Our three-year old, Maggie, has always co-slept with us. But a little over a year ago we discovered the amazing benefits of co-sleeping as an entire family. For 13 blissful months, we all slept like babies. Seriously… I hadn’t been so well rested in decades. And then it happened. Thomas, just shy of 10 years […]
Co-Sleeping
They Sleep WHERE? Family CoSleeping in Middle Class America
Ask people what comes to mind when they imagine a family that sleeps all together in one room, and you basically get three images. Some envision a family living in a foreign country. Others picture the poverty-stricken – those reduced to sleeping together because of their financial woes. Still others see a post-hippie, super-alternative type […]
Sleeping Outside the Box: Part 1
Six years ago, when our twins were born, we added a second floor to our home. One day Gary, our builder, took me aside. “Let me design a bedroom that will be a sanctuary,” he said. He went on to describe a room of enormous proportions, complete with cathedral ceilings, walk-in closet, master bath with […]
Sleeping Outside the Box: Part 2
About 6 weeks ago, our family made a radical switch. If you’ve already read the first half of this article, Radical Unschooling: Sleeping Outside the Box, you know what it was. If you haven’t, here’s a quick recap: 2 parents + 4 kids + 3 bedrooms = mayhem. At least, it did for our family. […]
Sleeping Outside the Box: A Follow Up
Since writing my posts about our move to a family bed, I’ve gotten a lot of questions. Because we made the shift in our thinking gradually, each step that moved us closer to this decision seemed easy and natural. But looking at it from a more traditional perspective, it can seem quite radical (which is […]