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to co-sleeping

to co-sleeping

3.6
To sleep in the same bed or room as another person, often a parent and child
  • verb
  • /koʊˈsliːpɪŋ/
translation icon : dormir juntos
  • She co-slept with her child for the first year.

Examples

  • Many parents practice co-sleeping with their infants to make nighttime feeding easier.

  • Some families choose co-sleeping for cultural or personal reasons.

  • Experts debate the safety and benefits of co-sleeping with young children.

  • Many families choose to co-sleep with their infants.

  • Many parents practice co-sleeping to foster a closer bond with their infants.

  • Some families believe that co-sleeping helps their children feel more secure at night.

  • After trying various sleep arrangements, they found that co-sleeping worked best for their family.

Synonyms

to sleep together
vsto co-sleeping
16 4.3

Share a bed or lie close to each other at night

focuses on sleeping in very close physical proximity rather than sexual meaning

How Close

to co-sleeping
3.6
sleep divorce
  • Literature
7.5

Surface Forms

co-sleeping infinitive
co-sleeping present participle
co-sleeps third person singular
co-slept past
co-slept past participle

Morphology

co-sleeping = co-sleep (transparent) = co + sleep + ing

The verbal/participial form is transparently built from the verb 'co-sleep' with the English gerund/participle '-ing'.

Etymology

Co-sleeping combines co- meaning 'together' with sleeping, so as a verb it means to 'sleep together' with another person. It is used when people, such as parents and their child, sleep in the same bed or nearby.