Babble

A while back I went to a baby shower, and the host had everyone write down their best advice on parenting for the expectant couple in an album. When it was my turn to come up with some pearls, I paused. The truth was that the very best pieces of advice were rarely about whether or not to co-sleep or...

It never failed. No sooner would I finally fall asleep, having nursed my newborn into a blissful milk-induced coma, existing myself in a hazy fog of topsy-turvy day-nights, when I'd have The Dream. Frantic, I'd search everywhere for my baby, rendered tiny amid a tangle of co-sleeping bedsheets...