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Ten Reasons to Sleep Next to Your Child at Night by Jan Hunt (external site)

Ten Reasons to Sleep Next to Your Child at Night by Jan Hunt (external site)

1. Family co-sleeping takes full advantage of the ease of breastfeeding, as there is no need to go to another room to get one's child. A breastfeeding mother in a "family bed" can easily feed her child without having to wake fully, and can continue to get the important rest she needs. Thus co-sleeping encourages mothers to continue breastfeeding and all of its numerous benefits until the child chooses to wean.

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