For many parents, birth is filled with anticipation, intensity, hope, and emotion all at once. We may prepare for labor, nursing or feeding plans, and postpartum recovery. But there is one remarkable window of time that often receives far less attention than it deserves: the very first hour after birth.
Try as they might, our little ones don't always know how to express their emotions in a way we can understand. As parents, trying to calm down your child who is escalated can be incredibly overwhelming.
Attachment parenting is a term coined by Dr. William Sears and outlined in his 1993 book “The 7 Baby Bs.” The parenting style aimed to raise parents’ awareness of a baby’s needs for bonding and relationship through methods like baby-wearing, breast-feeding, co-sleeping and no sleep training. Attachment parenting has gained steam over the years, but [...]
