Hello all,
I'm 30 weeks pregnant with my first, & very excited about meeting our little one, but pretty confused about the huge divide between attachment parenting & routine.
I had been thinking along the lines of this (amotherfarfromhome.com/sample-newborn-routine/) - a relaxed routine. I still think I'd want to feed (hopefully breast feed) on demand for the first few weeks, but the always putting the baby down to sleep when he's sleepy but not asleep thing seems very logical...
But then reading other books - it's hugely scathing of routines. I'd like to do some bits of Attachment parenting - baby sleeping in our room, & baby wearing, but once little one is a few months old I'd like not to be doing lots of little feeds / still getting very disrupted sleep....
Am I crazy? Is it possible to combine elements of both? Has any one started off with attachment parenting & gone into a routine after a few months?
The lady who wrote the blog post says she didn't have to let hers cry it out at a few months old as they always had been use to self soothing...
Is there any balanced in between book? ! Does any one know of a balanced (scientific?!) Comparison of the 2 methods?
Thank you
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elizabethy20 · 17/01/2016 08:53
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