Beyond the Sling A Real-Life Guide to Raising Confident, Loving Children the Attachment Parenting Way

Name: Beyond the Sling A Real-Life Guide to Raising Confident, Loving Children the Attachment Parenting Way
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ISBN: 9781451662184

ISBN-10: 1451662181

ISBN-13: 9781451662184

Edition: 2012

Authors: Mayim Bialik, Jay Gordon

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Mayim Bialik was the child star of the popular 1990s TV sitcomBlossom,but she definitely didn’t follow the typical child-star trajectory. Instead, Mayim got her PhD in neuroscience from UCLA, married her college sweetheart, and had two kids. Mayim then did what many new moms do—she read a lot of books, talked with other parents, and she soon started questioning a lot of the conventional wisdom she heard about the “right” way to raise a child. That’s when she turned to attachment parenting, a philosophy and lifestyle popularized by well-known physicians like Dr. William Sears and Dr. Jay Gordon.To Mayim, attachment parenting’s natural, child-led approach not only felt right emotionally, it…

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List price: $16.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Touchstone
Publication date: 9/4/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.75" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

Jay Gordon was born in New York. Before his death in 2005 Jay worked as a business programmer before becoming a network management specialist. In New Jersey he founded an independent consulting firm building corporate network and technology systems. The Hickory Staff was Jay's first work of fiction. He is survived by his wife and two daughters.



Introduction




Trust Your Instincts



You Know More Than You Think



"What Is Attachment Parenting? The Science of Attachment and Intuition



What Baby Needs



Baby Needs a Smooth Entrance: Birth



Baby Needs Milk: Why We Breastfeed



Baby Needs to Be Held: How Will You Ever Get Anything Done Ever Again?



Baby Needs Nighttime Parenting: Gende Techniques and Co-sleeping



Baby Needs Potty: Elimination Communication



What Baby Doesn't Need



Baby Doesn't Need All That Stuff: Figuring Out the Essentials



Baby Doesn't Need Unnecessary Medical Intervention: When (and When Not) to Call the Doctor



Baby Doesn't Need Pressure: Letting Kids Be Kids



Baby Doesn't Need Punishment: Understanding Gentle Discipline



What Mommy Needs



Keeping Your Relationships Strong: Staying "You" When You Become a Parent



Balancing Work and Family: Different Families, Different Choices


Resources


Acknowledgments


Index