When Lauren got pregnant, we made the decision early on that when Isabel was born, we would practice attachment parenting. You can read all about my take on AP in one of my previous posts here, but the bottom line of the concept involves trying as much as possible to ease the separation between child and parent, thereby creating a more loving and nurturing atmosphere for growth and a more confident child. What that translates into as far as everyday life goes is a lot of carrying in slings and wraps, and perhaps most significantly, the child sleeping with mommy and daddy in the family bed. We feel we were pretty successful for the most part on those goals but realized we had a challenge on our hands when we were ready for the little one to be out of our bed at night, so we could attempt to restore a semblance of the whole “man and wife” thing.