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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Jennie
I was going to ask the same thing? If we went to the park, I nursed the baby right before we left, whether it was time or not, so we wouldn't have to worry about him needing to be fed on the way home. We also nursed right before we left the house.
I cook weekends. Sometimes I spend all day Saturday and Sunday in the kitchen; sometimes only part of the day. I rarely cook on weeknights, though, unless it is for the meal the next day. I don't get home early enough to make home cooked meals after work every night. So, someone else in the family does that.
My dh is super picky about food. He wants it fresh and homemade.
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