Comments on: Against Small Talk and Platitudes http://www.girldetective.net/?p=3636 Reading, Writing, Movies and Mothering in Minneapolis, Mostly Mon, 11 May 2026 18:08:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: thalia http://www.girldetective.net/?p=3636&cpage=1#comment-20133 thalia Tue, 25 Jan 2011 22:24:25 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=3636#comment-20133 Shit I wish I hadn't read that story. I was resistant to co-sleeping on the 'why take that risk' angle, but did do it several times in the end, usually in the morning when the baby woke at 5 and I wasn't ready to get up. I'd take the duvet off the bed, put myself in a position with my arm behind my head and the other over the baby, etc etc. I never slept well because so nervous, but I did sleep, and in the end I felt ok with it. If I'd read your story first, I would not have done. That poor, poor woman. Re the immunity thing, you are both right and not right, and it depends on how old the baby is and whether there are any other issues going on. I would be rabidly protecting my six week old, my six month old less so. And one of the reasons big kids get sick for a shorter time is that they've got related immunity already so they can fight it. Shit I wish I hadn’t read that story. I was resistant to co-sleeping on the ‘why take that risk’ angle, but did do it several times in the end, usually in the morning when the baby woke at 5 and I wasn’t ready to get up. I’d take the duvet off the bed, put myself in a position with my arm behind my head and the other over the baby, etc etc. I never slept well because so nervous, but I did sleep, and in the end I felt ok with it. If I’d read your story first, I would not have done. That poor, poor woman.

Re the immunity thing, you are both right and not right, and it depends on how old the baby is and whether there are any other issues going on. I would be rabidly protecting my six week old, my six month old less so. And one of the reasons big kids get sick for a shorter time is that they’ve got related immunity already so they can fight it.

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