The Attachment Parenting Book A Commonsense Guide to Understanding and Nurturing Your Baby

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Pub. Date: 2001-08-07
Publisher(s): Little, Brown Spark
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Summary

Might you and your baby both sleep better if you shared a bed? How old is too old for breastfeeding? What is a father's role in nurturing a newborn? How does early attachment foster a child's eventual independence? Dr. Bill and Martha Sears -- the doctor-and-nurse, husband-and-wife team who coined the term "attachment parenting" -- answer these and many more questions in this practical, inspiring guide. Attachment parenting is a style of parenting that encourages a strong early attachment, and advocates parental responsiveness to babies' dependency needs. "The Attachment Parenting Book" clearly explains the six "Baby B's" that form the basis of this increasingly popular parenting style: Bonding, Breastfeeding, Babywearing, Bedding close to baby, Belief in the language value of baby's cry, Beware of baby trainers.Here's all the information you need to achieve your most important goals as a new parent: to know your child, to help your child feel right, and to enjoy parenting.

Author Biography

Martha Sears, RN and William Sears, MD, are the pediatrics experts to whom American parents turn for advice and information on all aspects of pregnancy, birth, childcare, and family nutrition. Martha Sears is a registered nurse, certified childbirth educator, and breastfeeding consultant.

Dr. Sears was trained at Harvard Medical School's Children's Hospital and Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children, the largest children's hospital in the world. He has practiced pediatrics for nearly 50 years. Together, the Searses have authored more than 40 pediatrics books.

Table of Contents

A Word from Dr. Bill and Martha ix
Becoming Attached---How to Get There
1(10)
What Is Attachment Parenting?
2(1)
Seven Attachment Tools: The Baby B's
3(5)
What Attachment Feels Like
8(3)
The Benefits of Attachment Parenting
11(15)
AP Babies Are Smarter
11(3)
AP Babies Are Healthier
14(2)
AP Babies Grow Better
16(1)
AP Babies Behave Better
17(5)
AP Promotes Intimacy
22(1)
AP Parents and Children Work Together Better
23(1)
AP Promotes Empathy
24(1)
AP Is Contemporary
25(1)
The Payoff for Parents
25(1)
What Attachment Parenting Is Not
26(10)
Clearing Up Misunderstandings
26(6)
Myths About Attachment Parenting
32(4)
Bonding at Birth and Beyond
36(17)
Bonding at Birth
36(1)
Eight Tips for Better Bonding
37(3)
Rooming-In: The Attachment Continues
40(3)
How Rooming-In Builds Attachment
43(2)
Bonding Blues
45(2)
Homecoming: Ten Tips for Staying Attached the First Month
47(6)
Breastfeeding
53(12)
Breastfeeding Makes Attachment Parenting Easier
53(4)
Attachment Tips for Successful Breastfeeding
57(5)
The Benefits of Long-Term Breastfeeding
62(2)
Beware of the Breastfeeding Schedulers
64(1)
Babywearing
65(16)
The Background to Babywearing
65(3)
The Benefits of Babywearing
68(10)
Siblings and Babywearing
78(1)
Babywearing and Wearing Baby Down
78(1)
Work and Wear
79(1)
Babywearing for Subs
79(2)
Belief in the Signal Value of a Baby's Cry
81(8)
Crying Is an Attachment Tool
81(3)
Should Baby Cry It Out?
84(2)
Advice for Parents Whose Babies Cry a Lot
86(3)
Bedding Close to Baby
89(17)
Continuing Your Attachment at Night
90(1)
Our Co-Sleeping Experiences
91(1)
Why Bedding Close to Baby Works
92(3)
Sharing Sleep: How to Make It Work
95(2)
Moving Out: Weaning from Nighttime Attachment
97(1)
Night Weaning from the Breast: Eleven Alternatives for the All-Night Nurser
98(4)
Current Research into Sleep Sharing and SIDS
102(4)
Balance and Boundaries
106(13)
Is Your Parenting Out of Balance?---How to Tell
106(6)
Avoiding Mother Burnout
112(4)
Rekindling the Flame
116(1)
Stick With Attachment Parenting
117(2)
Beware of Baby Trainers
119(11)
What's Wrong with Baby Training?
120(2)
Does Baby Training Really Work?
122(1)
Why Is Baby Training So Popular?
123(2)
Handling Criticism
125(5)
Working and Staying Attached
130(13)
A Tale of Two Mothers
130(3)
Ten Tips for Working and Staying Attached
133(8)
How a Baby Can Change a Mother's Career Plans
141(2)
Attachment Fathering
143(16)
My Story: How I Became an Attached Dad
144(2)
Nine Attachment Tips for Fathers
146(6)
Where's Dad?
152(3)
Father Feelings About Mother-Infant Attachment
155(4)
Attachment Parenting in Special Situations
159(9)
Single and Attached
159(1)
Adoption
160(2)
Attachment Parenting the High-Need Child
162(2)
Attachment Parenting a Child with Special Needs
164(2)
Attachment Parenting Multiples
166(2)
Attachment Testimonials
168(9)
Could a Mother Not Want This?
168(1)
What Is a Good Baby?
169(1)
A Gift for Dad
170(1)
Working and Staying Attached
170(1)
Sensitive Night Weaning
171(1)
Understanding ``Cries''
172(2)
Compassion for Others
174(1)
When Babies with Teeth Nurse and Sixteen-Year-Olds Drive
175(2)
Resources 177(2)
Index 179

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