Remember those early relationship days? Staying up all night on the phone, talking for hours, getting to know the other person? It’s somehow pretty easy at that moment to forget all about your own sleep cycles and just go with the schedule that makes sense for right that moment.
It’s only the next day, when you’re yawning every five minutes that you remember how you’re not cut out for all nighters anymore.
But after a while, once you have settled into a steady routine (ick, as much as I don’t like that word) it isn’t just about fitting sleep somewhere into your …read more

Let’s talk about the idea of family bed sharing. Is it a means to forming strong family bonds or a way to ensure that kids will never sleep in their own beds without a struggle?
In our house, the rule of thumb is that once the kids are weaned to a bottle, they are expected to sleep in their own rooms. The parent’s bed is only for the parents. This, in part, is due to the fact that my husband has serious back problems and cannot bear to sleep in compromising positions. We also share the belief that our bed is the place where we …read more