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    What happens to poor sleepers who aren’t sleep trained?

    @ebveloz I have coslept with my first until 18m - now 20m. Honestly his sleep is very dependent on his development, health etc. There are times he goes to sleep on his own and sleeps through. Others Dad ends up on the king single mattress we gave next to the toddler bed cuddling most of the...
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    Confused about sleep and formula

    @nader1 My understanding is bf mums tend to get more sleep dye to the amount they are awake when bub does wake. So rather than getting up prepping a bottle, feeding, rocking etc bub bsck to sleep and 5gen trying to go back to sleep themselves, it's wake up boob bub and they go to sleep feeding -...
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    Cosleeping vs bed sharing for 4 month old

    @xuanang01 I reccomend grabbing a copy of Safe Infant Sleep by Mckenna to Read. He has an extensive list of ways you can reduce the risks when bedsharing, in order to make the best choices for your family. If you ultimately don't feel traditional bedsharing is best for you he also has...
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    teachers feeding kids too much junk

    @binfoco As a teacher I'm supposed to alert parents to what foods we will use in class, so they can opt out ir provide am alternative if needed/preferred (ingredient list if we are making, brand name so they can research if shop bought). I would request they begin doing this, so for occasions...
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    Sibling gender (biological sex at birth)?

    @elam84 Bryan Sykes looks at this a bit in '7 daughters of Eve' and 'Adams curse' . I haven't read either book in a long time, so I might be off base in my memory. I'm pretty sure he theorised looking at genetic patterns of mitochondrial DNA (passed on female line) and y chromosome (male line)...
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    Tips tricks to safely bedshare

    @eleventhhourworker6 Read Safe Infant Sleep by James McKenna
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    Cosleeping vs bed sharing for 4 month old

    @juliaraine 100% it's disappointing to see the attitudes that come out with this topic. Yes there are risks, and there are ways to mitigate those risks- as with most parenting choices. Can we not support ppl with resources to weigh the risks and benefits to make their own informed choices...
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    F the cult-like following of certain carrier brands (Happy Baby)

    @kellyjk I was going to say could easily post the same thing about a few MCN brands.
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    F the cult-like following of certain carrier brands (Happy Baby)

    @leftout There are ebbs and flows. In Australia Designer Bums and Alcmena have had some pretty crazy followings. The market here is over saturated at the moment so you're pretty much giving away 2nd hand nappies. But those two were pretty crazy for a while. Some WAHM makers get a bit like...
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    F the cult-like following of certain carrier brands (Happy Baby)

    @immanuelsdottir At least MCNs you need a lot of them...there's an actual useful reason to want many of them. I can't fathom why anyone would want multiple of the Same fit carrier in different patterns...maybe 2 i guess for different looks, but more than that 🤦‍♀️
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