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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No, there isnt a bug difference. You seem to think that you can make a broad generalization about adoptive mother's feed their children. I'm saking you for your qualifications to do so. If you have none than you are making a generalization and nothing more.
I don't think that stating the benfits of BM is playing a martyr role. BF is not hard, nothing martyrous about it.
Sorry for the confusion about your BF, but for some reason you think that by responding to a direct question about the benfits of BM, I am attacking a Ffer. Not true. Just stating the facts.
So you, mbanc17, from iviallge think you can dispute the indisputable evidence the medical and science industries have put forth regarding the benefits of BM? Ok...
btw...Are you a doctor or scientist? Can you prove that the studies completed are faulty? Did you even read the research pages explaining the studies?
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Again you are really overstating what I said. Like I said ***I can bet you that the vast majority of mothers that adopt aren't nursing.*** I didn't say mothers that adopt wouldn't nurse or would nurse. I said I BET the vast majority don't nurse. If you don't see the difference there I can't help you anymore. However if you think that statement is incorrect please feel free to prove me wrong. I am sure the kelly chick or LLL has some sort of article about it.
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It is articles like I posted a few threads back. About the non nursing mothers with screaming children and the nursing mothers sitting quietly. YUCK! You are right about one thing nothing maryrous about nursing. It is just feeding a baby.
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I don't think you are attacking anyone. However like pebbles said sometimes BM isn't better than formula.
WRT Diabetes:
http://www.breastfeeding.asn.au/media/111103.doc
Studies show that early exposure to cereals and infant formula/cows' milk - once thought to be safe infant foods - is associated with a higher risk of insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (type 1 diabetes).
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