It must be co-sleeping week for you Pinky! Your article in Practical Parenting about this very subject was excellent. Just hear the howls of protest from those 'modern mum's' that everything has to be controlled - included where, when and how the baby sleeps...

... a lot of my mum's and baby's are a bit astonished at work when I quite happily extol the wonders of co-sleeping (some people don't think it's very professional!?%!) and now with No 3 bub happily sharing my bed - and the whole family playing musical beds throughout the night, it's tons better than the controlled screaming (which I did with No 1 and I regret thoroughly).

cheryl


From: "Pinky McKay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: [ozmidwifery] Re co-sleping
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 13:29:06 +1000

Hi everyone,
Ivr just done an interview with ACA this morning about co-sleeping they are placing infra red cameras in mums bedrooms tomorrow night to watch them co-sleeping (!!). as well as interviewing these two mums.


They sent three young lads - the journalist and camera/ sound guys were all young childless men- which makes me feel a whole lot more confident - as they probably have no particular bias.

the "other side" is going to be an Adelaide Forensic specialist -Professor Rodger Baird - anyone know his "take" on co-sleeping??

I made the point that I feel its an insult to assume that a mothers body is little more than a lethal rolling pin and that mothers are more responsive than inert cot mattresses.
There were questionsre safety/ sex life/ dependency - etc etc - it will of course depend how they cut this -they kept trying to get me to say taht co-sleeping was THE thing to do when actually I think all mothers need support however they best sleep.


My interest is tho in Prof Baird - his name is familiar but I cant remember why and being forensic I am certain he will claim cosleeping is dangerous!!.

Pinky

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