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I support attachment parenting! I practice this parenting style with both of my babies. My daughter is now 22 months old and she is one of the most independent and loving toddlers I know! The Attachment Parenting Book~ A commonsense guide to understanding and nurturing your baby by William Sears MD is a great place to get started if you are looking for more information.The book clearly explains the seven "baby B's"
Bonding
Breastfeeding
Babywearing
Balance
Bedding close to baby
Belief in the signal value of baby's cry
and Beware of baby trainers
~a great resource!
From The Website: About AP Month
"What: Attachment Parenting International (API), along with the Sears family and other prominent AP supporters, have declared October to be Attachment Parenting (AP) Month.
The AP Month vision is to create one strong voice for AP through activities, events and information and to celebrate what we believe in — the value of “Giving Our Children Presence” for our families and for our communities.
Who: All parents, AP partners and like minds around the world are invited and encouraged to join with us in “Giving Our Children Presence” during the first annual Attachment Parenting Month.
Why: “Giving Our Children Presence” is the theme for AP Month 2008 and an antidote to the upcoming holidays so often filled with the giving of material presents. During AP Month, parents are challenged to incorporate more family time into each day and AP Month partners will offer resources to support and sustain these efforts all year round.
Key AP Month Goals include unifying the AP voice to:
1. Offer parents and adults support and confidence in “Giving Our Children Presence” to last a lifetime
2. Promote awareness of AP
3. Educate about API, other AP Month sponsors and their services
4. Provide a source of funds to support the API mission
Resources: The AP Month Central website is the gateway to information about AP Month. It includes a calendar of activities in which to participate and the AP Month Toolkit as resource for you to use to plan and promoting your own events and activities for October."
Visit Attachment Parenting International Today!
2 comments:
My girls are 11 and 13 now-- and despite the fact that I've never heard the term "attachment parenting"-- this is how I've raised my daughters! They are very intelligent, well adjusted and self sufficient young ladies because of it! At their ages, once in a while I still let them sleep in my bed. I'm very active in their lives- VP of the PTA at their school, chaperoning trips when I can, etc. At times they dont' always appreciate it ;o), but all in all, they are much more grounded for it! I think society needs to get back to the ideals of nurturing our families instead of expecting everyone else to teach our children how to be a part of one!
Angela
Good stuff on your new blog. I started the other end - parenting/green blog and then herbal blog.
Supporting another mommy herbalist APer, lol.
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