re: OT Parents: Best Advice/Things You Wish You Had Known

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Get a nice recliner, sleep with the baby when necessary. The whole myth we try to emulate of putting the baby in their own bed just creates a vicious cycle. You put the baby down, then baby cries, you rock the baby, go back to bed. Repeat Repeat Repeat and everyone loses sleep.

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I disagree with this, get them sleeping on their own from the start. First, it's unsafe to have a baby in bed with you. Second, if you start the habit of them sleeping in your bed it's not going away.

My 5 year old sleeps in his room and never wakes up. My neighbors 5 year old has always slept in the parents bed and will not go to sleep unless in the parents bed. I don't think my poor neighbor has had sex in a long time on account of there always being a kid in the bed.