S/O Weljadraak's FB post

ncase2

Who / Where / What do you get most of your parenting advice from?
S/O from the link https://ideas.ted.com/2014/07/15/how-cultures-around-the-world-think-about-parenting/

shelley1002

I voted friends but its mostly the FB groups for my anniversary board from TN and the BMB for DS1. ETA: And here of course.

bionicb

SS- A blend of everything with a healthy dash of common sense.

Weljadraak

TB is my go-to parenting influence. I've really been able to develop my knowledge just from this site alone. I'll do a search for this or that to get more input and if I'm concerned, I'll talk to the pediatrician. I'll go to family to talk -not help because before he was born I already knew I have ideals apart from most of my family so it wouldn't be very helpful. Ultimately, we pretty much parent how we want, how we see best.

megs1409

A little of this, a little of that. Books, The Bump, friends and of course common sense!

deedee1017

I don't have friends or family with babies. I have learned a lot from the bump, my own research, and asking dd's pediatrician.

SHAWNACPA

A little from a few places, but a lot from TB. If it wasn't for TB I don't think I would have been able to make it through BFing and I most likely wouldn't have became a BLW'r.

carawasa

I voted for TB because I've learned A LOT since being on here, but it's really a combo of all the choices

jennlin

other websites + FB. i get a lot of ideas sparked from TB and FB groups, and then i google them. my parents and his parents try not to interject with parenting, but a lot of what we do already follow our cultural norms (baby wearing, BLW, bedsharing).

tashad18

FutureMrsFugattLarson said:

SS- A blend of everything with a healthy dash of common sense.

This. I have learned a ton (even as a 2nd time mom) her on the Bump though. Not from the actual website but from Oct. '13.

muffyvonmuff

Bump city bitch, bump bump city.

sweettooth87

jennlin said:

other websites + FB. i get a lot of ideas sparked from TB and FB groups, and then i google them. my parents and his parents try not to interject with parenting, but a lot of what we do already follow our cultural norms (baby wearing, BLW, bedsharing).

Pretty much exactly this, except those things are not the cultural norm for me. I do think AP is becoming trendy though so perhaps one day they will be the norm here in the states. Doubtful though, lol.

I should add that my relatively conservative town actually has a huge AP/babywearing population that have found each other and we all bounce things off each other.

ncase2

Sweet Tooth 87 said:

other websites + FB. i get a lot of ideas sparked from TB and FB groups, and then i google them. my parents and his parents try not to interject with parenting, but a lot of what we do already follow our cultural norms (baby wearing, BLW, bedsharing).

Pretty much exactly this, except those things are not the cultural norm for me. I do think AP is becoming trendy though so perhaps one day they will be the norm here in the states. Doubtful though, lol. I should add that my relatively conservative town actually has a huge AP/babywearing population that have found each other and we all bounce things off each other.

I love baby wearing - so does DS. But I still don't understand the correlation between that and "attachment parenting"? Idk why, but for some reason AP sounds like a negative thing. I also live in an EXTREMELY conservative town, and have only seen a handful of people baby wear here ever, and people are always commenting about it when I go out with DS.