A dialogue between sisters regarding co-sleeping with your infant. Fiction. Debate about whether you should sleep in the same bed as your infant. Describes good reasons you should not and good reason you should have a family bed. Tells that again, this is your decision.
Paige: I can bond with my baby and be a responsible parent while doing it. I’m scared for your boys now. I’m worried that they will grow up without a strong sense of independence. Sleeping with your children tells them that they need you for everything, “I’ll help you get dressed, help you eat, and now I’ll help you sleep too.” You are giving them a constant sense of security, and not allowing them to figure out that it is ok to be alone sometimes and to do things for and by themselves. Even as kids.
Penelope: I believe the exact opposite. I think that giving them that sense of security now allows them to feel safe and secure in the future. When it is time for them to go to their own beds, they will do it because they do believe in themselves and they know they are capable of choosing to do things for themselves.
Paige: Speaking of doing things for yourself, do you guys ever get to have sex?
Penelope: Well, I did get pregnant with Dustin before Dillon turned one. So, obviously we find the time to be alone. It takes some creative thought but it is a lot of fun thinking of new places and times. One time we went to dinner at Uncle Jeff’s house………
Paige: Whoa! Wait! Too much information! I do not want to know the details of your sex life.
Penelope: You asked, didn’t you?
Paige: What I really want to know is how the boys will respond when their friends teasing them in school because they sleep with mommy and daddy. I mean what happens when Dillon is invited to a sleepover and he doesn’t want to stay overnight unless “his mommy can stay too.”
Penelope: You really think he will tell his friends that he sleeps with his parents? I am sure he will want to enjoy his friends too. He already sleeps in his own bed sometimes and he is only five. He will either choose to stay at the overnight party or he will choose to come home , it will be up to him. I think he will make decisions based on his own comfort level but not because we force him to sleep with us.
Paige: Well, they are your kids. I sure don’t want anyone telling me what I can and cannot do with my kids. So, I won’t tell you what to do with yours. Even though I disagree.
Penelope: You’re right. You raise your baby anyway you choose and I will do the same. I’m sure either way all of our kids will be safe and loved.
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