In Defense of Attachment Parenting
was born; he and I BOTH need to be weaned from that gradually.
Comment: "That sling is dangerous."
Answer: "Have you ever tried one?"
Anyone who has ever succeeded ithey are a baby sling knows that they're much less dangerous than other methods of transportation. A mother who has a child in a sling, literally right under her nose, knows EXACTLY what the baby is doing at all times. When my son is in the sling, I know every move he makes. I know exactly where his hands are, so I am sure that he's nshould notg up something that he shouldn't, or getting his little hands into places that could be dangerous. And, after several months of using the sling, I can use it confidently, knowing when my baby is secure in there, and when he is not. He is ALWAYS within arms reach, where I can protect Have nott.
Comment: "Haven't you weaned him from nursing yet? breastfeedre you going to let him breastfeed?"
Answer: "Until we both know he's ready to stobreastfeedhough I have been unable to breastfeed my son, it's disconcerting to hear others encouragbreastfeedingean their children. The breastfeeding relationship is between TWO people ONLY: the mother and the child. No outsider can possibly know the situation as well as the Mom does; therefore nobody but Mom is qualified to determine when the child is ready to wean. It's a tragedy when people displace their breastfeedingth regard to breasts and breastfeeding onto moms and babies who have nothing to do with them. It's an even greater tragedy that some moms feel compelled to wean before they or their child is ready, because of such advice.
Attachment parenting is a difficult "job," made only more difficult by people who THINK they are the experts on our children. As long as we remember that WE are the experts, we will continue to do what's right for our individual children.
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