James McKenna, PhD, anthropologist and legendary infant cosleeping researcher, sits down our guest host, Mary Francell, IBCLC, to talk all things biologically normal infant sleep. They discuss:

-Jim's research on cosleeping infant/mother pairs
-what "biologically normal" infant sleep looks like, and how it vastly differs from the current mainstream cultural narrative about infant sleep
-the "dance" between mother and baby during sleep, including the synchronizing of breath, heart beat, temperature, etc.
-Jim's SIDS theories
-The AAP's misleading guidelines about bedsharing, and how to make bedsharing/cosleeping safe for babies of all ages

Check out Jim's book Sleeping With Your Baby here:
www.amzn.com/B006VDXBW4

His research/work, as well as more info about his Infant Sleep Lab can be found here: https://cosleeping.nd.edu/

Mary Francell, our guest host, blogs here about all things infant sleep/needs: www.whatdobabiesneed.com
Join her Facebook group to find like-minded parents: https://www.facebook.com/groups/biologicallynormalinfantsleep/

A HUGE THANK YOU to Mary for sharing this interview with us!!

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