and it's funny

[pywacket]

that before I had miss Emily I thought attachment parenting was BS.
Now that she's here some of it I just do because it seems like the way to do things...and the way SHE wants things done. We have a bedside co sleeper and she slept in the bed for the first month or so. I hold her all the time --leaving her to cry seems wrong. I can't be as extreme as some, but some of it makes sense.

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[feydmentia.livejournal.com]

I think it's good that you are doing what YOU think is right and comfortable for you and your child.

My 2 year old daughter slept in the same room as me and my husband her 1st year alongside us in either her bassinet or crib, although there are the nights when she just wouldn't go to bed and we would let her sleep in our bed. Since we moved she still hasn't adjusted to having her own room, but the majority of the week (about 4 of the 7 days) she'll sleep by herself in there.

[pywacket.livejournal.com]

thanks!

I think Em will want to sleep with us at times and on her own at times --nothing will ever be rigid, I just want to encourage her to understand privacy and want her to have her own space.

[oblomova.livejournal.com]

You know, I slept in a crib in my parents' room until I was about 9 months or so, maybe even younger. But I just couldn't settle in to sleep -- my dad snored hellaciously, for one thing. They finally moved me into my own little cubbyhole room on the other side of the house (after my mom worrying herself silly over SIDS -- not that that isn't something to worry about, I realize). And I slept like, well, a baby from that time on.

I offer this just as further proof that kids will find ways to let you know what they need. And I applaud you and James for being so attuned and thoughtful about it.