I don\'t care what statistics say, I\'m not ever taking the chance with my kid becoming a statistic. Thanks to the noo and the foo for laying it out as it should be. I can understand the desperate fleeting moment of considering such a dangerous act such as cosleeping, but I cannot for the life of me actually comprehend doing it. Beyond the obvious and previously stated risk of the kid being squished to a hideous shade of blue, let\’s not forget the mobile kid has the ability, desire and technique to try to venture out of the bed on his/her own. Many kids have been injured from falls out of their bed during the daytime with a wide awake parent in the room. Now let\’s imagine that same awake adventurous kid laying betweeen two comatose parents around 2am. Can anyone truly guarantee that kid isn\’t going to try to escape the bed? Can anyone truly guarantee that they are definitively going to wake? And I don\’t care what statistics say, I\’m not ever taking the chance with my kid becoming a statistic.

]]> By: mattdm http://www.noodad.com/wp/predad/the_disaster_called_co-sleeping/comment-page-1#comment-178 mattdm Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-178 If this is your line of reasoning, really, you shouldn\'t have kids at all. If this is your line of reasoning, really, you shouldn\’t have kids at all.

]]> By: imsowitty http://www.noodad.com/wp/predad/the_disaster_called_co-sleeping/comment-page-1#comment-179 imsowitty Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-179 I\'m with Noo and Foo. My Cousin is 9 years old and will not sleep unless he\'s in his moms bed. Sure that\'s an extreme but it\'s not something I want to risk. Don\'t get me wrong I would love to sleep with my baby boy between us, but I\'m a big guy (6\'1 190lbs) Very heavy sleeper and I roll around alot, Hell I\'ve even rolled over my DW. If she can\'t wake me up hows a baby 1/40th my size going to? Bad dreams? Damn right I\'ll be there, In his room. Not ours, My boy isn\'t gonna be a statistic. I\’m with Noo and Foo. My Cousin is 9 years old and will not sleep unless he\’s in his moms bed. Sure that\’s an extreme but it\’s not something I want to risk. Don\’t get me wrong I would love to sleep with my baby boy between us, but I\’m a big guy (6\’1 190lbs) Very heavy sleeper and I roll around alot, Hell I\’ve even rolled over my DW. If she can\’t wake me up hows a baby 1/40th my size going to? Bad dreams? Damn right I\’ll be there, In his room. Not ours, My boy isn\’t gonna be a statistic.

]]> By: foodad http://www.noodad.com/wp/predad/the_disaster_called_co-sleeping/comment-page-1#comment-181 foodad Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-181 Of course there are more SIDS deaths associated with cribs. More kids sleep in cribs than co sleep. Of course there are more SIDS deaths associated with cribs. More kids sleep in cribs than co sleep.

]]> By: noodad http://www.noodad.com/wp/predad/the_disaster_called_co-sleeping/comment-page-1#comment-182 noodad Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-182 Mattdm, what comment are you referring to? or are you commenting on the article? Mattdm, what comment are you referring to? or are you commenting on the article?

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