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In the past (and maybe even today in poor countries or households), if you lived in a one-room apartment or whatever and maybe even only had one bed, I would assume the parents had sex in front of the kids. Is this true or false?
I'm sure it happened ugh.
Hopefully most of that went on when the parents said --Go outside and play and dont' come home until dinner time!
I'm curious why the wife thought this would all lead to less anxiety? Maybe less anxiety for the kids who didnt want to sleep alone but would likely get used to it after a few days.
We still need to lay down with our 5 and 7 year old at night and sometimes the end up in our bed. It's ok with us for now. I guess it's what you're ok with in the end.
Call me a big old meanie but I did CIO at 6 months with both of my kids. They were sleeping through the night in a matter of days in their own cribs. The only time I co-slept with them after that was when they were little and sick (stomach virus/cold/flu) and I wanted to keep a close watch on them.
To whoever left me the anonymous "rep point" that wasn't a rep - first of all, that's against the terms of service and the mods can easily figure out who sent it if I report it.
Secondly - that's why I started the whole post (which was written nearly a year ago), with "All I can tell you is this:" I was merely sharing my own experiences. And by the way, I stand by the entire post, every bit of it. In fact, since I wrote that post, my stepson was arrested again and is now serving ten years, five in prison and five on parole - which he will probably mess up again. And yes, I think that his mother enabling him, starting with "co sleeping," contributed to his issues. She's still enabling him and making excuses for him. It's a real shame.
Co-sleeping is the norm for my culture, particularly if living tight quarters. Our arrangement evolved a bit as the bed got too crowded, like setting up their toddler beds in our room. I think by school-age they all moved voluntarily in their own rooms one by one (by then we finally had the space, lol), but we kept an open invitation to co-sleep on the weekends if they wanted to.
IDK, I guess it was drama-free because my spouse and I were on the same page with it, and we all got the rest we needed. It was a little sad at first not to have a little person snuggling with us at night, but now the dog and cats have taken their place.
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