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Summary: Makes you feel like a total weirdo...for co-sleeping
Review: When I started reading this book, I loved it. It made me feel good about my decision to co-sleep. After the first few chapters though, I felt like some kind of [weirdo]. I was picturing my husband and I sharing our bed with our baby and toddler and then him moving to his own room. But in the author's world, children stay with their parents until whenever they feel like it and then they go sleep with siblings. God Forbid they ever sleep alone! I think co-sleeping is great. I really do...for some kids. We tried the Ferber method and our son screamed for two hours straight. We tried it again and he screamed again for two hours straight. I knew in my heart that I couldn't do that to him again. But if I had a kid who happily fell asleep in their own crib, they'd be sleeping in their own crib. Each child is different. The author of this book makes you feel like you're a horribly selfish person if you don't make your children sleep with you...if you want any private time...and if you want sleep. She even goes into this tyrade about how adults are too obsessed with getting enough sleep. What she wants is a world with adults walk around like tired zombies and the go to sleep cuddled with their ten and eleven year olds. I found the epilogue especially offensive. It's written by another person (but still, the author chose to have it in there) and they talk about the evils of modern science...including artificial insemination and test tube babies. What are they trying to say, that only those biologically equipped should have children? Well, am I still going to co-sleep? Of course! My husband, my son, and I love it. Just as every Muslim is not a fanatic terrorist, not every co-sleeper is a crazy fanatic weirdo!!
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