Kourtney Kardashian Defends Cosleeping With Her Son

people.com:

When Mason first came home from the hospital, he slept in a bassinet right next to my bed. I remember those early days when he was often up all night and asleep all day. Scott and I would take turns staying up with him, singing to him, rocking him, doing anything and everything to get the little angel to sleep.

I was told that Mason would eventually switch around on his own -- so he'd be awake during the day and sleeping at night -- which he finally did.

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Comments

[lulumer]

01:01 PM on 07/21/2010

Most peaceful cultures practice "family bed", maybe if more families in the U.S. did this
we'd have less violence.
Good for at least one of the Kardashians!

[porsche996]

02:53 AM on 07/02/2010

Babies are little terrorists...they should come into the world wearing little bandoliers and camo outfits and helmets so you don't get confused. They are only interested in getting their needs met and will destroy your life and marriage if you're not careful.

A newborn can sleep through the night and you can extinguish the middle of the night feeding safely after just 8-10 weeks. When you do this at this stage it only takes perhaps 2-3 nights of ignoring their awakening demands for attention, and does not socially traumatize the child at all.

They get over it, and you get to sleep. Hold your wife in the bed (physically) because she will want to go to the baby...wait until it's quiet...then sneak in and check that' it's allright without touching or rewarding them at all. Go back to sleep. The first few nights they will wake a little early being hungrier but soon you will have bliss and almost never be awakened unless it's serious, then just extinguish the behavior again.

This becomes nearly impossible after training the baby to get a middle of the night reward for months or a year, some people are so silly to train their children this way, and then blame the child, as if the child were in charge.

Never, ever sleep with a child. They will inevitably be harmed by the ultimate rejection.

[joocee102]

11:22 PM on 07/02/2010

Just because your self centered and don't like hanging around your baby doesn't mean sleeping with your newborn, infant or child a bad thing.

[mamaof 2]

10:47 AM on 07/04/2010

Obviously you are ignorant and do not know anything about the physiology of a infant. They wake in the night for a purpose, not to aggravate you. If you have that kind of issues with just night waking, you obviously don't need children. Its one thing not to co sleep; that is your business, but if your baby is hungry, you feed it, not deny it food. Also, if you feel children will ruin your marriage, than your marriage was never stable to begin with.
You have serious issues, I hope you seek some help.

[porsche996]

01:19 AM on 07/07/2010

Welcome to the HP..but I doubt your qualifications beyond your moniker....mamaof 2, some people have more accomplishment to boast of and yet don't sleep with their children and condemn those who don't.

Thank you for sharing.

[ruffdeezy]

02:47 AM on 07/02/2010

My 1 year old son sleeps in my bed with my wife and I nearly every night. Anyone who thinks this is controversial is a sicko. Defending this is sad too.

[Spartan112]

08:34 AM on 07/02/2010

Hey, it's your call. Enjoy the struggle of getting him to sleep on his own.

[joocee102]

11:20 PM on 07/02/2010

I liked sleeping each of my kids until they turned 2yrs. I loved to hear their little hearts beating, and watch their belly rise and fall with each breath. No matter how irritated I get with my kids now, just reflecting back to those times when they were infants nestled against my arm and chest just washes any bad feelings I have against my kids.

[Amanda Donovan]

10:36 PM on 07/01/2010

i co slept with both my babies and they were both in their own beds before they were one. it was the only way we could all sleep. every family needs to do whats best for them, and not judge others choices.

[GerryS]

07:42 PM on 07/01/2010

I'm a guy,

and I wouldn't sleep with that--------------

[hey0there]

07:16 PM on 07/01/2010

axually i can totally see the kardashians all in bed diddling each other and thinking theres nothing wrong

[orchidspin]

04:23 PM on 07/01/2010

If he's 16 and still sleeping with you then you have a problem. Otherwise it's doesn't really matter.

[lonecatcus]

12:20 PM on 07/01/2010

We had that problem with our first son. We would be up half the night, on New Years he brought in the new year with us. This went on for months. Finally our Doctor told us that he has us, and to win we had to do one thing. We put him in his crib, closed his room door, and went out side and sat on our front porch for about an hour. Came in he was sound asleep. Cover with a little blood from a tooth that was coming in, cleaned him up, he never woke up. The next night he did not last long and from then on he went to sleep when put in his crib. The Doctor said as long as he could get away with it he would.
So if you are rocking and singing, then take them to bed with you, you have lost control. Let them cry a while, good for them. Just don't listen.

[Lilly-G]

12:07 AM on 07/02/2010

I'm sure that took all your courage to do that. Good for you.

[mamaof 2]

10:49 AM on 07/04/2010

that is really sad, your child really needed you and you turned your back. way to go. :(

Yes, I co sleep and my child is very independent during the day, not clingy as many people will lead others to believe. He is very social and makes friends easily.

[Lilly-G]

11:18 AM on 07/05/2010

I imagine the end results depends entirely on the child's personality, etc.

[hey0there]

07:50 AM on 07/01/2010

gross

[LisaDi]

08:14 PM on 06/30/2010

Guys RELAX, co-sleep is Kourtney code name for reliable contraceptive method.
Jokes aside, when a child is concerned, common sence has to prevail. I co-slept with my last child, when it became difficult or she became fussy I would place her in her bassinet, next to my bed.
However, when she slept with me, I never really had a good night sleep, the stress was immense.
Some babies love it others don't.

[playsindirt]

05:31 PM on 06/30/2010

Huge mistake. My oldest was 2 before he would sleep through the night in his own bed because we fell for all this family bed nonsense too. You gotta let them cry. Not fun but effective. No problems with the second son. My sister was a big family bed person and her oldest was 12 before he slept all night in his own bed. And that's not a typo. 12. Once you give your kid a bad habit, they're really hard to break. Both of my sister's kids have weird eating and sleeping habits to this day and their adults now.

[1Woman4Obama]

06:28 PM on 06/30/2010

And I think cry-it-out is a huge mistake. You do it your way, I'll do it mine.

[LisaDi]

08:15 PM on 06/30/2010

Could never deal with that piece of crap advice.
Babies need reasurance and love.

[Lilly-G]

11:33 PM on 06/30/2010

My friend's son was 12 before they got him to his own bed. But if he watches anything scary on tv he's right back in there. He's extremely immature for his age and is excessively dependent on his mother.

[OnlyIfIHaveTo]

03:00 PM on 06/30/2010

That there is a topic of discussion or debate brought on by a member of this family is very comical.

[sladenyv]

02:56 PM on 06/30/2010

This family is a freakshow.

[Chucky Sly]

02:23 PM on 06/30/2010

Uhh...so what?
My son used to sleep with my (now ex) wife and I periodically when he was a baby. It wasn't a philosophy or anything but sometimes we would be so enamored with him we would put him in the bed with us so we could cuddle up to him and coo at him and just marvel at him.
Other (most) nights, he would sleep in his crib as normal. It never seemed to bother him one way or the other.
We did take precautions like clearing the bed of the pillows and covers when he was with us, but we never felt he was in danger or had any scare of any sort.
Now if one of you is a wild sleeper or, as others noted, you've been drinking, then it might not be a good idea. Use some common sense.
Also, if the kid is past crib-age and is still in the bed with you nightly, you may want to consider working on getting him/her into their own bed. Especially if you plan to bring them some siblings in the future. lol
Ultimately, I don't think it's the kind of issue that parents can't decide on their own and I would never think that one way was "better" than the other.

[LMPE]

12:49 PM on 06/30/2010

How many people here had actually heard of Armenia before this surname appeared?

[LisaDi]

08:04 PM on 06/30/2010

Me.
Why

[LMPE]

09:14 PM on 06/30/2010

I hope that Armenia doesn't become known as the ancestral land of these non-entities

[Amanda Donovan]

10:32 PM on 07/01/2010

im armenian. very, very few people dont know what that is in my experience. maybe because there is a relatively large armenian population here in the boston area, but i think youre also not giving people enough credit. the kardashian family does not speak for my whole culture. they are americans, first. third generation americans, i believe. armenian culture is complex and beautiful.