When Steve and I began to plan to have a family we discussed how we wanted to raise our children. We even discussed if we were to ever get divorced how we didn't want the whole step- mom/dad situation so for the sake of our children we would forgo relationships until our children were graduated and out of the house. We decided Attachment Parenting was how we wanted to go. Everyone has differing views on parenting so many don't agree with or understand AP. Now that our kids are 8 and almost 7, I don't regret the choice at all. I believe we made the right choice.
One thing I am questioning is allowing the kids ti sleep with us. We have always said they are only young for such a small period of time so this is just a blip in the whole scheme of things. But lately I find myself longing to have my master bedroom back to, just that, the master bedroom. No kids, just adults that can spend quality time together, can lay in bed and watch TV and talk about whatever we'd like and so on. Currently, we have 2 beds in our master bedroom pushed together. The kids sleep on one and the adults on the other. This is a big step from not long ago. About a month ago Kaitlyn and I slept in the living room on the hide a bed, and Jon and Steve slept in the master bedroom. We had that arrangement for the entire winter. The kids say they don't want to sleep in their rooms because they are scared to.
So the dilemma is how to deal with this issue with out traumatizing them. Some people will scoff at that and say just move them to their own beds they are old enough to sleep in their own beds. But parents that are familiar with AP will understand and might have some good advice.
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