Attachment Parenting: Instinctive Care for Your Baby and Young Child
by Katie Allison Granju
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Grow a secure attachment with your children by listening to your heart Popularized by bestselling pediatrician Dr. William Sears, "attachment parenting" encourages mothers and fathers to fully accept their babies' dependency needs. According to the growing numbers of attachment parenting advocates, consistent parental responsiveness to these needs leads to happy and emotionally well-balanced children. This practical, comprehensive, and first-ever guide to today's most talked-about nurturing show more style, Attachment Parenting shows how some conventional childrearing advice can be detrimental, and urges you to trust your instincts on such important matters as: Responding attentively to your baby's cries Minimizing parent-child separation Avoiding "sleep training" for infants Breastfeeding according to your baby's cues instead of a schedule "Wearing" your baby in a cloth carrier rather than relying on "baby gadgets" such as plastic carriers and carriages. In addition to expert advice from pediatricians, lactation consultants, and anthropologists -- as well as words of wisdom from hundreds of real parents -- Attachment Parenting includes an exhaustive list of print, Internet, and support-group resources. It's an indispensable, hands-on reference that allows you to confidently and joyfully develop a secure and loving bond with your young children. show lessTags
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Finally, a well written, easy to understand book that speaks from the heart concerning infant and childcare. So many times as a childbirth educator I encourage my clients to parent from their heart. In this day and age of a manual and book for everything, it can be very overwhelming for new parents--who do they listen to? Everyone seems to have an opinion as to how they should parent their child. Don't spoil the baby. You can't spoil a baby. Let the baby cry. Don't let the baby cry. Even television gets...
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- Original publication date
- 1999-08
- Dedication
- For my grandmother, Nancy Orr Anderson, who tenderly rocked me, held me, and loved me, and who gave me her gift of language.
And in memory of Kadin Scott William Long, who taught parents all over the world some life-changi... (show all)ng lessons. - First words
- New parenthood can be pretty overwhelming.
Introduction: When I first began using the term "attachment parenting" nearly twenty years ago, I felt ridiculous giving a name to a style of baby care that parents would naturally practice of they followed their own intuitio... (show all)n rather than listening to the advice of others. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)They trust the child himself to decide when he no longer needs nursing in his life.
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, Health & Wellness, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 649 — Applied Science & Technology Home economics & family management Child rearing; home care of people with illnesses and disabilities by family and friends
- LCC
- HQ774.5 .G74 — Social sciences The family. Marriage, Women and Sexuality The Family. Marriage. Women The family. Marriage. Home
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- 126
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- 258,094
- Reviews
- 2
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- (4.43)
- Languages
- Chinese, English
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- Paper
- ISBNs
- 2
