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Looking for information about cosleeping? We've got a great list here for you! 

 

Click here for a list of Mothering Magazine on-line articles about co-sleeping, the Family Bed and related topics.

Get started with this great article by Mothering's founder: Sleeping With Your Baby by Peggy O'Mara

 

Basic Instinct

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  A dad can do so much more than defend the cave. New research shows that he too has the biological goods to nurture baby http://www.todaysparent.com/lifeaspa...1225399&page=1

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  Children Need Touching and Attention, Harvard Researchers Say by Alvin Powell http://www.hno.harvard.edu/gazette/1...enNeedTou.html

 

 

Responding to Baby's Cries and why you shouldn't let your baby "cry it out"
 

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  Science Says: Excessive Crying Could Be Harmful to Babies by Dr Sears
  http://askdrsears.com/html/10/handout2.asp

 

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  Early Brain Development - What parents and caregivers need to know! by Phyllis Porter, M.A. http://www.educarer.com/brain.htm

 

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  CIO? No! The case for not using "cry-it-out" with your children http://www.storknet.com/cubbies/atta...enting/cio.htm 
   
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  The Dangers of Leaving Your Baby to Cry by Margaret Chuong-Kim, M.A. 
  http://drbenkim.com/articles-attachment-parenting.html
   
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  Crying for Comfort: Distressed Babies Need to Be Held http://www.mothering.com/articles/ne...onnection.html
   
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  The Emotional Infant Brain Part 1: The developing emotional subsystems of the brain process various information, including how to relate the state of the world with expectations. http://www.fresnofamily.com/articles/aa040100a.htm
   
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  Mistaken Approaches to Night Waking: Excerpt from Sweet Dreams: A pediatrician's secrets for your child's good night sleep, Lowell House, 22-28 By Paul M. Fleiss, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.A.P., 2000 http://www.nospank.net/fleiss2.htm
   
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  8 Infant Sleep Facts Every Parent Should Know by Dr. Sears http://www.askdrsears.com/html/7/T070200.asp
   
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  Controlled Crying: AAIMHI Position Paper. The Australian Association for Infant Mental Health: http://www.gymealily.org/resources_paperva7.htm

 

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  Loving Responses to a baby's cries by Ingrid Bauer
  http://www.natural-wisdom.com/lovingresponse.htm
   

Cosleeping & SIDS
 

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  Review of the Latest and Most-Authoritative Studies
  http://www.babyreference.com/Cosleep...%20Studies.htm
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  An anthropological perspective http://www.kathydettwyler.org/detsleepthrough.html
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  Crying for Connection by Althea Solter
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  Review/critique of several published SIDS "crib-death" and "cot-death" medical articles http://www.babyreference.com/Cosleep...%20Studies.htm
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  A Baby Cries: How Should Parents Respond? http://www.naturalchild.org/jan_hunt/babycries.html
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  Ten Reasons to Respond to a Crying Child http://www.naturalchild.org/jan_hunt/crying.html
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  The Critical Importance of a Child's First Years: a Baby Speaks http://www.naturalchild.org/jan_hunt/babyspeaks.html
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  Is a crying child manipulating the parent?
  http://www.naturalchild.org/advice/q09.html
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  Parents try "controlled crying"
  http://www.naturalchild.org/advice/q55.html
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  Dad praises son for not crying
  http://www.naturalchild.org/advice/q42.html
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  Mom denounces "cry to sleep" approach
  http://www.naturalchild.org/advice/q36.html

The Cons of Controlled Crying

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  http://www.pinky-mychild.com/features/baby/thecons.html
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  http://phdinparenting.com/2008/07/05/no-cry-it-out/
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  Crying for Connection

Books

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  The Benefits of Bedsharing by Dr. Helen Ball of the Durham University Parent-Infant Sleep Lab, midwife Sally Inch, and Marion Copeland
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  Good Nights: The Happy Parents' Guide to the Family Bed (and a Peaceful Night's Sleep! by Dr. Jay Gordon
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  Night-Night: Settle Down Activities for Easy Bedtimes by Cynthia MacGregor 
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  Sleeping With Your Baby: A Parent's Guide to Cosleeping by James McKenna, PhD
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  Sweet Dreams: A Pediatrician's Secret for Your Child's Good Night's Sleep by Dr. Paul Fleiss, MD
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  The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night by Elizabeth Pantley, William Sears
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  The No-Cry Sleep Solution for Toddlers and Preschoolers: Gentle Ways to Stop Bedtime Battles and Improve Your Childs Sleep by Elizabeth Pantley