It is the old way, the good way – and that will never change.

I carry my baby, even around the house in a baby carrier. I found mine at a locally owned business: http://www.snappydiapers.com/ I highly recommend the Patapum.I experienced back pain with several different other carriers but not this one. I love my carrier because it feels like my baby is giving me a HUGE bear hug all day long either on my front on back. Although I really love her against my chest!

I choose to breastfeed my daughter even through an extremely painful inverted nipple. I keep breastfeeding even though people exclaim, “You are still breastfeeding!?!” I say yes would you rather I fed her formula even though I have perfectly working breasts? What is wrong with people..

My point is that the simplest things I do for Sadie are what bring us closest together. I wish all mothers would follow their instincts and parent their children with their heart rather than their mind or the minds of others.

My oldest is 8 (I also have a 5yr old and 2yr old) and my goodness.. that’s exactly how I felt the first 4 years of being a mother. (and..sometimes still with the now two year old..)

I live in the South and to say my parenting methods are a ‘little’ different than most is a serious understatement! I only have one IRL friend that also does AP and she moved here from up north. *lol*

I wanted to say that this rang true for me, too. All of my self-doubt on if all of this AP stuff would actually result in a WELL-BEHAVED child, and not just a kid that was totally attached to mommy and refused to listen because “what was I gonna do about it?” all has flown out of the window.

People tell me all of the time how polite, quiet, well-behaved, and gentle my kids are. I don’t see them being much different than other kids.. until I’m around other kids for a long time. Wow.. what a difference!

Don’t worry new parents! You can practice AP with confidence!

I now tell my readers that this is indeed the way to go. We shared a room with the kids when they were tiny. They always had their own beds though. Transitions to their own bedrooms when they were ready were never a problem.

I agree with doing things the way you have. I stayed at home with my kids until they went out to school. They’re confident, well-behaved kids. I wouldn’t have had it any other way.