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Grow a secure attachment with your children by listening to your heart Popularized by bestselling pediatrician Dr. William Sears, "attachment parenting" encourages mothers and fathers to fully accept their babies' dependency needs. According to the growing numbers of attachment parenting advocates, consistent parental responsiveness to these needs leads to happy and emotionally well-balanced children. This practical, comprehensive, and first-ever guide to today's most talked-about nurturing style, Attachment Parenting shows how some conventional childrearing advice can be detrimental, and urges you to trust your instincts on such important matters as: * Responding attentively to your baby's cries * Minimizing parent-child separation * Avoiding "sleep training" for infants * Breastfeeding according to your baby's cues instead of a schedule * "Wearing" your baby in a cloth carrier rather than relying on "baby gadgets" such as plastic carriers and carriages. In addition to expert advice from pediatricians, lactation consultants, and anthropologists -- as well as words of wisdom from hundreds of real parents -- Attachment Parenting includes an exhaustive list of print, Internet, and support-group resources. It's an indispensable, hands-on reference that allows you to confidently and joyfully develop a secure and loving bond with your young children.
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An indispensable, hands-on guide to attachment parenting.
From breastfeeding to the family bed to "wearing" your baby or toddler in a sling or backpack, ATTACHMENT PARENTING has all the information you will need to forge a loving, secure attachment with your young children. With expert advice from pediatricians, lactation specialists, and anthropologists--as well as words of wisdom from dozens of real families--this book offers a comprehensive overview of today's most talked-about nurturing style. Also included is an exhaustive list of print, Internet and support group resources for parents. Topics covered in the book include: *Preparing for Your New Baby *Choosing a Birth Setting *Bonding in the First Days After Birth *Choosing a Breastfeeding-Friendly Healthcare Provider *How to Know Whether You Need a Lactation Consultant *Making the Breast vs. Bottle Choice *Breastfeeding Advocacy *How to Get Your Baby to Sleep *The Family Bed *"Ferberizing" *Working and Breastfeeding *Breastpumps *Choosing a Baby Carrier *Child-Respectful Weaning *Breastfeeding Past the First Year and Beyond and much, much more!
From breastfeeding to the family bed to "wearing" your baby or toddler in a sling or backpack, ATTACHMENT PARENTING has all the information you will need to forge a loving, secure attachment with your young children. With expert advice from pediatricians, lactation specialists, and anthropologists--as well as words of wisdom from dozens of real families--this book offers a comprehensive overview of today's most talked-about nurturing style. Also included is an exhaustive list of print, Internet and support group resources for parents. Topics covered in the book include: *Preparing for Your New Baby *Choosing a Birth Setting *Bonding in the First Days After Birth *Choosing a Breastfeeding-Friendly Healthcare Provider *How to Know Whether You Need a Lactation Consultant *Making the Breast vs. Bottle Choice *Breastfeeding Advocacy *How to Get Your Baby to Sleep *The Family Bed *"Ferberizing" *Working and Breastfeeding *Breastpumps *Choosing a Baby Carrier *Child-Respectful Weaning *Breastfeeding Past the First Year and Beyond and much, much more!
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37 of 37 people found the following review helpful
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she should run a boot camp ...This author actually knows what she is talking about when it comes to children. This book gives you permission to listen to your instincts. It's a shame we need that really but years of bad advice on parenting has meant our society no longer trusts itself to bring up childrem naturally! If you know a mum to be buy her this, and/or anything by Deborah Jackson and William Sears! Spread the word, babies are not born manipulative and do not "need" training, their wants are their needs!
31 of 31 people found the following review helpful
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...Traditionally, the parenting styles described in this book are not the mainstream ones we are fed by other babycare info sources. BUT THEY SHOULD BE! You have lots of choices in how to parent your baby, but unless you read books like this, you and your baby might miss out on the best choice of all. Or, like me, you might have been doing 'attachment parenting' anyway without knowing it even existed as a label, let alone had a loyal following. What a shame to lose out on feeling supported and affirmed in your parenting. Now you can stand up to your health visitor, your G.P. and your mother-in-law, and feel strong in practices such as continuing the night-feeds, co-sleeping, and sustained breastfeeding.
Try not to feel inadequate if it's not all logistical. I mean, how do you wash your hair, complete the housework, and carry home the groceries with an 18lb baby in a sling? The point is not to get bogged down with the practicalities, as they work out differently for every individual, but to embrace the spirit of the book.
Books like this have helped me to feel proud about bringing my 20 month old into bed for a night feed. Whereas 'normal' baby manuals can generate a sense of failure in our type of parents.
Babies need closeness, and here you will find lots of help in protecting your baby's closeness to you.
29 of 29 people found the following review helpful
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a lovely book which puts the joy back into parenting. the more 'modern' we get the less 'with' our children we tend to be. this book tells you how to stay attached and tells you about the benefits of doing so. the information and suggestions about breastfeeding are accurate and written really well. the book is very pro 'natural' stuff like slings, proper nappies etc. without making you feel guilty if you can't use them. I highly recommend this book - especially to those parents who find Gina Ford's 'the contented little baby book' too unreal.
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This is truly a wonderful book.
I did find some of the advice hard to follow - some people are able to give more easily & more of themselves. Read more
I did find some of the advice hard to follow - some people are able to give more easily & more of themselves. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Mme Christina Sevaistre
Eye-opener
Having read several books on baby care, especially sleep problems, from the likes of Tracy Hogg, Supernanny, Tanya Byron, Gina Ford and so on, I've been converted to this approach. Read more
Published 19 months ago by J. Lubanska
Repetitive and negative
I believe in 'attachment parenting' but found this book deeply disappointing. The first three chapters are repetitive and pessimistic, without offering any practical or useful... Read more
Published on 18 Sep 2009 by D. Hill
Factually Orient Book on Attachment Parenting
I am a big fan of attachment parenting. The book itself is good for someone looking for very practically oriented information about attachment parenting. Read more
Published on 6 Dec 2008 by Ramiel Nagel
Fantastic Book
Really enjoyed this book. It gave me lots of insight into how to look after my 4 month old daughter. Really interesting and a great book to return to. Would recommend it to anyone. Read more
Published on 3 July 2008 by L. Fleet
Excellent
Really exciting and interesting book. I couldn't put it down and wish I had brought it while I was still pregnant. Read more
Published on 5 Oct 2007 by J. Ramsden
A warm, lovely book
I've been carrying my baby in one arm, and this book in another! As a first-time mum, I tried out Gina Ford-style routines on my baby son, with horrible results. Read more
Published on 2 Jun 2004
A truly excellent book
This book really bouyed me up and once I picked it up I couldn't put it down. Before finding this book I had been unwittingly following attachment parenting practices, but I was... Read more
Published on 9 Sep 2002
Wonderful!
In this world where we constantly wonder why children and teens feel alone- we find an answer for future generations!! Read more
Published on 26 Aug 1999
A real mama writing for real mamas
I LOVED this book. If I could give it six stars I would. It validated all the choices we are making as parents. When I read other parenting books, I always feel like an oddball. Read more
Published on 24 Aug 1999
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