There are so many different ways to rear your child. Some do like their parents did while others find their own style of bringing up baby. One style that’s gaining popularity is attachment parenting.

Austinite Marianne Baker Bolduc is an attachment parent. What that means is she raises her two children, including two-and-a-half-year-old Will, in a way meant to create a strong bond between parent and child. “Our goal ultimately is to raise emotionally, healthy happy child who are compassionate and happy in the world and kind to other people,” says Bolduc. How Bolduc does this is by making sure Will’s needs are met at all times. Like when he’s hungry. Attachment parents believe breastfeeding is best. “A lot of people stop at six months or the theoretical twelve months and you’re over and done. But research has shown that the benefits of breast feeding continue as long as you do it,” says Bolduc. So when Will asked to eat, Bolduc stopped the interview to breastfeed.

Co-sleeping is another principle of attachment parenting. Monica Mueller co-sleeps with her one-year-old baby, Willow. “In our society we have a tendency to want to put babies in their room. We continue parenting at night as well,” says Mueller. While the U.S. Consumer and Product Safety Commission has warned that co-sleeping can be dangerous, citing suffocation or strangulation, Mueller insists it’s safe…

Source: CBS 42, TX
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