Making the Family Bed: How Cosleeping Works for Families

by Susan Mallaun Gilleland

Overview

According to statistics, at least 50% of parents bring their children into their beds at least some of the time. Why, then, is the family bed such a controversial topic for so many? Making the Family Bed explores this and many other questions and issues regarding the important parenting issue of cosleeping.

In this book you will also read the personal stories of over fifty women from all over North America; these women have been kind enough to share their personal experiences with the family bed in order to provide you with information and details you won’t find anywhere else. While statistics and expert opinions are important to know, there’s nothing quite like taking a look into the lives of other families and seeing how they make the family bed work in their own lives.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940016363455
Publisher:	Lulu.com
Publication date:	02/01/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	160
File size:	332 KB

About the Author

Susan Mallaun Gilleland has a Masters Degree in Sociology with a concentration in Criminology from Louisiana State University. In addition to this work on cosleeping, she has also done research into the arbitrary and discriminatory nature of capital punishment in the United States. Susan worked for six years in the field of juvenile delinquency prevention in Baton Rouge and New Orleans. She currently homeschools her two children, who are 11 and 13 years old. Susan is an enthusiastic proponent of cosleeping, extended breastfeeding, babywearing, homeschooling, and other aspects of attachment parenting.

Editorial Reviews

Great book! Susan does a great job at writing mom to mom. There are experts who write on both sides of the cosleeping issue, but this book is different because it is written from the perspective of a "regular mom" who's done it! In addition, she shares the experiences of several families and as you read the book, you begin to feel connected to them. This is a must read parenting book, there's no lecturing, no posturing. It's like talking to a bunch of good friends. WELL DONE!!

Lulu.com - Erin Martinelli

I always figured co-sleeping with a new baby was the norm. Was I surprised to find such controversy over the subject when I had my first baby! The more I talked about it to friends, the more I found that people *want* to talk about it! Susan does an excellent job with this work in connecting several families' stories for any parent to read who wants to research the concept of the family bed from a personal perspective. Thanks, Susan, for your contribution to dispelling the myths of co-sleeping.

Lulu.com - Monica Baguchinsky-Lunn