Co-sleeping with children has biological benefits – but it’s not always the answer to a good night’s sleep | Sarah Blunden

Every parent knows the feeling of being woken up through the night by a small child stumbling their way into their bed.

But why do children want to sleep with us? And why are they so reluctant to sleep on their own?

It has only been relatively recently in human history that children have slept separately to adults in their own beds. Historically, sleep was

Medieval records of European sleeping…