Most women understand the benefits of breastfeeding their infants, but there are physical and emotional roadblocks that can make it a challenge for moms.
Balance
API Links
|
|
Attachment Parenting makes me an involved parent, a loving parent, and well... an attached parent, but certainly not a perfect one. |
|
If we are honest, it really isn't possible to enjoy every moment of parenting. Another bad night's sleep, a tantrum in the park, or frantically rushing between home and work is hardly the stuff family dreams are made of. |
The issue of screentime is one that has come up in my group, API of Knoxville, from time to time. |
|
All this talk about presence has made me re-examine some of the good, and bad, habits my family has fallen into. |
Growing up, I was one of four kids. Three of us were triplets. My did home daycare, and at any given time, we could have up to eight other children in the house. We lived in a four-bedroom home. Space was limited. Love was not. |
|
Earlier this year, I started taking time each evening to write down in a journal what my best moments of the day were. Sometimes it was time spent playing with or cuddlign with my kids. |
The day I became a mother, I felt a sense of purpose I had never known before. |
|
Today is Earth Day, which means that many of us are thinking about our environmental footprint. My 2-year-old Jacob is totally oblivious to all of the talk about saving the planet, but my 6-year-old Hannah is very interested. |
This is the true essence of mindfulness work with children and teenagers and adults alike, no matter in which setting. The basic and most important prerequisite is us being mindful ourselves, within our own lives. |
Pages
© 2013 - 2021 Attachment Parenting International. All Rights Reserved. API is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Donate Now
