Yeah, we pretty much became AP parents without realising or trying. The only thing we don't do is EBF'ing. I had a lot of issues with BF'ing, and I gave up too quickly. If I could go back, I would change things.
We kind of do. We follow baby's schedule. He eats on demand, sleeps when he's tired, etc. I am exclusively breastfeeding (although we'll be starting to feed expressed milk in a bottle as well). We don't co-sleep but are considering it. I also bought a moby wrap yesterday to try out baby wearing and we CD
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Yes, we follow most of the principles. I found myself doing most of them unconsciously before I knew what AP was, and now that I know what it is it's more of a conscious decision. (I'm wearing DS in the moby right now!)
- shouldnt all parents be doing those? It doesnt seem like its very specific/different parenting style. I thought it would be more specific about co sleeping and baby wearing ect. I think all parents should be doing those things? Are those the same principles your talking about?
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Since our babies are newborns, it is assumed that just about everyone will follow the majority of the AP principles. But I believe true AP extends into the toddler years and beyond.
Re: Who here does AP...
same question.
i babywear and EBF. we don't co-sleep though.
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Blog - No Longer on the DL ~ The Man Cave
Shawn and Larissa
LO #1 - Took 2 years and 2 IVFs ~ DX - severe MFI mild PCOS homozygous MTHFR (a1298c)
LO #2 - TTC 7 months, surprise spontaneous BFP!
- shouldnt all parents be doing those? It doesnt seem like its very specific/different parenting style. I thought it would be more specific about co sleeping and baby wearing ect. I think all parents should be doing those things? Are those the same principles your talking about?
Can someone post the AP list?
I posted it above
These are the things I consider to be the hallmarks of attachment parenting:
https://www.askdrsears.com/html/10/T130300.asp
Since our babies are newborns, it is assumed that just about everyone will follow the majority of the AP principles. But I believe true AP extends into the toddler years and beyond.
I had no idea I was AP-ing until I started reading up about it.