unexpected silence

Lyndsay blogs at Our Feminist {Play}School.

From The Other Baby Book: Sometimes nighttime is the greatest connection of all.

From Our Muddy Boots: Even Superheroes need sleep!

Kipper and Baz, napping buddies since 2010

Emily blogs sporadically at Embrita Blogging.

One-year-old Alrik snuggles with his dad for a nap. Sam is a wiz at getting him to sleep!

Five-year-old Mikko cannot fall asleep without piling the bed with whatever his favorite belongings are that night. Since the family bed shares, mama Lauren has to push everything off before she can fit!

Lauren blogs at Hobo Mama.

Charise and her brand new baby co-sleep during their first night together at the hospital after baby’s VBAC birth.

Charise blogs at I Thought I Knew Mama.

From Kym: “A 10 hour drive from Texas to Mississippi was thankfully pretty easy
because my son slept most of the way there!”

“Our dog Bella always takes her naps nearby our son. She’d probably be in bed with him if we’d let her.”

Kym blogs at Our Crazy Corner of the World.

Abbey (3) and Joe (5 months at the time) asleep while tandem nursing after a long outing.

Joseph, a few months back, asleep on his montessori floor-bed next to our mattress, slumbering with his sleepy blanky-head covered to block out the morning sun (he did that, not Amy!)

Amy blogs at Amy Willa: Me, Mothering, and Making it All Work.

Jorje often wears Spencer to rock him to sleep.