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Attachment Parenting: Instinctive Care for Your Baby and Young Child Paperback – August 1, 1999

by Katie Allison Granju (Author), Betsy Kennedy (Author), William Sears (Author)
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Grow a secure attachment with your children by listening to your heart
Popularized by bestselling pediatrician Dr. William Sears, "attachment parenting" encourages mothers and fathers to fully accept their babies' dependency needs. According to the growing numbers of attachment parenting advocates, consistent parental responsiveness to these needs leads to happy and emotionally well-balanced children.
This practical, comprehensive, and first-ever guide to today's most talked-about nurturing style, Attachment Parenting shows how some conventional childrearing advice can be detrimental, and urges you to trust your instincts on such important matters as:
  • Responding attentively to your baby's cries
  • Minimizing parent-child separation
  • Avoiding "sleep training" for infants
  • Breastfeeding according to your baby's cues instead of a schedule
  • "Wearing" your baby in a cloth carrier rather than relying on "baby gadgets" such as plastic carriers and carriages.
    In addition to expert advice from pediatricians, lactation consultants, and anthropologists -- as well as words of wisdom from hundreds of real parents --     Attachment Parenting includes an exhaustive list of print, Internet, and support-group resources. It's an indispensable, hands-on reference that allows you to confidently and joyfully develop a secure and loving bond with your young children.
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  6. ISBN-10
    067102762X
  7. ISBN-13
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"Attachment to and dependency on parents... is a normal, healthy aspect of childhood and not something that needs to be discouraged." This quote from Attachment Parenting: Instinctive Care for Your Baby and Young Child sums up the attitude behind the growing shift in many Western cultures toward a labor-intensive but arguably more rewarding, effective, and "natural" way to raise children. This philosophy, termed "Attachment Parenting" by its champion, pediatrician and father of eight Dr. William Sears (author of the popular child-care manual The Baby Book, among others), sees infants not as manipulative adversaries who must be "trained" to eat, sleep, and play when told, but as dependent yet autonomous human beings whose wants and needs are intelligible to the parent willing to listen, and who deserve to be responded to in a reasonable and sensitive manner. As with Sears's books, there are no plans or schedules here, no specific prescriptions for what to do with your child. Techniques to facilitate connection and communication are outlined, but mostly the book is an exhortation to listen and to trust yourself, and to trust your child's ability to convey to you what he or she needs.

Information is provided in a well-organized format that parents will find useful. Common questions regarding some of Attachment Parenting's less orthodox tenets are answered, and each section of the book provides lengthy reading and resource lists, Web sites, and e-mail addresses. This book also provides a fairly broad discussion of how working parents can incorporate such a "high-touch" style of care into their busy schedules. The authors are sometimes painfully straightforward about the cost-benefit analysis parents must go through when deciding to work outside the home, but they do not patronize working parents by glossing over this difficult decision. They show how Attachment Parenting can be especially beneficial to these families and give advice on choosing child care, breastfeeding after returning to work, and the techniques for creating a breastfeeding-friendly workplace.

Given the overwhelming cultural paradigms that parents must resist if they are going to adopt this compassionate methodology, the book's sometimes defensive tone can be at least partially excused. As a whole, parents will find this a good overview of some compelling arguments for Attachment Parenting and a wonderful resource for delving deeper into the issues it addresses. How much of it they choose to integrate into their lives is, as the book emphasizes, their decision to make, with their baby. --Katherine Ferguson

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Drawing on the literature of Dr. William Sears, who provides the book's introduction, Granju (with the help of Kennedy, R.N., M.S.N.) offers a mother's insight into the concept of attachment parenting. Rather than the typical child care approach that provides a list of generic "do's and don'ts" during certain phases in a baby's development, the attachment theory posits that parents know their child better than so-called experts. Granju examines breast feeding, baby wearing, and the family bed as natural concepts conducive to raising healthy children. She relates numerous experiences of mothers pulled from Internet listservs. Patrons may be well served by using these addresses to engage in their own Internet discourse, but, unfortunately, these rather flat anecdotes, along with extensive lists of attachment parenting resources, comprise the bulk of the book. Attachment Parenting adds nothing that Sears hasn't already covered in more detail in his many respected and groundbreaking works. Purchase for public libraries where demand warrants.ALisa Powell Williams, Moline Southeast Lib., IL
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Atria Books; Original ed. edition (August 1, 1999)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 067102762X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0671027629
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.5 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 1 x 8.5 inches
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Rabbi Loewenthal
5.0 out of 5 stars So well done and so much information!
Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 1999
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This excellent book fills a gap in parenting literature, by providing a comprehensive yet easy-to-read introduction to attachment parenting philosophy and practice. Written in a breezy, conversational style, Katie Granju's book feels like advice from a friend: an amazingly knowledgable friend who draws on a wealth of professional research as well as her own experience as a mother of three. Granju's guide directs the reader to the best resources, techniques and even products available to parents wishing to raise their children secure in parental love and attachment. She distinguishes herself from other authors in the field of attachment parenting and breastfeeding by providing practical help for a great variety of situations, including that of the full time working breastfeeding mother.
The only thing I felt was missing in this enormously helpful book was an index. There's so much information here and it is a book readers will return to again and again, so it would have been nice to make it easier to find specific topics. That said, the detailed table of contents was very helpful.
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Kelly
5.0 out of 5 stars A GREAT source for current supportive research
Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 1999
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This is a fantastic book. We are attachment parenting our 13 month old and this book gives a multitude of information and sources for the "cutting edge" research that SUPPORTS attachment parenting. I will be showing this book to my family and friends who have criticized our sharing sleep and extended breastfeeding - it will be pretty hard for them to keep arguing when I have the *facts* to show them and the sources to cite. This book will help us tremendously in defending what we already know is right. Other books may be better for in-depth, detailed "how toos" on attachment parenting ["The Baby Book", "Nightime Parenting" & "The Discipline Book" -all by Sears, "Mothering Your Nursing Toddler", and "Three in a Bed" for instance], but this is the best all around up-to-the-minute defense of attachment parenting I've read yet. The contact information on various helpful organizations is invaluable and I have already made great use of it. This book is definitly going into my baby-shower gift bags from now on!
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Jessica Allan Schmidt
3.0 out of 5 stars Much on advice for very narrow situations.
Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2002
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I'm not quite an attachment parent. This has never bothered me. My younger child cannot sleep with anyone touching her (the very same way that her father can't sleep with anyone touching him). My older child was formula fed. But I'm more or less an AP parent, and when I started running into situations I couldn't figure out, I bought this book.
It was useless. Utterly and completely useless.
It wasn't bad, and it would provide good perspective and some ideas for an expectant mother -- one that didn't want to work (the section on being a "working attachment parent" was pathetic), one that had plenty of support for breastfeeding and cosleeping, et cetera. I came to this book when my daughter was eleven months old and refusing to nurse at all, well beyond the nursing strike stage. I flipped through, hoping for some ideas on how to make formula feeding work with her yet still retain the affection that had always dominated our nursing sessions.
Not one word on use of formula was written, unless it was to advise me I may as well be pouring rat poison down my daughter's throat. The book was far too preachy on the value of breastmilk, and breastmilk is great, but with well over 80% of American infants weaned by six months of age, you'd think it would occur to the author that a loving respectful formula feeding relationship may need to be addressed at one point or another.
I continued flipping on through. Why I should never put my child in a "baby cage" (in English, a crib). Why I should never let my child have a bottle (which shows right there what happened to the "working attachment parent" section). Why I should never put my child in a stroller.
This is great for preachiness, but as for actual parents who run across these situations, they are Anathema. There is no excuse for allowing your child <gasp> to sleep anywhere but with you! Or worse, allowing an artifical nipple in your baby's mouth, ever, even if you're pumping breastmilk so you can go back to work and support this baby and yourself! The horror!
The author needs a grip on reality and some advice for integrating actualities of modern living into parenting for the 95% of us in the world that do not insist on perfectionism for our children. Like Sears & Sears, Mothering magazine, and many others, the self-congratulatory tone of "I did this and look how well MY children turned out" dominates, and actual useful advice to raise children with in the event that everything does not go perfectly is conspicuously absent.
By nearly any standard -- babywearing, cosleeping (which did work with my older daughter), breastfeeding (until 11 months, anyway), et cetera, I'm an attachment parent. But good luck to all potential AP people out there who intend to integrate reality with parenting, because I have yet to see the book where the authors will actually offer useful advice unless everything goes Just Perfectly and On Schedule.
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fearless mum
5.0 out of 5 stars enjoyed every word
Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2012
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I resonated with each word of this book. True, attachment style parenting can also be called intuitive parenting - but so many of us do not listen to what our hearts tell us or @ least we need the reminder to listen. Granju compiles all this information in a style that I found to be very conducive, easy to read and it prepped me for wanting to learn more.
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Artfull
1.0 out of 5 stars A book about Attachment or Breastfeeding?
Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2005
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I was disappointed in this book. Over 100 pages were dedicated to breast feeding. I have plenty of books on breastfeeding, I wasn't buying this book for that reason. I think the name of the book is a misnomer it should be called breastfeeding and attachment. I wouldn't buy another book by this author.

I would have appreciated much more information on the fundamentals of attachment and the family unit.

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Michael T. Rose
5.0 out of 5 stars Extraordinary wealth of information
Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2000
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A great resource for expectant parents, especially those who feel "not quite right" about traditional American infant care (Ferberization, detatched/low-contact parenting, formula feeding, etc.). Only one problem: I began to get so angry at infant formula companies and well-meaning but ill-informed baby "experts" that I had to put the book down for a break!
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R Mom
5.0 out of 5 stars Intro to attachment parenting
Reviewed in Canada on February 16, 2018
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A little outdated as it's an old book but a great introduction to attachment parenting.
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The One Lover
1.0 out of 5 stars sans conviction
Reviewed in France on May 4, 2014
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ne m' a pas convaincu malgré la renommée de toute la famille sears
a lire avec modération et sans culpabiliser tous les bébés n 'ont pas les mêmes besoins
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J. Lubanska
5.0 out of 5 stars Eye-opener
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 23, 2010
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Having read several books on baby care, especially sleep problems, from the likes of Tracy Hogg, Supernanny, Tanya Byron, Gina Ford and so on, I've been converted to this approach. At first I thought "oh, it's a bit exaggerated", but after reading the whole thing, I think it makes a lot of sense. I came to the conclusion that my 10 month-old daughter does not have a sleep problem, it was me who had a problem, trying to conform to cultural norms and expectations. I'm amazed that it took me so long to come to the conclusion that attachement parenting is the best way to go, especially as it is not only intuitive, but also very logical.
I recommend this book whole-heartedly - BY FAR THE BEST BOOK on parenting approaches I've managed to find.
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L. Fleet
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 2, 2008
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Really enjoyed this book. It gave me lots of insight into how to look after my 4 month old daughter. Really interesting and a great book to return to. Would recommend it to anyone. So much better than any Gina Ford rubbish. This book was just right for me because it really suits my parenting style. It gave me the confidence to look after my daughter the way I felt was right. some quite radical ideas, but no pressure to follow anything that doesn't feel instinctively right. A great book to help you argue against the Gina Ford system! Easy to read.
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Onigiri
3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
Reviewed in Canada on February 4, 2017
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Not too many new and useful information. A lot of old references that takes up too many pages.
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