attachment parenting

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attachment parenting
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Mon, 08-14-2006 - 3:17pm

A woman I know (I used to work with her dh) practices "attachment parenting". Here is a definition (for those who don't know what it is):

"Attachment Parenting includes respecting your child's needs, feeding on demand, and answering your baby's cries. Other parts of Attachment Parenting include co-sleeping, nursing on demand, sling or other baby carrier wearing, and cloth diapering. Not all Attachment Parents practice all of the above, but never the less love the idea of Attachment Parenting and comforting their children.

Attachment parenting uses mild discipline methods and avoids all physical or emotional punishment, such as inflicting shame on a child for inappropriate behavior. Children are encouraged and allowed to sleep with their parents, and you treat your bed as the family bed. Meeting your child's needs according to the child's time frame during the early years of development is an essential part of attachment parenting. Children will be allowed to grow and learn at their own pace and not according to standard time frames."

What do you all think of attachment parenting?

I don't see attachment parenting as something a WOH parent could do, or could they? What do u think?

I am also curious to see if SAHPs vs/ WOHPs will have different opionions on this topic.

If anyone here practices attachment parenting - was your decision to do so closely linked with your decision to be a SAHP?

josee

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Wed, 08-23-2006 - 2:36pm

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You couldn't do that without nursing? >

Honestly, no, I couldn't. I'm very impressed if you could do that every time.

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Registered: 06-09-2006
Wed, 08-23-2006 - 2:40pm

In what type of public settings would you not do it?

If you were at a park and your son fell and got hurt, would you nurse for comfort there? I just think that he can be comforted in other ways.

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Registered: 06-09-2006
Wed, 08-23-2006 - 2:41pm
Understandable!
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Registered: 09-04-1997
Wed, 08-23-2006 - 3:24pm
As I said at the beginning of this monster thread, I had one two year old who was weaned and one who wasn't. The one who wasn't was much easier to parent as a toddler/two year old. Nursing wasn't the only thing that calmed him down when he was overtired or overstimulated, but it sure was a nice tool to have available. I had to get *much* more creative with my second son.
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Registered: 11-18-2005
Wed, 08-23-2006 - 3:34pm
What? You think most mothers are drug users? Come on. I live in a major city and even I know that makes up a majority of the mothers in the US. No, most mothers are not crack users.
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Registered: 06-09-2006
Wed, 08-23-2006 - 3:44pm
There are parts of Brooklyn and the Bronx in NYC that would prove you wrong. Sad, but very true.
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Registered: 11-18-2005
Wed, 08-23-2006 - 3:46pm
No, it wouldn't prove me wrong. The majority of mothers do NOT live in Brooklyn and the Bronx. I live in Philly and we have plenty of drug addicted mothers. It is not new to our types of areas. However, I am intelligent enough to know that my city or Brooklyn or the Bronx do not make up the majority of mothers in the US! So, yes, it is a small percentage of mothers who abuse drugs and ff'ng would be better.
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Registered: 06-09-2006
Wed, 08-23-2006 - 3:49pm
I didn't say that the majority of mothers live in the Bronx or Brooklyn. I said that in some neighborhoods in those boroughs the majority of mothers are drug users.
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Registered: 06-09-2006
Wed, 08-23-2006 - 3:52pm
And there's no need for insults in your posts.
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Registered: 09-04-1997
Wed, 08-23-2006 - 3:54pm
Uncontaminated human milk would still be better than formula feeding -- for instance, milk from a milk bank.

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