Unfortunately, it's not just Ferber who implies that there's something wrong with co-sleeping. When such authoritative books come out, these positions further enforce the societal norm. I had way less support for keeping my daughter in bed with me than I did for breastfeeding. As it happens, I gave in to the pressure and neither of us slept well through the night until she was 2; I finally said screw what anyone else says, I'm her mother and I say she's sleeping with me! My pediatrician, whom I left after this story, told me how he got his daughter to sleep through the night by letting her 'cry it out' for a few nights. The first night she cried for 4 hours but only 1/2 hour the next. The real problem was having to give his ER Doc wife valium so SHE could make it through those nights. He's a big 'developmental pediatrician' in the area (and an even bigger chauvinist IMHO). Babies need human contact - not just when awake. Just as we work with moms who have difficulty breastfeeding, we can work with moms who have difficulty having their babies sleep with them. I'm not sure the principles are much different. Joan Edelstein *********************************************** 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