Meaning of breastsleeping | Babel Free

Definitions

The practice where a mother cosleeps with her baby while breastfeeding.

neologism, uncountable

Examples

“Chris sleeps right through while I put⟳ an arm around Tabitha while I'm feeding and keep⟳ the duvet down. I have⟳ woken up once or twice and panicked - that's what I don't like⟳ about breastsleeping. I stopped breastfeeding Henry around nine months. We had to do controlled crying so he would stay⟳ in his cot at night. It took four nights of screaming, which was horrific, but he's been an absolute dream⟳ ever since.”

“What if objects had an active role in shaping our health behaviors? Using my experience⟳ breastfeeding my baby, I explore⟳ this question⟳ through a journey from strict adherence to standard biomedical advice for safe infant sleep⟳ to heading the urgings of my body, specifically that of breastmilk, which I come⟳ to see⟳ as playing an agentic role in my practice of "breastsleeping."”

“"Breastsleeping"—a combination of co-sleeping and breastfeeding— is our species' heritage.”

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