[~Coyotebones~]

Did anyone see this by chance? <a href="http://rosemond.com/index.php?action=website-view&WebSiteID=389&WebPageID=12972" target="_blank">http://rosemond.com/index.php?action...ebPageID=12972</a><br><br>
Now, I don't expect many people here to read John Rosemond, but considering he is always slamming co-sleeping I thought it would be appropriate to talk about it here. This time he calls co-sleeping 'A New Age practice.' I have half a mind to write him, but I don't know of any articles discuss the anthropological history of co-sleeping. Does anyone know of any?

 

[formerluddite]

<a href="http://falcon.arts.cornell.edu/anthro/faculty/faculty_MSmall.php" target="_blank">Meredith F. Small</a> is a Cornell University anthropologist who wrote:<br><br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325&tag=motheringhud-20&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FOur-Babies-Ourselves-Biology-Culture%2Fdp%2F0385483627" target="_blank">Our Babies, Ourselves: How Biology and Culture Shape the Way We Parent<br></a>," which has a chapter (or 2?) on cosleeping, mostly quoting <a href="http://www.nd.edu/~jmckenn1/lab/mckenna.html" target="_blank">James J. McKenna's</a> work.<br><br>
i googled and found this article: <a href="http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0838/is_1998_Nov/ai_54309018" target="_blank">"Sleep with Me: A Trans-Cultural Look at the Power and Protection of Sharing a Bed" Mothering, Nov, 1998 by Meredith F. Small</a>. (i didn't read it, got to go get dd1 from school in a few minutes).<br><br>
(oh wow, now i notice it's from mothering...)<br><br>
i think this is the most links per word i've ever posted!<img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/lol.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="lol"><br>
and i barely typed any of it: cut/paste, you are my friend!