http://attachmentparenting.org/blog/2009/10/04/getting-out-with-a-baby/ Thu, 17 May 2012 16:35:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 http://attachmentparenting.org/blog/2009/10/04/getting-out-with-a-baby/comment-page-1/#comment-3684 MJacinto Thu, 07 Jan 2010 06:31:37 +0000 http://attachmentparenting.org/blog/?p=1508#comment-3684 I am so glad I found this blog!! Lately things have been stressful for me. My daughter is 3 1/2 months old and I am trying to justify why I'm not going back to work. I love being with my child, but I doubt my ability to play the role of Super Mom. I am so envious of mothers in playgroup; they sew, they're healthy, they have patience for cloth diapering and cloth wiping, great at gentle discipline, great at home-schooling(5 yo telling me all about the periodic chart!!!) , these women are in shape!, their children are happy and most of all, these mothers seem to LOVE it!!!! I would like to be an AP mom like this, but all I can think about is my previous nursing job and my patients!!! :-( I am so glad I found this blog!! Lately things have been stressful for me. My daughter is 3 1/2 months old and I am trying to justify why I’m not going back to work. I love being with my child, but I doubt my ability to play the role of Super Mom. I am so envious of mothers in playgroup; they sew, they’re healthy, they have patience for cloth diapering and cloth wiping, great at gentle discipline, great at home-schooling(5 yo telling me all about the periodic chart!!!) , these women are in shape!, their children are happy and most of all, these mothers seem to LOVE it!!!! I would like to be an AP mom like this, but all I can think about is my previous nursing job and my patients!!!

]]> http://attachmentparenting.org/blog/2009/10/04/getting-out-with-a-baby/comment-page-1/#comment-3139 Tasha Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:03:08 +0000 http://attachmentparenting.org/blog/?p=1508#comment-3139 It's so funny because I remember in the first few weeks after my daughter was born and my husband was back at work, I would actually be excited to go to her doctors apt., and not just because I was happy to hear everything was going well. I was sooo happy to be in public :) Now my friends think I'm crazy because I take her EVERYWHERE! Nothing stops us, I throw her in the sling and off we go! It’s so funny because I remember in the first few weeks after my daughter was born and my husband was back at work, I would actually be excited to go to her doctors apt., and not just because I was happy to hear everything was going well. I was sooo happy to be in public Now my friends think I’m crazy because I take her EVERYWHERE! Nothing stops us, I throw her in the sling and off we go!

]]> http://attachmentparenting.org/blog/2009/10/04/getting-out-with-a-baby/comment-page-1/#comment-3135 Naomifrederickmd Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:37:15 +0000 http://attachmentparenting.org/blog/?p=1508#comment-3135 We have a number of working mothers (and fathers!) in our local group and even if they are not around during the weekdays we do try to have some things on weekends and evenings. Even those that work can benifit from a connection to like minded families. We have a number of working mothers (and fathers!) in our local group and even if they are not around during the weekdays we do try to have some things on weekends and evenings. Even those that work can benifit from a connection to like minded families.

]]> http://attachmentparenting.org/blog/2009/10/04/getting-out-with-a-baby/comment-page-1/#comment-3134 Amber Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:24:17 +0000 http://attachmentparenting.org/blog/?p=1508#comment-3134 That's a good point, Kelly. I actually did return to work after Hannah was born, but I am Canadian and so I received a year-long maternity leave. It was long enough that I did have the 'work-to-home' experience. I sometimes forget that many American mothers don't have much time at home with their babies. I do know, certainly, that you are able to foster a strong attachment to your babies whether you have to return to work immediately or not. That’s a good point, Kelly. I actually did return to work after Hannah was born, but I am Canadian and so I received a year-long maternity leave. It was long enough that I did have the ‘work-to-home’ experience. I sometimes forget that many American mothers don’t have much time at home with their babies. I do know, certainly, that you are able to foster a strong attachment to your babies whether you have to return to work immediately or not.

]]> http://attachmentparenting.org/blog/2009/10/04/getting-out-with-a-baby/comment-page-1/#comment-3133 Kelly Coyle DiNorcia Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:11:10 +0000 http://attachmentparenting.org/blog/?p=1508#comment-3133 I totally agree that new parenthood can be very isolating, and that getting out and about is a huge sanity-saver. I would caution, though, against the assumption that all AP moms have the same experience of going from work to home that you seem to make in the first paragraph. Many attached mothers do not have the option to stay home because of financial reasons, and some choose to continue to work. Those moms' transitions to motherhood can be equally shocking, if different from that of the stay-at-home mother. I totally agree that new parenthood can be very isolating, and that getting out and about is a huge sanity-saver. I would caution, though, against the assumption that all AP moms have the same experience of going from work to home that you seem to make in the first paragraph. Many attached mothers do not have the option to stay home because of financial reasons, and some choose to continue to work. Those moms’ transitions to motherhood can be equally shocking, if different from that of the stay-at-home mother.

]]> http://attachmentparenting.org/blog/2009/10/04/getting-out-with-a-baby/comment-page-1/#comment-3132 Naomifrederickmd Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:30:39 +0000 http://attachmentparenting.org/blog/?p=1508#comment-3132 Playgroups really helped me too! Playgroups really helped me too!

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