Mayim Bayalik

[Mishy1234]

Has anyone read her book 'Beyond the Sling'?

I wouldn't say I practice attachment parenting, but have done elements for it by default!

Is there much in it regarding parenting toddlers and beyond?

Amy Farrah Fowler in Big Bang Theory, and Blossom, .

Sorry, have seen the book advertised but not read it.

Parenting in a Big Bang Theory style? Where do I buy it ???

I heard she had a degree in psychology or something...

Here Warning DAILY MAIL LINK.

Interested as am still feeding a three year old and often spend some of the night in bed with him. More by accident than ideology but would love to know more

Daisybell I think it's a PhD in neuroscience. (Don't we all have one..?)

The book is on Amazon i think.

I haven't read the book but sounds similar to the approach I feel most comfortable with. Very similar to the philosophy of La Leche League.

Can't really speak much for older children as DS is only 3.6, but it's working well for us so far. I know a couple of other mums through LLL who have older children, and they haven't found it impractical or pointless as their children have got older.

A lot of it when you think/read about it makes logical sense, a lot of "mainstream" parenting practices don't - they just feel like they make sense because they are what we are familiar with. Can't really elaborate more unless you have any specific questions...

Thanks for the replies.

I think it might be an interesting read, so I've ordered it. I'll let you know what it's like.

BertieBotts - yes, I agree. We kind of fell into that style of parenting by accident. The discipline approach she talks about is what interests me the most, given that we're mostly past the baby stage (although still co-sleeping/bf). I noticed from one of her interviews that her youngest is night weaned. That's something I would like to move towards with DS2 (2 in June), but still co-sleep. I don't know if you have any experience of that?

I've read it and it's good. Yep there's stuff in there about toddlers, e.g. gentle/positive discipline, avoiding toys/junk overload. She kind of skims over the surface, but I expected that, as it's more about her journey as an attachment parent. She includes a good resource section.

I like the look of that book, would be a good birthday gift for me >hint hint, DH!

IrritaGirl - excellent, I'll look forward to reading it! I listened to a few of her interviews on YouTube and really liked her approach. I love how calm she is when challenged by the usual 'rod for your own back' comments. In one interview they showed an advert which warned against co-sleeping. It was a newborn lying beside a large knife. When asked what she thought when she looked at it she said something along the lines of, 'not to let my children sleep with knives'!

"not to let my children sleep with knives" is just the kind of comment Amy would make (sorry, big bang obsessive here)

It does sound interesting though, particularly in how to ward off 'rod for your own back' comments as we all get those, regardless of our style of parenting.

I didn't night wean, so not sure on that one, sorry. I never found night feeding too much of a problem and DS stopped wanting feeds between 11pm and 5-6am (which very quickly stretched out to 7am when he realised DP got home at that time) when he was about 2ish or just over. I can't remember exactly when I moved him into his own room but it was about then - I started getting fed up with his insistence on pushing the covers off with his feet, I'd end up with them around my waist, getting cold. Bought him a bed and he went into it happily the same night. He did used to come in to mine during the night but this stretched out and out until he wasn't coming in at all.

If you're interested in the discipline approach, have a search for "unconditional parenting" or "tcs" on the parenting section, in the past we have had long long discussion threads on how to do discipline without relying heavily on rewards, punishments or manipulation tools. In fact, someone PMed me recently and I was about to suggest they start a new one, because I love them for idea-storming.

Here's a moving article from MB on night-weaning her youngest (she doesn't cover it in the book): www.kveller.com/mayim-bialik/how-i-weaned-my-3-year-old/