Co sleeping in the Bible
I thought this was cool. I don't know if it's been posted before.
Luke 11:5-7 5Then he said to them, "Suppose one of you has a friend, and he goes to him at midnight and says, 'Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, 6because a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have nothing to set before him.' 7"Then the one inside answers, 'Don't bother me. The door is already locked, and my children are with me in bed. I can't get up and give you anything.' |
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I never noticed that before! Thanks for sharing that. :grin
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Thank you! I may send that to my sister, who thinks cosleeping is sinful. :rolleyes
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I am so glad you posted that! I never noticed that before either although the guy was in the wrong for not giving some bread.!
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I think I'm going to have to show my mother in law that:) I was just telling my dh that last night...just seems like as nice as she is about she's always saying how much better it would be if he slept in his own bed...
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I've always liked that verse :rockon :heart
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Wow!!! The Bible does address everything!!!
That is super cool!! |
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Awesome! There's also the one about the mothers coming to King Solomon because they were cosleeping and one mother rolled onto the baby. Of course the non-co-sleepers would go crazy with that verse though, wouldn't they?! :rolleyes But the fact is that co-sleeping appeared to be the norm. After all, King Solomon didn't ask why they were co-sleeping, he just helped solve the problem!
I think I saw another co-sleeping reference but I can't remember where it is. I'll try and find it! |
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And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom. And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did bear." Yep, the Bible definitely addresses everything! :tu |
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I've never noticed that before either.. thanks for sharing!
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Wow, thanks for sharing. My dh and I were just discussing this topic. Now I can share this verse with him. :D
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I've also concluded that.....
Deuteronomy 6:7 NIV Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Deuteronomy 11:19 NIV Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. seems to be mentioning cosleeping also. You can't impress things upon your children when you lie down in a different room. ;) Mandy |
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Pretty cool! another reference to co-sleeping! :tu
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Thank you!! This helps!
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Great verses! Thanks for everyone who shared!
About the breastfeeding being sinful, how do these people think Jesus (or anyone in the Bible) survived? Did Mary use Simalac? :giggle |
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Thanks for sharing. I'll have to show DH that because he thinks it's time to put the kids in their own beds and I think not. I like having them close to me at night.
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Gid really does have a great plan for everything, doesn't he!! I always want to ask women who say "oh breastfeeding NEVER works, it is just too hard for women to really do" think people used to make it! One of my favorite shirts is "Jesus was breastfed"
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In most of the world, it isn't called "co-sleeping", just "sleeping."
We had an African student stay with us. He has six sisters. I asked him about "co-sleeping" and he thought it was terrible how American children are put by themselves so early. "We all slept in my parent's bed for many years. Everyone back home does that." Same for slings. "Babywearing" probably isn't even a notion in many parts of the world, because that is just what is done. There are no strollers and you need your arms free for work! What is funny about attachment parenting here is that it is "alternative parenting" and in most of the world it is simply "normal." My DH is a little unsure about it, but he is willing to do whatever is best for baby! He is wonderful :heart |
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I loved this thread - it came in very handy yesterday when DD(6) asked her Grandma if she could take home the soft Teddy bear to sleep with. Grandma's reply was "when you sleep in your own bed". Well that hit my buttons cos she knows how I feel. I took great delight telling her what the Bible said. I also told her to stop being so manipulative and blackmailing my child!
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I could only see a grandma doing that if she was reinforcing YOUR goal and it was an incentive. :no2 Good for you standing up to her :rockon And ftr DS is 6.5 and still in our bed :) |
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Glad I read that, thanks for posting!
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I ahd to share with hubby... he wasnt suprised. But that is ok we already cosleep with them. I will have to copy it down and post it at the church though so that i dont get this look anymore :hunh when we say we cosleep with our kids and we feel that is what God has led us to do.
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those verses are great!!
We cosleep here too!!! Love this thread!!!! |
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those are great! thanks for sharing, I never caught that before!
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Prayer from my Jewish prayer book: (of ancient origin)
A prayer for when the new mother leaves the birthing bed: "May it be You will, Adonai, my God and the God of my forefathers, that You prepare sustenance for Your servant, this infant, with an abundance of milk - his requirement, whatever he may lack. Place in my heart the [correct] time to nurse him in order to give him what he needs. Lighten my sleep so that when he cries, You may open my ears so that I hear him immediately. Rescue me - that my hand not fall onto him while sleeping, and he die, Heaven forbid." Breastfeeding and sleeping sharing is assumed. It is a request that God make the mother a responsive mother. |
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ooooooooooo I love that! Super neat! Thanks for sharing!
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I've ran across those verses a time or two, we also co-sleep and breastfeed, I don't debate the issue with others, (it's not worth it to me) I simply smile and say, well, when we're ready. They can think what they like, we're doing what is right for our family. And btw I loved that prayer, so beautiful!
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I think I read somewhere that Ezzo uses the verse about Solomon as an argument against co-sleeping. That's so not the point of the story! More babies die in cots right? He also I think uses the fact that Jesus slept in a manger! Honestly I don't think the bible tells us where our babies should sleep but I think it assumes co-sleeping because that was the cultural norm. It certainly doesn't say that co-sleeping is wrong.
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Jesus was set in a manger that night. Even as a co sleeping mom, my newborn does-nothing-but-sleep brabd new babies were better off sleeping seperate those first hours while I recovered. And then when I would feed I would fall asleep holding them. But the first half day they slept fine in the bassinet. |
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Speaking of the story of Solomon, I DVR TBN's animated series, one was the story of Solomon, the same thing! It pretty much enraged me, I can't quote it, but the mother of the living child points to Pricilla and says, basically, I told her over and over she was sleeping too close to her child. It had also showed Pricilla with her child very close, and the other Mother had her child almost lying separately, like in a manager type thing. I was pretty upset to see what I would've assumed to be a safe cartoon challenging our beliefs :(
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That's awesome, I always love hearing that something you're doing anyway turns out to be biblical. LOL!! I love co-sleeping with my boy and husband. Except for my boy hogs the bed! Ha ha.
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