Category: ’Cosleeping’
Attachment Parenting Thirty Years Ago
What happens when children who are Attachment Parented grow up? Laura from WaldenMommy is an adult example of an extended breastfeeding, cosleeping, babyworn, attached child. Read More…
8 Comments | Posted in Attachment Parenting, Breastfeeding, Breastfeeding Past Infancy, Cosleeping, Feeding With Love, Parenting Philosophies, Responding With Sensitivity, Safe Sleep
Learning to Nap Independently (All in Good Time)
I never thought it would happen. The transition from only napping beside mama to napping independently. But it did. And much sooner than I ever anticipated. Read More…
12 Comments | Posted in Consistent Care, Cosleeping, Nighttime Parenting, Responding With Sensitivity, Routines and Schedules, Safe Sleep
8 Principles of Attachment Parenting for Older Children
Guest author Dulce writes about applying the principles of attachment parenting as our children grow and change. Read More…
2 Comments | Posted in Attachment Parenting, Balance, Breastfeeding Past Infancy, Consistent Care, Cosleeping, Feeding With Love, Gentle Discipline, Healthy Living, Nighttime Parenting, Parenting Philosophies, Preparing for Parenting, Responding With Sensitivity, Safe Sleep, Starting Solids
How To Side-Car Your Crib
Room sharing (even if you’re not bed sharing) for the first several months of your baby’s life is the safest and most convenient way to spend your nights. Here’s how to set up a full-size crib as a co-sleeper, and why you might want to. Read More…
13 Comments | Posted in Cosleeping, Safe Sleep
Symbiotic Sleep
The symbiotic relationship we have with our children continues into the night, where the benefits of cosleeping are well documented for both child and parents. Read More…
1 Comment | Posted in Breastfeeding, Cosleeping, Family Safety, Feeding With Love, Nighttime Parenting, Responding With Sensitivity, Safe Sleep
How to Deal With Feeling Touched Out
The experience of feeling touched out can be a common experience among parents of babies and young children. Amy shares tips on how to process that feeling. Read More…
4 Comments | Posted in Attachment Parenting, Body Image, Breastfeeding, Continuum Parenting, Cosleeping, Feeding With Love, Gentle Discipline, Healthy Living, Nurturing Touch, Parenting Philosophies, Responding With Sensitivity, Safe Sleep
Nighttime Nursing with Twins
A reader asks our NPN Mentors about nighttime nursing with twins. Read More…
2 Comments | Posted in Ask an NP Mentor, Breastfeeding, Cosleeping, Feeding With Love, Nighttime Parenting, Responding With Sensitivity, Safe Sleep
Night Parenting with Sensory Processing Disorder
My daughter has sensory processing disorder, an oversensitivity to sensory input that means my daughter has lived most of her life in constant arousal, her system always poised for fight-or-flight. No wonder she has trouble sleeping. Read More…
7 Comments | Posted in Cosleeping, Nighttime Parenting, Responding With Sensitivity, Safe Sleep
Nap Battles
A peak inside Gretchen’s journey towards peaceful nap times with her young daughter. Read More…
12 Comments | Posted in Attachment Parenting, Balance, Consistent Care, Cosleeping, Parenting Philosophies, Routines and Schedules, Safe Sleep, Work and Family
Troubleshooting Night Waking
A reader asks our natural parenting mentors about causes of night waking and how to remedy it. Read More…
2 Comments | Posted in Ask an NP Mentor, Breastfeeding, Cosleeping, Feeding With Love, Nighttime Parenting, Safe Sleep
