Re: Attachment parenting and the Family bed

April 5, 1999

You are practicing attachment parenting. The point of the family bed is to do

what works for you and you have done that.

Wendi

Re: Attachment parenting and the Family bed

about having her on your lap to sleep. Paige is the same way. Do you have

a sling? If you don't I highly recommend you get one. It free's your arms

but still allows baby to remain close.

We do practice attachement parenting, but add and take away bits and pieces

to fit us better. for example, paige is in our room , but in her crib

during the night. she does however, spend the last part of her sleep in

bed with me when andy gets up for work. on the weekends she spends it with

both of us ( and I am a nervous wreck because andy is a mover!) that is

the way it works best for us. I don't think attachment parenting is a very

strict set way, I feel the basic idea is to take cues from your child, and

be a responsive parent.

Jenn (24)

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DD:Paige (1-13-99)

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April 5, 1999

You are practicing attachment parenting. The point of the family bed is to do

what works for you and you have done that.

Wendi

Re: Attachment parenting and the Family bed

about having her on your lap to sleep. Paige is the same way. Do you have

a sling? If you don't I highly recommend you get one. It free's your arms

but still allows baby to remain close.

We do practice attachement parenting, but add and take away bits and pieces

to fit us better. for example, paige is in our room , but in her crib

during the night. she does however, spend the last part of her sleep in

bed with me when andy gets up for work. on the weekends she spends it with

both of us ( and I am a nervous wreck because andy is a mover!) that is

the way it works best for us. I don't think attachment parenting is a very

strict set way, I feel the basic idea is to take cues from your child, and

be a responsive parent.

Jenn (24)

DH:Andy

DD:Paige (1-13-99)

homepage: http://www.geocities.com/heartland/cottage/1595

Web Page I designed for DH's workplace : http://www.rccopy.com

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April 5, 1999

I guess I kinda of practice ap here and there. My son sleeps in our bed. He

has ever since the first night home. Hubby didn't like the idea at all at

first. Honestly the whole reason I let the baby sleep with us is I was too

lazy to get up!! LOL. Well, For a couple months he slept in his crib. But

now he wants to sleep back with us. He is 17 months old and we are trying to

break him of it.

Our daughter sleeps in a basinette next to our bed. There just isn't enough

room for the four of us in there and we want her to sleep in a crib when she

is a little bigger. I am learing to get up with her at night. I still nurse

her in the bed she just doesn't sleep with us.

Sometimes after dh goes to work I will bring both babies in bed with me

(shhh he doesn't know) and sometimes at nap I will lay down with both of

them. I always have to lay down with my son at least until he falls asleep.

April 5, 1999

I guess I kinda of practice ap here and there. My son sleeps in our bed. He

has ever since the first night home. Hubby didn't like the idea at all at

first. Honestly the whole reason I let the baby sleep with us is I was too

lazy to get up!! LOL. Well, For a couple months he slept in his crib. But

now he wants to sleep back with us. He is 17 months old and we are trying to

break him of it.

Our daughter sleeps in a basinette next to our bed. There just isn't enough

room for the four of us in there and we want her to sleep in a crib when she

is a little bigger. I am learing to get up with her at night. I still nurse

her in the bed she just doesn't sleep with us.

Sometimes after dh goes to work I will bring both babies in bed with me

(shhh he doesn't know) and sometimes at nap I will lay down with both of

them. I always have to lay down with my son at least until he falls asleep.

April 5, 1999

I guess I kinda of practice ap here and there. My son sleeps in our bed. He

has ever since the first night home. Hubby didn't like the idea at all at

first. Honestly the whole reason I let the baby sleep with us is I was too

lazy to get up!! LOL. Well, For a couple months he slept in his crib. But

now he wants to sleep back with us. He is 17 months old and we are trying to

break him of it.

Our daughter sleeps in a basinette next to our bed. There just isn't enough

room for the four of us in there and we want her to sleep in a crib when she

is a little bigger. I am learing to get up with her at night. I still nurse

her in the bed she just doesn't sleep with us.

Sometimes after dh goes to work I will bring both babies in bed with me

(shhh he doesn't know) and sometimes at nap I will lay down with both of

them. I always have to lay down with my son at least until he falls asleep.

April 5, 1999

Robin,

I do not think that giving cereal to a baby will cause something to be wrong

with them either. When we were growing up, I don't think that there was a

lot of information out there about baby's little systems...at least not

readily available to Mommy's. I think that looking back, we will all be able

to think of things we could have done " better " for our children. That is why

technology and knowledge can lead us to better things. (well, not technology

of all things) Many of the ideas of bfdg and AP have been practiced for a

long, long time in other countries. We are finally coming to a place where

it is more common here (and in the UK too!). We have more information now

than our parents did, so why not utilize it to benefit our children, right?

We are fortunate in many ways.

April 5, 1999