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And my DS is 10 now. He's extremely independent, intelligent (*brag brag*), and spirited. We also have a very close bond, despite the mouth that appeared when he turned 10 last February and keeps reappearing! I keep telling myself it's a phase...

I think AP was the key to the relationship we have now, esp. since I've been a WOHM since he was a teeny weeny boy.

The fact that we co-slept (every night until he was two, and then on and off until age four, when he left my bed on his own), and did everything together when I wasn't working helped him realize that Mama wasn't going to abandon him (IMO of course).

Just keep doing what you're doing!