I so want to share the wonderfulness of AP practices with other parents. Even if they don't want to go full-on "crunchy" there's still benefit to be gained from incorporating a few elements of AP into their parenting style.
I'm invited to a baby shower for a lady at my church this Saturday and I just looked at her Walmart gift registry. This is her third baby (a girl) and mom and her husband are in their late 20's. Their registry is full of mainstream, plastic stuff. Like baby monitors, bottles, a breast pump (which is great except that the $37 pumps are inefficient and uncomfortable, so she may get discouraged and quit), bassinette, crib, baby bucket that hooks into a huge unwieldy stroller, etc.
Before everyone jumps on me..... there's nothing necessarily wrong with that stuff! That baby will grow up to be a healthy well-adjusted person as long as her parents are kind and loving. I know this.
But there's so much joy in going stuff-free with attachment parenting. At the very least, she could save herself a back injury from hauling that heavy plastic carrier around
So now, should I buy her something off her registry or give her an AP gift like Dr Sears Baby Book or an easy-to-use sling? Ideas on (graciously and politely) introducing mainstream parents to the benefits of AP?
I'm invited to a baby shower for a lady at my church this Saturday and I just looked at her Walmart gift registry. This is her third baby (a girl) and mom and her husband are in their late 20's. Their registry is full of mainstream, plastic stuff. Like baby monitors, bottles, a breast pump (which is great except that the $37 pumps are inefficient and uncomfortable, so she may get discouraged and quit), bassinette, crib, baby bucket that hooks into a huge unwieldy stroller, etc.
Before everyone jumps on me..... there's nothing necessarily wrong with that stuff! That baby will grow up to be a healthy well-adjusted person as long as her parents are kind and loving. I know this.
But there's so much joy in going stuff-free with attachment parenting. At the very least, she could save herself a back injury from hauling that heavy plastic carrier around
So now, should I buy her something off her registry or give her an AP gift like Dr Sears Baby Book or an easy-to-use sling? Ideas on (graciously and politely) introducing mainstream parents to the benefits of AP?
: I make sure it's a quick trip so she doesn't have to be in her seat for too long. I haven't yet tried holding Samara in her pouch, and trying to hoist my heavy 3yo up into the cart while also keeping an eye on my 5yo. Maybe when the weather is nicer. It's also too cold to take her out of her warm cacoon carseat to transfer her to the pouch. I can see going "stuff free" working if this is your first child. You don't have to worry about the logistics of an outing with older children as well.
