Re: Re: OT: Mattress Wrapping

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mercola has that information

http://www.mercola.com/2001/oct/27/sids_prevention.htm

OT: Mattress Wrapping

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> wrapping a babys mattress to prevent some cases of SIDS. I am

needing

> to change my daughter's bed and somehow lost the link. Thanks so

much!

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I tried to co-sleep for months, he WON'T do it ! So strange!!! But I do think

its the best way.

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I agree 100%, although I do support those that cannot or do not

cosleep. Each person has to do what is comfortable for them.

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Hi ,

I completely agree, this is something very individual and I believe that

wherever the baby sleeps best, this is the right place for iher/him to sleep, if

this is the crib or the bed.

It took me until my son was 6 months old before I discovered the advantages of

cosleeping and it worked for us but I can fully understand the choices that

other mothers make.

I think many babies however sleep best beside mum and humans, in the west

especially, are the only species that seem to have their offspring sleep

separatly.

Trust you instinct and listen to your baby, that is my philosophy.

Ingrid

R

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My children always slept in bed with us and now we can't get rid of them. If we

are too tired and forget or are simply unable to transfer them to their own

beds, we are paying the price the following day with aches and stiffness. We

need double the size of our king size bed for a family of five.

It is beautiful see how secure they are when they fall asleep each night in

our bed and they're mad at us for moving them into their own beds the following

morning. Their last memory before sleep was a loving, secure and happy one, so

it's well worth the effort and occasional discomfort to me and my husband. The

little buggers will gone before we know it.

Anita

Ingrid Schebesch <ingrid_schebesch@...> wrote:

Hi ,

I completely agree, this is something very individual and I believe that

wherever the baby sleeps best, this is the right place for iher/him to sleep, if

this is the crib or the bed.

It took me until my son was 6 months old before I discovered the advantages of

cosleeping and it worked for us but I can fully understand the choices that

other mothers make.

I think many babies however sleep best beside mum and humans, in the west

especially, are the only species that seem to have their offspring sleep

separatly.

Trust you instinct and listen to your baby, that is my philosophy.

Ingrid

R

[Guest guest]

My son slept with us until he was 3 maybe almost 4. Then we made a deal and

if he sleeps in his bed all night my husband will get him up when he goes to

work and put him in bed with me. I am a stay at home mom and so this seems

to work well for us. He always seems to know when it is the weekend and my

husband won't be getting up because he manages to slip in in the middle of

the night.

He is almost 5 now.

Re: Re: OT: Mattress Wrapping

> My children always slept in bed with us and now we can't get rid of them.

If we are too tired and forget or are simply unable to transfer them to

their own beds, we are paying the price the following day with aches and

stiffness. We need double the size of our king size bed for a family of

five.

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> It is beautiful see how secure they are when they fall asleep each night

in our bed and they're mad at us for moving them into their own beds the

following morning. Their last memory before sleep was a loving, secure and

happy one, so it's well worth the effort and occasional discomfort to me and

my husband. The little buggers will gone before we know it.

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> Anita

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> Ingrid Schebesch <ingrid_schebesch@...> wrote:

> Hi ,

> I completely agree, this is something very individual and I believe that

wherever the baby sleeps best, this is the right place for iher/him to

sleep, if this is the crib or the bed.

> It took me until my son was 6 months old before I discovered the

advantages of cosleeping and it worked for us but I can fully understand the

choices that other mothers make.

>

> I think many babies however sleep best beside mum and humans, in the west

especially, are the only species that seem to have their offspring sleep

separatly.

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> Trust you instinct and listen to your baby, that is my philosophy.

> Ingrid

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> R

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[Guest guest]

I think as well that co sleeping is such a short time

in our and our children's life (even if at the time it

does no seem so) and it provides them with so much

security at a time when it can seem dark and lonely in

a bedroom of their own. I mean, us adults don't sleep

alone so why should a young, helpless baby or child?

<br><br>Having said that, I don't mean to make any

parents that don't co sleep feel guilty in any way, I

think there are so many options and children will

adapt to any arrangement quickly. <br><br>As long as

they know that they are always welcome in their

parent's bed, that is enough to probably encourage

them to sleep in their own bed. <br>What works for a

lot of parents is to have a sidecar arrangement, where

the baby sleeps in an attachment that coneects to the

parent' s bed, this way they are in a very safe place

yet still right beside mum and dad.#<br><br>Or, to

have them sleep beside your bed on a mattress, with

their siblings.<br>There are as many solutions to this

problem as there are families.<br>Love,<br>Ingrid<br><b><i></i></b><br>