Beyond the Sling A Real-Life Guide to Raising Confident, Loving Children the Attachment Parenting Way
, by Bialik, Mayim; Gordon, JayNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9781451662184 | 1451662181
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 9/4/2012
Mayim Bialik was the child star of the popular 1990s TV sitcom Blossom, 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 doshe 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 made sense intellectually and instinctually. She found that when she followed her intuition and relaxed into her role as a mother instead of following some rigid parenting script, both she and her children thrived. Drawing on both her experience as a mother and her scientific background, Mayim presents the major tenets of attachment parenting, including: CO-SLEEPING How to avoid "sleep training" and get a great night's sleep for the whole family. BREASTFEEDING Learn how to listen to your baby's cues rather than sticking to a rigid scheduleand why people on airplanes love a nursing mother. BABY WEARING How to "wear" your baby in a sling or a wrap to develop a closer bond with your childit's possible even for mamas with bad backs (and with big babies)! GENTLE DISCIPLINE How to get your child to behave without yelling, threats, or time-outsit really can be done. Mayim describes the beauty, simplicity, and purposefulness of attachment parenting, and how it has become the guiding principle for her family. Much more than a simple how-to parenting guide, Beyond the Sling shows us that the core principles underlying attachment parenting are universal and can be appreciated no matter how you decide to raise your child.