The Family Bed: A Story in Generations
If I had been born at home, surely it would have been into a
family bed. As it was, my parents brought me home from the
hospital, where I was promptly given a place aside my mother in
the bed which slept us all: mom, dad, my brother and I. I nursed
until I was nearly four, when the arrival of a younger sibling
forced shared privileges. I was not, as a rule, thrilled with
anything that wasn