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Attachment Parenting
gnomemom
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AP, it works for me! AW post
gnomemom
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I am feeling so happy with how well things are going with my little guy that I just want to share. DH and I seem to lean towards AP principles, with some exceptions. I BF, baby wear, we co-slept initially (now LO sleeps in his crib), and most importantly to us, we follow LO's cues to let us know what he needs. We don't try to make him fit into our lifestyle or schedule.
And you know, it is really working for us. LO is thriving - he was 6 lbs 14 oz when he was born, and now at barely 3 months, he is a healthy 16 lb baby. He sleeps through the night - 12 hours straight. And he is such a happy baby.
After being criticized by strangers and family alike for breastfeeding, nursing in public, wearing my baby, putting him in our bed, putting him in his crib, not letting him CIO, etc., it feels good to know that whatever we're doing is working. I know we're lucky to have an easy baby who is healthy and happy. So we're just going to continue doing what feels right to us.
Sorry for the AW post. I am feeling sappy this morning and am just overwhelmed by how well things have been going. We were pretty terrified of what would happen when we had a baby. I never in my wildest dreams expected to feel this good.
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Re: AP, it works for me! AW post
We haven't had a lot of criticism, really...just the occassional comment that rubs me the wrong way. I was wearing LO in his moby and had someone at Target tell me I was spoiling my baby by holding him so much. Another person at a restaurant complained that I nursed LO in our booth and the waiter came up and asked me to do it in the bathroom (um, heck no). Little stuff like that.
My family is really supportive for the most part, especially because we never complain about LO to them. But my mom makes little comments about some of our choices (her big issue is that LO isn't circumcised). She also thinks we should try cereal to help him sleep (even though he sleeps 12 hours straight at night - she just doesn't listen).
Nothing wrong with a sappy AW post. Glad things are going well. My biggest fear when pregnant was my decision to EBF but now I feel so happy and lucky that it has been easy for me. My fear of NIP was erased when I spent a whole day out in the city (Edinburgh) and saw mothers breastfeeding everywhere I went, it was crazy how many feeding babies I saw. That one full day doing it gave me huge confidence and erased all fear.
Now my fear is dealing with comments from my mom on BLW and not giving cereal, but getting over that one fear has made me more confident to do what I feel is best for my baby and I find I don't worry about comments anymore.
I like hearing positive stories on Mom confidence!