Mayim Bialik,Jay Gordon
A funny, honest, and practical guide to attachment parenting from actress, mother, and neuroscientist Mayim Bialik.,Mayim Bialik was the child star of the popular 1990s TV sitcom ,Blossom, ,but she definitely didnâ€™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 doâ€”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 â€œrightâ€ way to raise a child. Thatâ€™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 parentingâ€™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 â€œsleep trainingâ€ and get a great nightâ€™s sleep for the whole family. ,BREASTFEEDING, ,Learn how to listen to your babyâ€™s cues rather than sticking to a rigid scheduleâ€”and why people on airplanes love a nursing mother. ,BABY WEARING, ,How to â€œwearâ€ your baby in a sling or a wrap to develop a closer bond with your childâ€”itâ€™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-outsâ€”it 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.
Parenting,Nonfiction,Autobiography,Memoir,Adult,Family,Childrens,Unfinished,Relationships,Audiobook,Biography
Beyond the Sling: A Real-Life Guide to Raising Confident, Loving Children the Attachment Parenting Way