Get real about raising connected, confident kids. This archive dives into the principles and practices of attachment parenting—what it looks like in everyday life, where it helps, and how to make it work for your family. From co-sleeping and babywearing to responsive discipline and emotional attunement, these articles go beyond the buzzwords to explore what secure parent-child bonds really mean. Whether you’re just starting out or navigating new stages, this is your space to learn, reflect, and grow.
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Nursing Sling
Using Nursing Slings and Breastfeeding Breastfeeding your baby in a nursing sling is a learned skill. It gets easier as you try and becomes second nature after a while. Breastfeeding a baby in a sling or ‘babywearing’ means sanity for most mothers and makes life much easier. Breastfeeding slings for babies come in various styles,…
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Why Is Skin-to-Skin Contact Important?
Skin-to-skin contact is when a baby is placed directly on the mother or father’s chest. All newborn babies crave skin contact. They’ve spent months inside the warm, cozy home of her womb. But now there’s a cold, bright, and very noisy world to adjust to, completely opposite from what they are accustomed to. It’s no…
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Tandem Nursing
A guide for mothers looking to understand the complexities and rewards of tandem nursing. What Is Tandem Nursing? Tandem nursing is apparent when a mother falls pregnant while nursing and then has to nurse her toddler and baby simultaneously or if the mother is breastfeeding twins. Is nursing during pregnancy dangerous? If you fall pregnant while breastfeeding, you do…
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4 Incredible Benefits of Co-sleeping While Breastfeeding
Is it advisable to co-sleep with a newborn? From both a psychological and biological standpoint, babies are not naturally designed to sleep entirely on their own. What Does Co-Sleeping Mean? Co-sleeping means that you are within sensory range of your baby. Within sensory range means that you are close enough to your baby to recognize…
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What Are the Benefits of Breastfeeding? Why Breastfeed?
The benefits of breastfeeding are immense; nothing can compare to the properties of human milk. The Benefits of Breastfeeding Breastfeeding vs. bottle feeding Breastmilk contains a 100% correct ratio of calories, fat, protein, fluid, vitamins, and minerals essential for a baby’s development and growth. The benefits of breastfeeding mentioned below will hopefully prove that by…
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Baby Sleep Schedule – Improve Your Baby’s Sleep.
Did you know that breast milk contains an amino acid that the body uses to produce melatonin, the hormone that regulates sleep? Baby Sleep Schedule The Initial Weeks The initial weeks of a baby’s life can be especially exhausting for parents. However, there are methods to make it easier and enable your baby to sleep…
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The Breast Crawl – The First Time You Breastfeed Your Baby
The Newborn Breast Crawl A newborn baby can crawl from the middle of a mother’s chest to her nipple, latch on and suckle all without assistance! The miracle of childbirth is shown here and shows just how natural breastfeeding is. This magical video will help mothers understand that they can allow their babies to initiate breastfeeding right…
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Breastfeeding at Birth – Why Breastfeed Immediately After Birth?
Most babies have a powerful sucking reflex straight after birth, but it is also normal for a baby to only nuzzle or lick a little. Some babies will latch on very well, while others take some time to get the hang of it. If you decide on a natural birth plan, without many medications and…
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Why Cue Feeding So Important?
Breastfeeding on Demand Cue feeding, also known as breastfeeding on demand or baby-led feeding, is when a mother allows her baby to have the breast on request! When you breastfeed on demand, you do not set a fixed time or feeding schedule for breastfeeding, but you let your baby breastfeed whenever and for as long…
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Why Is Comfort Nursing So Very Important?
Non-nutritive suckling, also known as comfort sucking, is as vital to any baby as the nutrients received from breast milk. Comfort breastfeeding only becomes a problem when the mother starts to feel overwhelmed. Comfort Nursing Comfort nursing is something not all mothers choose to do, primarily because of the misconceptions there are around it. We…