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From the family bed to the Peace Corps... Attachment Parenting is worth it in the end If you are reading this after a sleepless night where you were kicked much, or had to get up to comfort your child, be assured: Attachment Parenting will be worth it in the end. Educational and peace-building consultant, and father of 2, David J... read more	Safe sleep guidelines are failing new parents "I never imagined that I’d be in the position of choosing between endangering my child’s life or neglecting her cries, because I assumed that the AAP’s guidelines would be reasonable to impose. For us, they were not.
AATH Parenting Educator Training Oct 14-16 in NJ ... read more	Rooming-in: An Essential Evolution in American Maternity Care "However, rooming-in is about improving the health of both moms and their babies. Evidence shows that mothers and newborns benefit from staying together, and understanding this would ease some of the concerns around rooming-in."
About That Scary Swaddling Study "These are good suggestions, but the idea that swaddling and SIDS are substantially linked is misleading.	6 Hidden Myths Behind Baby Sleep Training Advocacy "What are the mythical assumptions behind using cry-it-out (total extinction, unmodified extinction) or even controlled crying (graduated extinction) sleep training to get babies (0-2 years old or so) to sleep on their own? Here are several."
Flawed Sleep-Training Study Makes Invalid Claims In the News "Though the authors provide a rationale for sleep training by citing adverse consequences of parents deprived of sleep, they do not offer the alternative perspective of how babies’ systems are regulated by the caregiver’s physical presence... read more	Infant sleep safety guidelines for bedsharing Many parents bedshare, all around the world. API recognizes this, as well as the benefits that bedsharing brings to families.
The latest research in nurturing touch, breastsleeping and babywearing What do you get when you bring together Dr. James McKenna, Dr. Kersten Moberg, Dr. Ann Bigelow, Dr. Henrik Norholt, Dr. Charles Price and Dr. Raylene Phillips?	Letting go of what you "should" do The greatest lesson I've learned from Attachment Parenting is to question all assumptions.

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