Has Anyone Engaged In Attachment Parenting?

I am very interested in this and would like to know more.

I am already cosleeping, breastfeeding and baby wearing, so I have the basics down

Or, if you are not into it, do you know anything about it?

no help from myself but found you a couple of websites

http://messageboards.ivillage.co.uk/iv-ukprattach

http://members.tripod.com/janeand6-ivil/id6.html

Glad to hear it Rainbowz, it makes his life and your life a lot easier in the long run. There are many books you can read if your little library can order them. One thing to suggest is to read up on immunizations now and see where you are at with all of the various ones. Also the biggest is to follow your instincts. Talk soon.

While I have never heard of this "Attachment Parenting" before today - I have to say that I raised my two boys based on them being a person (no matter how small they were) and with them always deserving the respect to be heard as respect is give & take even among a parent and child relationship...... and with what I have read on the link concerning AP I would have to say that it is a good way of parenting - a way that so many should be raising their kids.

http://www.attachmentparenting.org/support.shtml

P.S.
The only difference I can see in the way I parented my boys and with the way AP does it - is that I did use spanking as a form of discipline when I felt it was needed.

Hi Rainbowzz,

I didn't plan on doing parenting that way, but that is what I ended up doing. lol When my son was born he had severe food allergies that affected him through breast milk. They thought instead of putting me on a very restrictive diet ,they wanted me to ween him to a special formula. Well he was allergic to that formula, so the only thing he could eat was breast milk and I went on a very hard restrictive diet of no soy, nuts,citrus, milk products, and other stuff too.
Well I needed to breastfeed him until he was two because he needed the fat from my milk to thrive. He did outgrow the allergies because I kept him away from the food for 2 years.

Now my children are 11 and 13 and they no longer breastfeed or sleep in our bed, but they are well adjusted and good kids really.
One thing I am doing is homeschooling them until high school. Our public school in our town are failing really badly. Only 30% can pass the ISTEP test, and we have a graduation rate of only 50%. I never thought I would be doing this in million years, but having kids change you and you learn to do what is best for them.
Parenting is hard no matter what kind you are doing, but I support attachment parenting 100%. I remember reading some good books about it at the library. I even have one I could send you, if I can find it.

Don't tell doc where baby is sleeping, or other people either as usually you will get an ear full.

I guess I would like to know what that means in simple terms.

check out the link above, it gives it to you in a nut shell. Informative. I found it interesting as other then one other place I had never seen this online before I read the link.

Thank you everyone!!Excellent links. I seem to be doing most of what is reccomended naturally anyways, therefore I am off to a great start.

You keep it up. I am so glad you are "moving to the groove". You are going to have one happy little man there.

Thank you

I am Now a card carrying, breastfeeding, cosleeping, babywearing machine

the only time I have really heard of attachment parenting being used is in adoption. I really don't think one needs to do that with natural born children. it comes naturally then I think. just my opinion though.

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Yeah - Rainbow...... I saw these beds while looking for a long childs gate and I thought of YOU.

Baby Cribs for the Co-Sleeper

http://co-sleeper.babycatalog.com/co-sleeper.html

http://co-sleeper.babycatalog.com/

There is also an Attachment Parenting board on Babycenter.com.

I never really got into AP...kinda tried, but it's just not my "thing". I did try to breastfeed (but failed) and I try to be there for her as much as possible. I'm a working mom so it's hard sometimes. But I think she's doing okay.

It always amazed me how many people felt the need to scold me about our kids sleeping with us! (I'm also amazed that my husband and I were able to sleep in a queen sized bed with 4 kids).

The older kids let us know when they were ready to sleep in their own bed (which was always available for them). I also remember worrying at one point that the twins were never going to leave our bed lol.

People said that they'd be "spoiled" or I'd be unable to leave them with day care. We never had a problem with any of them. They were healthy well adjusted children. While they may have been "spoiled" they were never brats.

This parenting style was never planned, it just happened. Those snuggy sacks are wonderful things. No matter what you were doing baby could do it with you. Hubby used to put a hat and sun screen on them and mow the lawn. People also said that they'd never learn to walk or comfort themselves, both were untrue. My oldest skipped crawling all together and was starting to walk at 8 months old. I remember one elder Aunt scolding "why are you holding that boy, he's not even fussing."