tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6979532096718821945.post8330347708462002808..comments2023-11-05T07:17:29.042-05:00Comments on Irwin Beans: Cosleeping: Why Could Cosby get Away with it?justadriennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18352793325470030016noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6979532096718821945.post-70833600185397059282011-04-16T23:53:34.268-04:002011-04-16T23:53:34.268-04:00I also don't think it's an argument for wh...I also don't think it's an argument for why you SHOULDN'T do it, but it is why it's not *as necessary* in the US as it is elsewhere, which is why the average age for weaning is so much higher in other countries.Devinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00050336058974001192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6979532096718821945.post-1883347399027893822011-04-16T17:02:38.032-04:002011-04-16T17:02:38.032-04:00Devin, I agree that there are other nutritional op...Devin, I agree that there are other nutritional options for toddlers in the US. However, extended breastfeeding provides other benefits that cannot be found anywhere else. If we can afford to give our kids the best, that would be extended breastfeeding. With this said, it's not for all Moms OR babies so whatever but I definitely think that having enough food is not a argument why you SHOULDN'T do it, KWIM?justadriennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18352793325470030016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6979532096718821945.post-33188112780241870062011-04-16T16:13:03.061-04:002011-04-16T16:13:03.061-04:00I used to crawl into my parents bed after a bad dr...I used to crawl into my parents bed after a bad dream ALL the time. I always felt safer with them. My parents weren't exactly thrilled about it because I was such a restless and wiggly sleeper and I always ended up kicking them in my sleep. But they were never ashamed by it or anything. It was just part of life!Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00170094577930183868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6979532096718821945.post-32528778331883227142011-04-16T13:35:10.623-04:002011-04-16T13:35:10.623-04:00We have coslept with both children as well and lov...We have coslept with both children as well and loved it. I was terrified of it at first with our daughter, but she got incridibly sick (like nose-so-stuffy-she-couldn't-breathe-when-lying-down sick) that I pulled her into bed with me and propped her on my arm so I could tell she was still breathing. It was the only thing that allowed me to get any sleep at all, and it lasted until she was 8 months old. She napped in her crib, but slept with us every night. It was wonderful.<br /><br />With our son I pulled him into bed with us from the time we got home from the hospital because he was in that stupid biliblanket and I felt like I didn't get any bonding time with him, so co-sleeping (even with the biliblanket) made me feel like we were sort of bonding anyways. We've already transitioned him to the pack 'n play though and my neck and back thank me for it, but I did love co-sleeping.<br /><br />The only other thing I have to add is that I don't think the US is particularly unsupportive about breastfeeding (I mean it can be, but not exclusively), I think it's just not necessary to breastfeed here as long as it is in some other countries, which is why the average in other countries is so much older before weaning. Here we have less hunger than most other places in the world, so nursing isn't the only means to feed our young children. If nursing was the only way to ensure my child was getting the nutrients he needed I would of course nurse him until he decided he was done with it ... and then I'd push a little longer to try to convince him otherwise. But it isn't as necessary here.Devinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00050336058974001192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6979532096718821945.post-76925803908153782732011-04-16T13:00:39.250-04:002011-04-16T13:00:39.250-04:00We have co slept with both of our children with a ...We have co slept with both of our children with a combination of a side car and just straight bed sharing. <br /><br />I also believe with the conditions that you mentioned it is very very safe. Whenever someone mentions that cosleeping isn't safe, I always think...then how is the human race still alive? Cosleeping was biologically the infants only shot at survival. In cave man times, a child would have died very quickly if he was forced to sleep "down the hall". <br /><br />I also think that people who have never done it, don't understand how completely your body adapts. As a breastfeeding mother, I am 100% confident that my body KNOWS where the baby is at all times. I wake up at the mere turn of her head. Even my husband, who is a very sound sleeper, subconcsiously does not move in his sleep whenever there is a baby with us even though I sleep between him and the baby.Katelynnehttp://foraslongasthereislife.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com