Article: Parents can find ways to ease kids out of shared family bed.(Life-Today)

Byline: TRACY PULLEY - The Tennessean

It's 2 a.m. in the Kirchner household in Bellevue, Tenn. Mom Samantha, six months pregnant, rolls over and pats restless 1-year-old son Doron as Adelia, 4, pads into the room and crawls under the covers. Soon, everyone is still and dreaming.

At 7:30, Doron begins to stir; everyone climbs out of the family bed: Samantha, Doron, Adelia and dad Matt.

The Kirchners are not the only family enacting this scene on any given night. In some households, co-sleeping is considered an ideal way to bond; for others, the nightly migration of children into the master bedroom is accepted out of exhaustion.

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