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Entries Tagged as 'Provide Consistent & Loving Care'

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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.   [...]

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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

AP while on vacation

November 13th, 2008 · 1 Comment

We have just returned from a holiday which lasted 4 weeks. We have been to 4 countries, visited our extended families, went to the beach and stayed at 7 different places.
I was a bit anxious that it would be too much for our 20 month old daughter but she handled it very well.
We don’t need [...]

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Tags: General Interest · Provide Consistent & Loving Care · Strive for Balance

Mom to Mom: An interview with Jan Hunt

November 12th, 2008 · 4 Comments

An interview by Wendy Cook. You can read more from Wendy at Mother Rising.
Many of you know that I read Jan Hunt’s book The Natural Child: Parenting From the Heart when I was pregnant with Satch and it changed my life. The child in me felt validated and it helped me trust my gut [...]

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Tags: General Interest · Practice Positive Discipline · Provide Consistent & Loving Care

Babywearing Ambassador

November 3rd, 2008 · 3 Comments

“Is that a baby in your purse?”
The question startles me as I check out of the grocery store with my newborn daughter tucked close to my body in a baby sling. I glance up at the woman ringing up my purchases, who is looking at me with nothing but friendly interest.
“Well,” I stammer, “Yes, she [...]

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Tags: Provide Consistent & Loving Care · Uncategorized

Being Present For Another

October 26th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I find the whole concept of “being present” for another person so relevant to our world.  How many of us have not really been given sufficient presence by our parents while we were growing up or even by other influential adults that helped to shape our lives? There really is so much to be said [...]

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Tags: Provide Consistent & Loving Care · Respond with Sensitivity · Use Nurturing Touch · presence

Tantrums: Opportunies to Connect

October 2nd, 2008 · 11 Comments

Before I became the mother of a toddler, I remember listening to other parents describe their little one’s behavior with the term “terrible twos.” To be honest, I had no idea what kind of behavior was meant by the term except that whatever was going on during this stage in a child’s development [...]

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Tags: General Interest · Practice Positive Discipline · Provide Consistent & Loving Care · Respond with Sensitivity · Use Nurturing Touch

Control or the lack thereof

September 24th, 2008 · 3 Comments

I’ve always liked to feel in control of my life. In my pre-baby days (back in the mists of time) I used to work full time in various office environments. My desk was always tidy, my in-tray cleared by every evening, my out-tray filed away neatly. Any outstanding work issues were jotted down in my [...]

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Tags: General Interest · Provide Consistent & Loving Care · Strive for Balance

Whose Kid Was That?

September 16th, 2008 · 8 Comments

I’m a parent educator. I’m a mom of four. I am an advocate for all things AP. I should be able to handle this. So, what the heck am I doing wrong?
These are the thoughts running through my head at the grocery store the other day. The store is being remodeled. It is glaringly bright, [...]

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Tags: Practice Positive Discipline · Provide Consistent & Loving Care · Respond with Sensitivity