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co-sleep, v. Chiefly Anthropol. and Sociol.
Brit. |ˌkəʊˈsliːp|, U.S. |ˌkoʊˈslip|
[‹ co- prefix + sleep v.]
intr. To sleep in the same bed or room as a member of one's family of another generation (usually used of a parent and child). Freq. with with.
1966Psychiatry 29 344 The frequency with which children co-sleep with parents expresses a strong cultural emphasis upon the nurturant aspects of family life and a correlative deemphasis of its sexual aspects. 1973Ethos 1 371 We found that a person in modern urban Japan can expect, as a matter of preference rather than necessity, to co-sleep in a two-generation group—first as a child, then as a parent, and later as a grandparent—over half of his life cycle. 1976T. S. Libra Japanese Patterns of Behavior viii. 140 When a baby is born, he inevitably co-sleeps with his mother. 2002Mothering (Nexis) 1 Sept. 28 Bedsharing is only one of perhaps hundreds of different ways to cosleep practiced around the world. |