Category Archives: Cosleeping

Cosleeping, sleep sharing, and the family bed

• AP Without a Family Bed

  Early on, one of my greatest attractions to Attachment Parenting was the way that it focused on meeting the child’s needs – even when it went against the grain. I loved the concept of honoring the child, and working to meet the needs of everyone in the family, instead of forcing the child to comply with the desires of the parents, while sacrificing his or her own wants or needs.  MORE

• Giveaway: Tranquil Turtle From Cloud B — $47.95 ARV CLOSED

  In a joint giveaway between Natural Parents Network and Living Peacefully with Children, Cloud B is giving one lucky winner their very own Tranquil Turtle, a multi-sensory nighttime toy and sleep aid!  MORE

• Attachment Parenting Thirty Years Ago

  What happens when children who are Attachment Parented grow up? Laura from WaldenMommy is an adult example of an extended breastfeeding, cosleeping, babyworn, attached child.  MORE

• Learning to Nap Independently (All in Good Time)

  I never thought it would happen. The transition from only napping beside mama to napping independently. But it did. And much sooner than I ever anticipated.  MORE

• 8 Principles of Attachment Parenting for Older Children

  Guest author Dulce writes about applying the principles of attachment parenting as our children grow and change.  MORE

• How To Side-Car Your Crib

  Room sharing (even if you’re not bed sharing) for the first several months of your baby’s life is the safest and most convenient way to spend your nights. Here’s how to set up a full-size crib as a co-sleeper, and why you might want to.  MORE

• Symbiotic Sleep

  The symbiotic relationship we have with our children continues into the night, where the benefits of cosleeping are well documented for both child and parents.  MORE

• How to Deal With Feeling Touched Out

  The experience of feeling touched out can be a common experience among parents of babies and young children. Amy shares tips on how to process that feeling.  MORE

• Nighttime Nursing with Twins

  A reader asks our NPN Mentors about nighttime nursing with twins.  MORE

• Night Parenting with Sensory Processing Disorder

  My daughter has sensory processing disorder, an oversensitivity to sensory input that means my daughter has lived most of her life in constant arousal, her system always poised for fight-or-flight. No wonder she has trouble sleeping.  MORE

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