Co-sleeping

Petro Pretorius [09 February 2009] - There are a lot of people for and against co-sleeping. In the US a new study launched are saying that there has been a dramatic rise in accidental strangulation and suffocation in bed since 1984. Although the study is not blaming co-sleeping there are a number of experts who do put the blame there. How does this effect you? Read more »

Where should my baby sleep?

Erica Neser [24 June 2009] - Parenting 101
Module: Sleep Environment
Facilitator: Erica Neser

Assignment 1:
a) Study Figure 1 carefully, paying special attention to the positions of Mum, Dad, Ann and Ben.
b) Now take a pair of scissors and cut along the dotted line around figure 1 as indicated. Place the diagram in a large file. This file should be used for storing any information starting with the words “You should always …”, “By now your baby should be …”, “My child will never be allowed …”, “I will never …”, “In our day, we always/never …” et cetera. Read more »

Co-sleeping in the modern context

Erica Neser [22 June 2009] - Erica Neser is the author of Sleep Guide for Babies and Toddlers (Protea Books, 2006)

"Nature, if she be not interrupted, will do the whole business perfectly well; and there seems to be nothing left for a Nurse [or parent] to do, but to keep the child sweet and clean, and to tumble and toss it about a good deal, and keep it in good Humour." (William Cadogan, Essay on the Nursing and Management of Children, 1748)¹ Read more »