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First of all, those parents never need any intimacy?
Or maybe intimacy is just not an option with so many kids, no matter if you have separate rooms or not!?!
It's a good way to spare space I agree, but it just feels wrong...or very cute...I can't decide yet.
Wonder what the ages of the kids are. I think it's fine when they are young but weird when they get older. And 5 kids...seems like they are managing intimate time somehow.
Creative design and I can see how for some families this might be a solution to certain issues (kids with disabilities, not enough space in the house, ect). But in general, I'm not a supporter of co-sleeping so that colors my opinion greatly. Anxiety seemed to be a common theme in the article however, I haven't walked in their shoes so I'll reserve my judgments for far greater parenting sins.
Wonder what the ages of the kids are. I think it's fine when they are young but weird when they get older. And 5 kids...seems like they are managing intimate time somehow.
She lists them as:
Elijah - baby
Own - toddler
Ben - 7
Izzy - 9
Zach - 11
Ok read the blog entry. Seems like it works for them. My former therapist would be horrified, she things sleeping alone is essential for learning to self soothe. I don't know if she is right...she was an only child. I slept with my siblings in the same bed for years (small apartments)...then again, Imwas the patient. Lol
My 10 year old would sleep in my bed if I let him. I don't. Cuddles once in a while is fine. Sleeping. Nope. First he sleeps sideways so I can't sleep. Second, I think he does need to sleep in his own bed. So the 11 year old...of his peers at school finds out, ugh! And another year or two, I think he needs his privacy. But it sounds like the parents are open to that.
I think the co-sleeping thing is fine if the family is fine with it. Obviously, it's something that a lot of people don't choose, but I don't think it's a big deal at all. I certainly don't think they will be messed up for it. It is common in lots of cultures. I don't think sleeping alone is essential for anything - but then again I don't much like sleeping alone either. I find it hard to sleep when my husband is out of town, for example. And I never co-slept as a child.
My daughter co-slept with me for part of the night until she was in kindergarten, when she started sharing a room with her sister - at which point they decided to sleep together. My girls have their own beds in their own rooms, but choose to sleep together 90% of the time (ages 6 and 9). Now and then though, one will decide that she wants to sleep alone, and that is fine too. It's really not a big deal to me either way. My oldest went several months where she wanted to sleep alone, and now she's back to sleeping with her sister again. At some point, I expect she will want to sleep alone more for privacy, and her room is waiting for her when she does. Sounds the same with the family in the article - when the kid wants his own room, he is free to go use it!
It's really not a big deal with the peers at school either. My daughter's best friend at school also co-sleeps. Nobody cares.
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