Journey to Global Community
This week's Real Dad of Attachment Parenting: His wife, Stacy, said: Home from the grocery store to realize you have to go back because you forgot diapers: $20 Awake until 1am assembling matching crib & changing table: $300. Snapping a picture of your sexy husband passed out & bonding with your 4 month old: Priceless … [Read more...]
We're at week four and these stories of real attachment parenting dads have taken off! People are loving dads getting the accolades they deserve. A great aspect of this series is the lovely stories that the wives have been writing about their significant others. Verbalizing or putting into writing appreciation for one another is such a great thing for each spouse to do for the other, but it is also inspiring and beneficial to be able to read the heartfelt stories of love. Overall, this series … [Read more...]
Well, it happened. Brian had his first interview. We received an email a few weeks ago for an interview request. What made us excited was it wasn’t for me, it was for Brian! They wanted to get his views on AP. This is the first time anyone has ever asked to talk to him about it. “It’s about damn time!” Brian said. I agreed. We were excited and said yes before we had time to really let it sink in. Here is the thing: Brian has a fear of interviews or … [Read more...]
This post was syndicated for iamnotthebabysitter.com. The views and opinions herein may or may not reflect the values of iamnotthebabysitter.com but we respect the opinions of all parents. Attachment Parenting...So many people do this, some label it and some do not. Just like in my previous post that I wrote with the influence from Jamie, Attachment Parenting starts between a husband and a wife but the most impact you can have is when you show your child / children that special kind of … [Read more...]
I was talking to my friend the other day about how she was led to her career as a social worker because of her heart for children. It evolved into a conversation about what life experiences helped to shape our passions in life. Unlike my friend, my passion is not as much for children as it is for mothers - which ultimately benefits children. With my own children, or children living at the center without parents, I have a close connection, like some people have with all children. However, when a … [Read more...]
It’s the end of a long, rainy morning; we have waited in lines and in traffic. We enter the house, damp and cold, jackets hit the floor and shoes fly. Small feet are running wild. The block tower in the middle of the carpet gets leveled with one precise kick and baby is startled. Cries, screams, whining - Three little creatures need me - now! It’s time to squelch the chaos. How to reconnect with three little ones, at once, meaningfully and calm the storm? Time to pull out some time … [Read more...]
This post was syndicated for iamnotthebabysitter.com. While the views and opinions herein may or may not reflect the views of iamnotthebabysitter.com, we respect and encourage the opinions of all mothers. From experience, I think practicing attachment parenting (AP) principles has had a positive impact on my children and my family as a whole. I believe in it so much that I’ve become an AP Advocate to help spread the word about how awesome this form of parenting is. You … [Read more...]
Our children often need us and the message of love at times when it seems like they least deserve it! My four year-old loves to investigate things. This means he is very happy to spill stuff, open cupboards, and search the house for anything he wants to learn about. This also means that sometimes he makes decisions that are a bit perplexing like spilling glue all over the table to see what it feels like or breaking a marker and running water to "catch the colors". Sometimes people ask me how … [Read more...]
People have been asking my mom lately how and why she became a breastfeeding advocate in the 1980s. It was due to lack of support and misguided information in the 1970s that led her to follow her instincts when she had me in the late 1980s. My parents had my brother and sister in their early 20s when my dad was pre-med (studying to be an OB) at UC Berkeley. It was the 1970s and things were different back then. My mother parented my sister and brother conventionally (feeling … [Read more...]
Our hope is that people will get a chance to see a family that may look a little different, but is as close and loving as a family that meets the stereotypical ideal. It is time to break barriers, stop making assumptions, and realize that families come in all different shapes and sizes and can still define the term. Find Out More ››
