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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This is a true story.
My dh's family immigrated to the US when he was 9. Their first Thanksgiving, they didn't eat turkey or do anything special. When dh went back to school after the break, all the kids were talking about what gramma cooked, who made the turkey, who made the pie, how many relatives were there, what was good and bad, etc. Dh was completely culturally isolated from those conversations, as his family hadn't done or eaten anything special. By missing the food, they had missed the ability to culturally identify and integrate and experience the holiday.
He went home and told his mom that by the next year, she had to learn how to make a turkey, stuffing, etc., as he and his siblings didn't want to miss a holiday again. The food was important to celebrating the holiday. The lack of that common identifying food made them feel outcast and not a part of their new environment.
another true story:
Before dh's grandfather passed away, he suffered from Alzheimer's for years. Yet, there was one particular dish that we he smelled it, it brought him back for a while, because the food so closely identified with his family. He would seem to come a bit alive, talk, and remember people and instances when he had that one food in front of him. Not always, but often. The food was more than physical nourishment. It meant something much deeper to him.
The "experts" like AAP and WHO all recommend bf'ng for at least 1 year.
Sure nothing is better than breastmilk but formula is also good for them.
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