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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh OP. I haven’t read it yet, but my idea of bad parenting is taking a newborn home to a house where you put them alone in their own room 30 feet from their mother and you listen to them through an electronic device. Families that live in more intimate spaces have more intimacy, generally speaking. Look at the bond that siblings have when they share a room. I just separated my kids and I’m worried about it. [/quote]

+100. The idea that you let a kid under 1 "cry it out" in a separate room is insanity to me. However, I'm not going to judge because I know that every family is different.[/quote]

Could you judge just a wee bit less? What would you do if your spouse snored horribly and you had a newborn? Would you force the spouse to sleep on the couch when he works 60-70 hours per week on his feet? Or would you move the baby into a separate room so the baby AND your spouse could get some sleep? Perhaps you are the noisy sleeper keeping baby up. Baby would need to sleep elsewhere and you would need a monitor. As far as siblings that share a room have a strong bond isn't always true. I couldn't imagine forcing my two boys, who constantly argue over the littlest things to share a room unless I we really needed to.[/quote]

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