breastsleep

present singular third person breastsleeps · participle present breastsleeping · participle past breastslept · past breastslept

1. intransitiveneologismtransitiveTo participate in breastsleeping.

   Infants who breastsleep have a lighter, more natural sleep with more arousals and more breastfeeds per night.

   2021, Linda Goldberg, Pea in a Pod: Your Complete Guide to Pregnancy, Childbirth & Beyond, third edition, Garden City Park, N.Y.: Square One Publishers, →ISBN, page 301, column 2

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   I felt he just wanted the comfort of his mum, and as I was on maternity leave, I decided to breastsleep with him.

   2017 March 14, Tamsin Kelly, quoting Jennifer Lynott, “Breastsleeping: Is This How New Mums Can Get More Sleep?”, in The Huffington Post, archived from the original on 23 Oct 2021

   I now see the period where I "breastslept" with my child as marking the inexpressible shift often described by new parents: my whole world had changed, but words fell short of explanation.

   2018 June 5, Jennifer Woody Collins, “Fluid Materiality in Health Communication”, in Health Communication, volume 34, number 11, Hillsdale, N.J.: L. Erlbaum Associates, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1378, column 1