Child Nurturing 22 March 2011

Why cosleep?  What’s the big deal, and is it really going to ‘ruin’ children?  Well, as I deal with two kiddos with head colds right now I can definitely extol the benefits of cosleeping.  I personally don’t have the stamina to be up down up down all night long with …

 Child Nurturing 23 January 2011

Infant carriers are a necessity for any mother. Wearing baby on mother’s body is so incredibly important for the security of the baby and for the nurturing of the trusting bond between mother and baby. Humans are primates, closest relatives to the great apes (gorilla, chimpanzee, and orangutan) and it …

 Child Nurturing 23 January 2011

Baby wearing attracts attention. I get at least three comments on my six month old every time I go out. It’s not that she’s incredibly adorable (which she is) but that people are so amused to see her strapped to my back. About once a week I have to demonstrate …

 Child Nurturing 23 January 2011

Throughout human history, co-sleeping has been the default sleeping method. Its most natural form is bed-sharing, in which the infant and his mother sleep together, with baby next to mother, or in her arms, or on her chest. It also includes the infant sleeping in a bassinet in the mother’s …

 Child Nurturing 23 January 2011

The cry it out method encourages parents to ignore a crying child, but a crying baby should never be ignored. Crying is the final action in the infant distress response before the baby shuts down to preserve himself.
We do not have children for their convenience. We do not stop being …

 Child Nurturing 23 January 2011

Child nurturing is a form of child rearing in which a parent is sensitive to the child’s needs and seek to meet them promptly. It is responsive parenting in which the child is treated with as much worth as the parents.
Humans are primates, and are born with many of the …