Rock a Bye Baby
Abigail is now 13.5 months old and such a darling little girl. I've decided to begin writing because there are many nights that I am so wide awake because I drink too much coffee in the day. So I have decided I will write on the adventures and experiences of Attachment Parenting (AP). Before I had Abigail, I had never heard of AP and realized there was a name for the style in which we are rearing our sweet baby. I also think that it is just instinctual parenting which needed a label for all of the slack that it gets.
When I am not around the amazing midwives or mothers from the Greenhouse Birth Center, I pretty much feel as if most everyone judges the way we raise our baby. Here are some things we do which would be considered Attachment Parenting:
1.) Breastfeeding beyond 1 year
2.) Breastfeeding to comfort
3.) Baby wearing
4.) Bed-sharing
5.) Constant affection from the parents (traditionally this style focuses on mother-baby relationship.
6.) Not letting baby/toddler C...