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April 2011 Moms
Parenting Theories/Styles
Anyone already have an idea of what parenting styles they'll be going with?
Who's planning to have a plan? Who's going to wing it?
Some friends of ours just sent us babywise, and it was pretty interesting. They had great success with it. My brother and SIL practice attachment parenting and are really happy with that too. I know it's a matter of what works for each family. And for us, both working full time, routine and night time sleep is very important. So I'm leaning toward babywise...
Thoughts?
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Re: Parenting Theories/Styles
My two daughters are19 and 16, well rounded and very independant. Every one says I did a great job raising them as a single mother
I plan on raising this baby the exact same way.
Most important knowing you are loved, teaching manners, respecting everyone, and being an individual and happy with who you are.
Exactly!!! I didn't realize there were different parenting styles. I do want to get my baby to sleep through the night so I might check out the book you mentioned.
I will probably read a few different books, and pick the parts from different theories that fit my DH's and I's morals/values and goals for our children to utilize.
We are planning on using old school parenting. Lots of love and discipline. Using the crib. Our child will be a part of our family, but not always the center of attention. We don't believe in children making alot of unnecessary noise either.
Most bks I've read will tell you that their "way" will create the most well-rounded, successful children while the "other way" will create a dependent, needy child who will never feel loved, successful, etc. Of course, they're not taking into account that every child and family is different and not one "way" will work for everyone. Once I realized that I know my child best and I started taking things from all different theories and what felt "right" to me, things went so much better.
Babywise and Attachment Parenting are about as different as parenting styles get. The only thing I would warn is to research the methods. Babywise, for example, was shown by the American Academy of Pediatrics to be linked to dehydration and failure to thrive in infants. https://aapnews.aappublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/14/4/21
The methods have since been changed, but it is still important to know IMO.
LOL, wait until you have a toddler! GL with that one.
LMAO, my son is 19 months, I hear ya!
This!