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Article: SHARING SLEEP SPACE WITH BABY, THE FAMILY BED, CONTROVERSIAL.(Living)
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- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
- Article date:
- January 13, 2004
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Byline: Brooke Adams Scripps Howard News Service
The decision to create a family bed was a matter of necessity at first for Suzanne and Jerry Dallape.
When the couple had their first son, Rio, now 7, adding a crib to their small home's single bedroom would have made it cramped. Besides, they were strongly committed to breastfeeding and keeping their son close by in his first years.
"We could have had a crib if we'd really wanted to, but the small space made for a good excuse to co-sleep," Suzanne Dallape said. "When our first child was 3 days old, my husband looked at him lying in the bed and said 'I can't imagine it any other way.'"
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