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| 2008-12-09 16:30 | I can't breastfeed | Even though the majority of women can breastfeed, some with trouble some without, there are some women who can't. For anyone planning to practice attachment parenting this is a particularly hard blow. If this is the case for you this is what we recommend:
1. Make sure that you really can't. I know this seems obvious but it might be that you are dealing with some old school health worker who is just saying that you can't. Contact the La Leche League for a second opinion. 2. Don't feel guilty. If you can't you can't and it's not your fault and you can still be an amazing attachment parent!
3. Feeding your baby is not just about nourishment, but also about creating an emotional bond. Hold your baby very close when bottle feeding. Continue snuggling once he/she has finished the bottle. Try some skin to skin contact, make eye contact and interact. Choose your formula wisely - Sears and Sears, The Baby Book
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| 2008-12-09 16:29 | What commitment is breastfeeding? | Breastfeeding is a real committment, and often not a short term one either. You will very likely not be seen down the pub every other night. You will very likely not go out for a romantic dinner every friday night. And you will certainly not be wearing smaller bras in the near future. Breasfeeding for me, was a very important, emotional and fullfilling experience and an aboslutely vital part of raising my son. I started feeding him about 1 hour after he was born, or at least tried to, and breastfed him untill he was 4 years and 1 month and stopped by himself. At first I told myself I will breastfeed him for 1 year. It was difficult to start with, but my Mum had always said that it takes 4 moths to get it right - and right she was. So I went in prepared, I always believed that breastfeeding would be more difficult than giving birth. When he was one, I said I'd continue till he is 2. At two I said I would stop within the next year and certainly not breastfeed till he's 4! Then I started reading about natural weaning.... Over the years I never ever missed going out on a regular basis, but then I was never one of those Mum's who are just waiting 'to get their life back'. I always believed that my life would be comletely different once I had a child and expected the enormous changes. We do occasionally go out for dinner, the cinema or meet friends for a drink but it is infrequent, difficult to organise and honestly, not very much missed. But maybe I'm just a dummy mummy, even though I prefer to think of myself as a slummy mummy! |
| 2008-10-24 10:20 | Attachment Parenting: Why invest in parenting? | Welcome to our new information about attachment parenting website. This website is still under construction.
We are trying to provide as much relevant information as possible. Relevant meaning anything to do with attachment parenting, emotional intelligence and cognitive development. We believe that our acts as parents matter and we believe that parenting has a long-term impact. Long-term as in life spans of humans, not life spans of planets or universes. Parenting is for most people the hardest and most demanding thing they ever do - and the one with the biggest consequences. Considering how important parenting is for the future of humankind, we think it's worth investing a bit of time and effort into knowing what we parents are actually doing. And how we can do it better. This guide will have pages on babies including sleeping, breastfeeding, and everything else including attachment parenting resources. There will be a toddler section - helping you deal with the most excruciating tantrums, eating problems and suggestions, sleeping issues, attachment parenting advice and lots of fun ideas. The breastfeeding section will deal with problems, the issues of public breastfeeding, extended or prolonged breastfeeding, weaning and what to do if you cannot breastfeed. This section again will link in to lots of attachment parenting advice. The child section will provide reading material for parenting attachment, guides to raising happy and healthy children and advice on how to foster good emotional intelligence. Specially gifted children will also get a mention! The learning sections will focus on how children learn, how the brain works, how children feel and deal with their emotions, dyscalculia and dyslexia and provide parents with lots of inspiration to help their children learn in a constructive and helpful way |
has an excellent chapter on how to choose formula.