tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953220387795835683.post6837520686517614043..comments2023-10-10T06:09:55.043-07:00Comments on This blog has moved to www.intuitivemothering.com. Please visit us there!: Attachment Parenting: The Science Behind the StyleHannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18022125476982432991noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953220387795835683.post-12917259354255368962009-08-13T12:55:06.562-07:002009-08-13T12:55:06.562-07:00I now have 2 kids and my parenting style has been ...I now have 2 kids and my parenting style has been different with them due to their own unique personalities. My first was so much more needy and would not sleep well at night or naps. He needed me with him at all times. My second is so much more content to play on her own and go to sleep by herself. Scheduling did not work for my 1st, but seems to do well for my second that is now 8 months old. I still tell everyone, it depends on the child!Kendihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07163957723082184685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953220387795835683.post-26185237653261464452009-08-12T21:17:34.240-07:002009-08-12T21:17:34.240-07:00I run a local AP group in my community. Right now ...I run a local AP group in my community. Right now we have 25 regular families that attend once a month, most are military. For them, they get support from other moms and women. Not all practice all aspects of AP, but everyone is welcome. We have parents on both sides of issues like birthing, training, circumcision, vaccinations,co-sleeping, even baby wearing.I am glad that I have the opportunity to educate other women in my community on the benefits of AP, as well as offer them support while away from their families and friends.<br /><br />We are an Attachment Parenting Family, and we love it,I would not have it any other way. We have our days of frustration, but what family does not? For us, havening the family bed was a great experience, and now that my four year old sleeps on his own, I have to find excuses to get him to snuggle with me for a single minute, lol. Attachment Parenting came naturally for my husband and I and we have seen all of the great advantages already of having a child reared in such a way. It makes my heart proud to see such a happy, independent, well adjusted, empathetic, loving child. We are expecting our second child and we can not wait to go through the whole process of bonding, and breastfeeding, and sleeping with our new baby. I also wanted to add, that Attachment Parenting is not an all or none style, that you don't have to practice all of physical aspects of AP, that more than anything it is simply love. Raising your children out of love, forgiveness, understanding, and realizing that even though you are the grow up and have been here much longer, you can often learn from your children.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16699378232109941729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953220387795835683.post-57753613998316947252009-08-12T20:00:58.158-07:002009-08-12T20:00:58.158-07:00Love that Nancy! Thanks.Love that Nancy! Thanks.Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18022125476982432991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953220387795835683.post-72094780700936696092009-08-12T19:32:20.868-07:002009-08-12T19:32:20.868-07:00I love the input your first commenter made, becaus...I love the input your first commenter made, because we've had the same experience at our house. Anything, attachment parenting included, taken to the extreme is probably unhealthy. While tending to the needs of a newborn obviously take top priority, as the baby becomes older it becomes the well being of the FAMILY that is priority... not just the small members of that family. If bedsharing is healthy and works well for your family, then by all means do it! If everyone in your house is most comfortable following baby's lead (after the first crucial weeks, of course) then that's what needs to be done. However, if that's not what is best at your house, then there's nothing wrong or shameful about letting baby sleep in a safe crib, or riding an infant carrier at the grocery store, or having baby in a beneficial daily pattern. Parenting styles don't raise babies. Nurturing, loving parents do!Nancy Rebarchikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04545778453668033105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953220387795835683.post-64565282768021833862009-08-12T19:13:50.199-07:002009-08-12T19:13:50.199-07:00Thanks for your input! I love the diversity with p...Thanks for your input! I love the diversity with parenting. You are right, to each his own.Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18022125476982432991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953220387795835683.post-82136483018480486862009-08-12T18:29:37.185-07:002009-08-12T18:29:37.185-07:00ohhh... can I disagree with a few :)
Bedsharing.....ohhh... can I disagree with a few :)<br /><br />Bedsharing... it is hard enough finding time and energy to be with your husband that I think adding this to the mix would be BAD for a marriage... from my experience, being a SAHM to two young ones is emotionally and physically draining and it takes effort/intention as it is to make the time at night for your husband...I like our bedroom and our bed being OUR area (my two have been in a pack in play in my room for the first two months).<br /><br />Scheduling...I did it and I LOVE it! I was a babywise person (Just got some people ticked with that :)) My boys (even my 6 week premie) both gained weight like champs, and never did I not feed them when they were hungry... after the first few weeks you organize their bodies to have a system for when the are hungry (like us as adults), I was not crazy hard core with it.... I loved the consistency and so did they!<br /><br />Now, like everything in parenting... there is not much black and white... a whole lot of gray! So to each his own!Smits Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02010762622272217898noreply@blogger.com