Attachment Parenting, Sex, and Marriage

Yep, that is Brian n a (very small) shower. Finding visual aids to compliment the topic of this post ended up being a bit of a challenge.

Brian requested that I write a post about sex because it bugs him that the majority of society doesn’t understand “attachment parenting” and makes assumptions about the sex lives of the parents who practice attachment parenting. When I starting writing this post, I questioned: Why would other people feel it is in their place to comment on other’s sex lives when they know nothing about it? I believe that the madonna-whore complex that we suffer from here in the West supports a … [Read more...]

Co-sleeping Myths

Aram napping in our bed

 Mayim Bialik came out with a new Attachment Parenting book, Beyond the Sling: A Real-Life Guide to Raising Confident, Loving Children the Attachment Parenting Way. This book has stirred up a lot of emotion among mothers practicing different parenting styles. The hot topic has been co-sleeping. We are a co-sleeping family. I co-slept with my parents as a child, and Brian and I co-sleep with our children. I thought co-sleeping was almost a non-issue in the US, but I was wrong. I have never … [Read more...]