She does realize that alternative history is a genre of fiction and not an actual discipline like history, archaeology and anthropology, right? Right?

I wouldn’t even really call that co-sleeping.

Yes I’ve even had a few trolly comments on this thread about me “driving my husband out of the bedroom” etc. Truth be told, we were never compatible sleepers. It has nothing to do with our sex life at all.

It happened very naturally with my eldest. We made his room appealing and at a certain point he didn’t want to be put to bed the same way as his baby brother. We’re planning to entice the little one with bunk beds in a year or so.

Yes, there are some pretty glaring historical holes there. When America was largely an agricultural society you’d better believe that everyone in a family worked. Rather than “letting them cry it out” women simply wore their babies in a sling, or kept them nearby while they worked.

It felt very natural to me and our doctor (who is Indian) reminded me that the majority of the world still co-sleeps. Seperate children’s bedrooms are a very Western idea.

I lay next to him until he falls asleep (10-30 minutes), I use the time to answer emails, check the news etc. I slip out when he falls asleep. We pushed the bed against the wall and have a guard rail on the other side for safety.

The living embodiment of this character.

Plus the fact that babies are hard wired to co-sleep. Cribs are REALLY recent. For thousands of years before that kids slept next to their parents.

I made a half-hearted attempt to get the first one to sleep in a bassinet, but I’m a hardcore weenie when it comes to crying. With the second one it was like, fuck it and welcome to the family bed kid.

Nah, although my little one winds up at the foot of the bed often enough.

He gets to blissfully sleep through nightmares and midnight pukes, so I don’t think he minds too much.

I don’t even wake up anymore when my eldest sneaks into bed. I’d also be lying if I said I didn’t love our morning snuggles.

I think my MIL has finally given up hope with my child-rearing choices.

We weren’t particularly compatible sleepers to start with. We’re still physically intimate, we just don’t sleep together afterwards. So I would say the impact was pretty negligible.

I co-slept with my eldest until he was three and now co-sleep with my two year old (big brother sometimes joins us in the middle of the night). My husband sleeps in the guest room. I have received endless flak from family and friends about this, but guess what? I get to sleep through the night, every night. My kids…

Originally thought the item was about Emma WATSON and was coming to dispute her branding as basic. However now I see it’s the other Emma. So carry on.

It makes up for some of my disappointment about them being too young for the latest Star Wars.

I agree with you and I never said he shouldn’t be held responsible, just that I wouldn’t laugh at the mugshot.

Not at all, I just wouldn’t laugh about the mugshot if that were the case.