By Julian Davies, MD

This article by Dr. Julian Davies was originally published at www.adoptmed.org by the Center for Adoption Medicine at the University of Washington. Reprinted with permission.

"People who say they sleep like a baby usually don't have one." --Leo J. Burke

The Problem

Dr. Sears: "Thou shalt cosleep, unless you don't really want that special bond we like to call attachment."

Dr. Ferber: "Thou shalt let them cry, unless you don't really want that thing we like to call a good night's sleep."

Dr. Dobson: "Good night's sleep? Have you considered a good night's spanking?"

Dr. Weissbluth: "If you don't sleep train them now, there's a 92% chance they'll be huffing paint behind the Quik-E-Mart by age 16."

That neighbor whose kid would have slept well even if raised by wolves: