I also consider myself to be an attachment parent. I breastfed both children as long as I could, coslept as long as I could, wore my younger son until just a few months ago (he's 2 now, and a BIG 2 year old) I didn't use cloth, but that is because daddy is the stay at home parent, and even though I tried to pursuade him, I left the choice to him, since he changes probably 85% of the diapers. I don't hit or smack my children, but do practice time-outs regularly.

My DH stayed at home for awhile until I was able to quit my job and I have some good "Daddy-trying-to-cloth-diaper" stories, LOL!

He wouldn't even try. I bought about 8 in a variety so I could show him all the different kinds and how easy it was, and told him I would do all the washing and he just had to use them, and I bought diaper liners, so I could show him when there was a #2 he just had to throw the liner away and throw the soiled into the pail and I'd take care of it. His answer was "Gross. I'm not doing that."

attachment mama, here we never got the hang of nursing but i did exclusively pump for my son until he was 16 months old. looking back, i know now what i could have done to get him to take the boob and i feel super guilty about not trying harder but that guilt ensures that any future babes WILL be nursed. i do very much so believe in natural duration nursing (child led weaning/self weaning/ whatever you may call it). we didn't discover babywearing until my son was 3 or 4 months old but we haven't looked back since...i don't know how non babywearing mamas get anything done :-P i still wear my son from time to time even now that he's 23 months old. we use gentle, inspired discipline techniques rather than spanking, and yelling. we don't co sleep but i do attend to my son's nighttime needs in the same way i attend to his daytime needs. i also rock my son to sleep, and am willing to do that until he feels he doesn't need me (he's totally capable of falling asleep on his own, we recently discovered but he and i both prefer cuddles). we very much so believe in a child's right to bodily autonomy and bodily integrity (meaning we are against spanking, hitting, circumcision, ear piercing, etc). oh, and i am a total cloth diaper ADDICT. i feel like i'm forgetting something....hm...anyway, HI

p.s. i always love to have more attachment mama's on my friends list and dready attachment mamas are even better so feel free to add me on facebook : jennifer nicole laur
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AP mama here. My daughter is 9 now but we still co-sleep sometimes. I BF her until she was about 3, she weaned herself. Cloth diapered and wore her until she was too big. I'm about 5'2 and she's about 5' already. Tall daddy. I'm an only parent now and this age is trying. She's asserting herself left and right, hormones raging at least half the time. Doing my best. Nice to see other dreadie AP mammas here. I too belonged to an AP group when she was little, but had a falling out w/ a friend who was also on there. I just bowed out so as not to cause discomfort since she introduced me to the site to begin with.

I'm an AP Mom!
I have a 20 month old homebirthed & intact son and we are still nursing, co-sleep, baby wear and uses cloth half the time.
I couldn't parent any other way!!!

hey ladies im a mommie too! to a kick butt lil girl Nika. she is 27 months, we still co sleep. we nursed until she was 22 months i think, we souldve went longer but we were separated for a couple weeks due to a family emergency, and i saw it as an opportunity to wean so we did :] . my hubby was a sahd for 2 years, and just 2 moths ago we switched roles. we delayed solids with nika until she was a year pretty much. i made all her food from scratch organic . we cloth diapered but we also practiced elimination communication and sign language since she was 4 months. hubby had her potty trained to sign potty by the time she was a year. umm what else, we baby wear, and i plan on home schooling my daughter if we dont move before shes old enough to start school. we also had a natural birth which was amazing! i am completly attached to my daughter. if you see me without her its because im at school or outside my door taking the dog to the bathroom lol

hay all, we are "AP" too. co-sleep/bed-sharing with our two girls, nursing them until they self wean (oldest is 3 years), cloth diaper, natural birth (& the more recent a home water birth), we baby wear all the time, & we will be homeschooling/unschooling our children.

Peaceful mama to a 16 year old daughter. I never spanked her, tried to reason with her and give her choices rather than yelling or using scare tactics. Co-slept with her until she was about 2 1/2 when she told me she wanted her own bed cause mommy snores. ;) Homeschooled for most of her school career.
Now she's in grade 11, living in our basement suite and is testing out the waters of independance. No rules, no curfew, just Mom & Dad here for advice and support when she needs it.