There is an excellent book that speaks of "attachment parenting" as an evolutionary concept, The book's name is the Continuum Concept , In Search of Happiness Lost. It is short and a joy to read and if every parent read it , it would change the world. It addresses many of the issues of co-sleeping, slinging, etc.... Lisa Mooney RN IBCLC *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html