Guest Post: How Did I Get Here?
I am an AP Parent. And I got here by conscious choices, and now it defines my soul. I devote my studies to it, I teach it, I live it, I breathe it.
Bed-Sharing and Co-Sleeping: Research Overview
A fabulous review of issues surrounding bedsharing and co-sleeping by Dr. Helen Ball of Durham University. Reprinted with permission.
How I Became an Evolutionary Parent
How we come to parent our children is typically made up of myriad influences. This is the story of how I ended up a breastfeeding, co-sleeping, babywearing, no toys, community-wistful mom. In other words, an evolutionary parent.
We Go Together Like… Breastfeeding and Co-Sleeping
There is an endless array of questions and judgments and ‘should’s associated with both infant sleep and feeding. But this hasn’t always been the case. It used to be a simple matter of mother breastfeeding and mother and infant sleeping together with no judgment and no questions about quality or quantity of sleep.
Bedsharing and SIDS: The Whole Truth
An overview of the research on the supposed link between increased SIDS risk and co-sleeping. Warning that there doesn't seem to be much to it, but there are some real considerations that need to be taken into account.