some baby bonding ideas
Last night Dusty and I contimplated names for the second boy. We are currently considering Logan Sol to join Forest Manning.
I’m happy to say that thanks to various bargain shopping the only big item left to buy for the twins is the co-sleeper. I tend to be more on the “attachment parenting” school of thought but reserve the right to not be hard core about it. I have always been one to take ideas and make them work within my own situation and this experience of birth is a great example. I had always wanted to have a natural childbirth with no epidural or other drugs and had considered a birthing center over a hospital. Knowing that I am having a high risk pregnancy I gave up those ideas and am focused now on the safest delivery for the babies, choosing a doctor and hospital who are equipped and ready to deal with any unusual situations that can arise and taking advantage of the technology that can help keep an eye on us throughout the process.
“Attachment Parenting is the philosophy and practice of parenting methods that foster strong, healthy emotional bonds between
parents and children. This approach values responsiveness to the infant or child’s physical and emotional needs, nurturing their
trust that those needs will be met. Although supported by current research, Attachment Parenting is rooted in the oldest human
traditions of all cultures, and is anything but new.” from: http://www.attachmentparenting.org/artwhatis.shtml
One of the basic premises of AP is that the baby has another 9 months of progress to make following birth in order to be ready for the world outside and that it’s important to keep them close and protected the same way that say a kangaroo would.
AP believes in traditional ways of raising children such as cosleeping, long term breastfeeding, baby wearing, etc. Cosleeping means keeping the baby in your own bed or an attached bed (the Arms Reach Co-Sleeper for example) to ease breastfeeding at night, ease sleep issues, etc. Since Jasmine sleeps on the bed so close to me at night and there are two babies, I thought the co-sleeper would be the smart choice over having them in the same bed. There has been a lot of research on cosleeping and how it decreases SIDs and other problems that babies face in the first few months. I’ve read that twins can usually share a co-sleeper for about 5-6 months before having to be moved to a crib so I hope to accomplish this myself. I intend to breast feed for as long as the child would like to, another reason I am an advocate of cosleeping.
I’m not a hardcore AP person but for the most part I support the concepts and ideas for the health and well being of myself and the babies. I love that we have so many choices these days and aren’t locked into just one idea about how to birth and raise a child. I’m aware that I do not know how life will be once the twins come so it’s hard to say for sure what my committment will be to these ideas and if they will make sense for us as individuals and a family. But I have basic values on the subject and intend to see how it all goes.
Yesterday’s OB appointment had my weight at 156 and the twins have been doing all kinds of flip flops in there. I love hearing that we are healthy and doing well.
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