I actually think of myself right in the middle and have adopted or considered adopting practices from both sides - although I'm not entirely sure what you'd call the opposite of attachment parenting.
Some things that I've done that are considered to be attachment parenting:
- Co-slept with my daughter (although not full time)
- Breast fed, and tried damn hard to continue to do so as long as possible, even though I had enough crying bouts about it in the beginning and even though I went back to work part time when Audrey was seven months old.
- Breast fed within 30 minutes of her being born. A challenge considering I was having a c-section.
- Had her lie on my chest all icky and vernixy soon after she was born - even though I was having a c-section.
- Fed on a timed but flexible schedule (not on demand). I followed the Baby Whisperer's advice on this one.
- Employed the Ferber method of cry-it-out to help her learn how to go to sleep - albeit after months of my other methods not working and only after she was a year old.
- Had her sleeping in her crib early on and as much as possible.
I'll add to this list as time passes....
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