Welcome to Alternative Baby!
Welcome to Alternative Baby-Attachment, Gentle & Informed Parenting information and support.
Alternative Baby is an Australian community dedicated to providing information about Attachment Parenting and other gentle,alternative, instinctive and natural parenting philosophies. We aim to provide articles, support, discussions and links to like-minded sites and support groups. We support breastfeeding, extended breastfeeding, co-sleeping and other gentle sleep methods, baby wearing, gentle birth, home birth, gentle discipline, natural healing, cloth nappies, alternative & mainstream education choices, informed vaccination choices and any other practises which involve bonding with your child and responding appropriately to their needs.
We welcome all interested persons to this site, no matter what your parenting style. AP is a philosophy, rather than a set of rules or strict dogma & we support informed choice & parents' right to do what works best for their families and themselves.
Please note: The views expressed by authors of articles and forum posts, do not neccessarily represent those of the site owner/admin.
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Announcing annoucements
Finally got around to making the announcements. They will go on the front page under the site description, and will work a lot better once I figure out how to get teasers working properly again.
I's in the list under your username.
Enjoy.
Baby Sleep.
By Jayne Garrod
Baby Sleep
One of the most challenging aspects of life with a new baby is the matter of sleep: how to get baby to sleep, to stay asleep, and the ability of the new parents to get a good night's sleep themselves. Parents are often given conflicting advice on how to settle their new and older babies, and how to get their toddlers and older children to go to bed and to sleep through the night. You may be advised by well intentioned older relatives, or health professionals to leave your baby to cry, and such advice is often accompanied by statements such as "it won't hurt them" or "crying is good exercise for their lungs!" This advice is outdated, and most often counterproductive. To understand how babies sleep best, there a few factors to consider.
The Art of Baby Wearing
Baby Wearing-the practice of wearing your baby in a sling is rapidly gaining in popularity as more and more parents discover the many benefits it has to offer both parents and babies. It is a convenient, portable, hands free method of transporting your baby with ease, and gives babies a sense of calm, security and trust when they are carried.