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Co-sleeping with a child actually means no sleeping

Sleeping in the same bed as a kid who tosses, kicks and takes up a great deal of space means you stay awake all night contorted in strange positions

Raymond Goh
ST ILLUSTRATION: CEL GULAPA
  • Published
    Feb 22, 2021, 5:00 am SGT
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Co-sleeping is a big, fat lie.

By its very definition, the concept of co-sleeping refers to a nocturnal scenario where parents spend their slumbering hours with their young child on the same bed, in a state of restful bliss.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on February 22, 2021, with the headline 'Co-sleeping with a child actually means no sleeping'. Subscribe
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