this article is annoying

3003girl

https://www.hlntv.com/article/2012/04/17/what-co-sleeping?hpt=hp_c2

linked from the homepage of CNN

It's so condescending to "attachment parenting" it kind of makes me ill. 

Kristi1971

I'm not sure how I feel about it actually except that I don't like that they specifically  reference "attachment parenting" in the article.  Doing that paints a "style" in a negative light.  I never considered my way of parenting to have a name associated with it.  I don't particularly like labeling parenting ways as "styles".  Actually I really dislike labeling anything.  I wish to nurture my children in a loving and positive way.  Period.  Why does it even have to have a name?  I guess this might be a topic for another post, though. 

Thanks for sharing, Solidio!

And why do people feel so strongly about telling others how to raise their children?  Who do people feel so strongly that they need to impose their way on others?  Argh. 

anna7602

This article adds absolutely nothing to previous co-sleeping scare mongering. I'm not even offended because it doesn't seem to offer a new perspective at all on other things I've read in the same vein.

Marsee

The risk of SIDS does not increase with co-sleeping/bedsharing. I could see her making a case for the increase of the risk of suffocation (not that I agree with that), but not SIDS. SIDS and suffocation are two different things. SIDS is still unexplainable. Suffocation is explainable.

I agree with Anna. More fear mongering and no science/evidence behind it. 

StefandTodd

Marsee:

The risk of SIDS does not increase with co-sleeping/bedsharing. I could see her making a case for the increase of the risk of suffocation (not that I agree with that), but not SIDS. SIDS and suffocation are two different things. SIDS is still unexplainable. Suffocation is explainable.

I agree with Anna. More fear mongering and no science/evidence behind it. 

Yeah.  I am SO tired of reading about how bedsharing increases the risk of SIDS because it poses a risk of suffocation.

SIDS =/= suffocation.

Stupid.

Whatever...more judgement and misinformation about bedsharing!  Whheee...  In other news, it's Wednesday. 

3003girl

yipee for wednesday! 

I just have to say that I love that my DH actually pointed out the article to me and commented on how absurd it was.

I just wish they would talk about the difference between safe bedsharing and unsafe bedsharing. Ugh.  

tokenhoser

solidio:

I just wish they would talk about the difference between safe bedsharing and unsafe bedsharing. Ugh.  

That would make so much sense and actually be useful.

She's just out to hawk her books. Which I sure haven't ever referenced.

DreamsBride411

It seriously agitates me when people use co-sleeping and bedsharing interchangeably. 

SoxFan777

Can someone suggest a counter-article?  My dad sent this one to me and I'd like to make a rebuttal.

tokenhoser

https://drjaygordon.com/attachment/safe-cosleeping.html

LouiseB2001

What a stereotypically stupid article. I love the Indian commenter who points out how many other cultures see this as weird:

"Culturally, it is considered offensive to have the infant sleep in a different room or even a different bed at night."

Welcome to the rest of the world.

anna7602

LouiseB2001:

What a stereotypically stupid article. I love the Indian commenter who points out how many other cultures see this as weird:

"Culturally, it is considered offensive to have the infant sleep in a different room or even a different bed at night."

Welcome to the rest of the world.

This reminds me of the question someone asked me in Havana once. "Is it true that Americans make their babies sleep in rooms all by themselves?"

jaymiegerard

anna7602:

This reminds me of the question someone asked me in Havana once. "Is it true that Americans make their babies sleep in rooms all by themselves?"

Blue Pansy

Honestly, the worst part of that whole thing to me was in the comments section -- the commenter from India who explained how they make a safe bedsharing bed for the baby in the family bed, and then this nasty American replies:

 I am from the United States of America, and we make special "beds" here too...they're call CRIBS

That's just so offensive to me and dismissive of other cultural practices.