Before I was a parent, December was a time of calm. There were a few office Christmas parties, and a little bit of shopping, but there was nothing frantic about it. We’d drive around to find the best light displays, go see a Christmas movie or two in the theatre, [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Engage in Nighttime Parenting'
Attached During the Holiday
December 15th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Engage in Nighttime Parenting · Feed with Love and Respect · Holidays · Practice Positive Discipline · Respond with Sensitivity · Strive for Balance · Uncategorized
AP When Things Are Upside Down
December 9th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Joy, love, and simplicity are certainly some of the most compelling reasons that our family has chosen to practice Attachment Parenting. AP principles, like keeping our baby close, responding to our children with sensitivity and respect, and engaging in night time parenting have made our lives infinitely sweeter, gentler, and less stressful. So, recently, when [...]
Tags: Engage in Nighttime Parenting · Feed with Love and Respect · Provide Consistent & Loving Care · Respond with Sensitivity · Strive for Balance · Use Nurturing Touch
Nighttime parenting
November 30th, 2008 · 5 Comments
My daughter is almost two years old. I still nurse her to sleep in the sling.Once in the afternoon for a nap and once in the evening.This process takes at least 30 minutes if I’m very lucky,if not more than that. When she falls into deep sleep,I transfer her to the bed.
If you had told [...]
Tags: Engage in Nighttime Parenting · Feed with Love and Respect · General Interest · Provide Consistent & Loving Care · presence
Raised With Respect
November 18th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Last month, my son received an award in school. Something I really like is that his school gives out character awards as opposed to academic awards. The award my son received was for demonstrating respect.
Of course as his mom, I was very teary and sniffly and proud as could be during the awards assembly. [...]
Tags: Engage in Nighttime Parenting · Feed with Love and Respect · General Interest · Practice Positive Discipline · Prepare for Pregnancy, Birth, & Parenting · Principles · Provide Consistent & Loving Care · Respond with Sensitivity
We Can Do This In Our Sleep! Being Present All Through the Night
October 14th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Nighttime has confronted us with some of the most challenging parenting moments we’ve faced so far, but being present for our now 14 month old daughter at three in the morning is just as important as it is at any more reasonable hour. Though it isn’t always as easy, or as pleasant, as engaging her [...]
Tags: Engage in Nighttime Parenting · Respond with Sensitivity · Uncategorized · Use Nurturing Touch · presence
Does Attachment Parenting Pertain To Me?
September 15th, 2008 · 3 Comments
My kids are not babies. They sleep in their own rooms. They don’t breastfeed. If I wore them in a carrier, the sling would rip and my spine would snap. They have homework.
Does attachment parenting still pertain to me?
Sometimes it seems as though the API principles are geared mainly toward babies and toddlers: have the [...]
Tags: Engage in Nighttime Parenting · Feed with Love and Respect · Practice Positive Discipline · Prepare for Pregnancy, Birth, & Parenting · Principles · Provide Consistent & Loving Care · Respond with Sensitivity · Siblings · Strive for Balance · Use Nurturing Touch
Stepping outside of the box AKA Talking for a teddy bear
September 4th, 2008 · No Comments
During the past four years of my attachment parenting journey, I sometimes find myself in situations, especially with regard to discipline, that require me to step outside the box and out of my comfort zone.
A few months ago I was trying to get Ava, almost 4 years old at the time, to sleep. She had [...]
Tags: Engage in Nighttime Parenting · Practice Positive Discipline · Respond with Sensitivity
Feeleez - An Empathy Game for Children
September 2nd, 2008 · 2 Comments
This summer my boys (4-1/2 and 2 years old) and I had the opportunity to play with a wonderful game titled “Feeleez”, from the Natural Parenting Center. The game was so much fun and appropriate for AP families that I wanted to share my thoughts about it with you.
Anxiously we opened the small metal box, [...]
Tags: Engage in Nighttime Parenting · General Interest
Up all night!
August 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Excuse me if this post is rambling, it’s written by a very tired mammy. One who only went to bed at half 4 this morning and who got up again at 9. But it’s nowhere near the sheer exhaustion I remember from the first few weeks of Littlepixie’s life, this is just regular tiredness, I [...]
Tags: Engage in Nighttime Parenting · Feed with Love and Respect · Provide Consistent & Loving Care · Respond with Sensitivity
Breastfeeding while pregnant: trying at times, but ultimately worthwhile
August 11th, 2008 · No Comments
Originally posted on May 25, 2008 on Crunchy Domestic Goddess
When I became pregnant with my son, my daughter Ava was about 20 months old and still nursing regularly. While I had friends who’s children had self-weaned when they became pregnant, I had my doubts that my “na-na”-loving kid would consider weaning for a second, even [...]
Tags: Engage in Nighttime Parenting · Feed with Love and Respect · Prepare for Pregnancy, Birth, & Parenting · Siblings



