Recently, attachment parenting has been the buzzword coming out of every person's mouth, and probably you're curious to know what exactly it means. This parenting refers to a parenting style that includes care for the baby and emphasizes understanding the baby's specific needs.

This word was first used in the late 1950s within a theory coined Attachment Theory and included several types of attachment a parent can have with their child. The attachment developed in the early stages of a child's growth has a significant impact on a child's life in the future.

Experts in the twenty-first century have slightly modified the meaning of attachment parent. This new method is based on excelling past the physical connection provided by mothers to babies and focuses more on emotional attachment to children of all ages.

Generally, this parenting revolves around forming a strong connection with your baby starting from a young age which will grow and flouring as the child grows. It emphasizes building a healthy lifetime bond between parents and children.

Principles

There are six components in this parenting that can be helpful and gift your child some basic principles. If your child is beyond this stage, they will need something extra and no need to worry as these general principles can even be applied by teens.

Birth Bonding

This is the first principle and is a bonding that occurs during a biologically sensitive period that gives parents and infants a head start. However, this bonding does not usually take place immediately but will develop over time.

Breastfeeding

The first weeks of breastfeeding are exceptional in developing a bond between the infant and the mother. This is influenced mainly by skin-to-skin contact, which increases positive hormonal interactions.

Bedding close to the baby

Sleeping in the same room but on separate sleeping, beds will help you reap the benefits of nighttime attachment. Due to the fact that nighttime is mostly scary for tiny babies, sleeping next to them within a close touching distance significantly reduces nighttime separation anxiety and assists babies learn sleep is a pleasant state to enter and remain.

Babywearing

Babies surprisingly learn a lot when in the arms of the caregiver. Additionally, babywearing improves the parents' sensitivity because of the closeness, which in turn promotes familiarity with this type of parenting infants.

Beware of baby trainers.

This type of parenting helps you understand things better, especially the rigid parenting styles that direct you to watch a schedule instead of your baby. These rigid strategies bring only short-term gains, but a long-term loss and are not a good investment.

Balance in parenting

In your quest as a parent to give so much to your child, it is easy to abandon the needs of your marriage and, most importantly yourself. This parenting will help you put balance and assist you in always having positive responses.

How It Works

This parenting is illustrated by clear communication in an unwavering way. Also, it involves giving our children well-set boundaries that help them stay healthy both physically and emotionally. The better side of attachment parenting is that a good relationship is built before a challenging situation arises.

It is mostly not about parenting techniques rather the mindset. The key to this modality of parenting is quite different from what you already know. As you continue working on your emotional and mental health, parenting techniques will naturally come to you. You will become a better mother when you first work on yourself.

parenting comes naturally when you first focus on your relationship by evaluating your inner self and doing the inner work to heal yourself. By this, you'll be surprised by how naturally parenting will flow.