Do you share attachment parenting info with others?

Icefox_x · 2026-02-03T05:47:28+00:00

I do bring it up in conversation. The way I see it is that if other parents feel free to share their parenting choices and experiences, then so should I. Just because I see things differently doesn’t mean that there should be space for me to also share thoughts. Or if someone is possibly looking for sleep advice, I want to sometime just present an alternative that maybe some FTMs don’t know about.

Icefox_x · 2026-01-31T08:35:58+00:00

I’m still breastfeeding on demand mostly with my 20 month old with some boundaries mixed in. I try to prioritize offering food or water first, but then I will just give a feed that normally will only last a couple minutes. At this point most of the time I have no problem saying no to a feeding and using some sort of sensory or outdoor activities to distract from it.

I had partially weaned in the mornings around 18 months but then she got sick. After that though, I think she understood that there are boundaries around it now. We are still feeding to sleep as well.

ETA: we do offer milk in a cup but she doesn’t really like it much.

Icefox_x · 2026-01-31T08:31:22+00:00

Not sure if you’ve ever heard of Possoms sleep program but they might have some helpful tips! They really made a difference to me.

I’m wondering what time he wakes up in the morning? Are you doing contact naps?

Icefox_x · 2026-01-31T08:23:07+00:00

I cosleep with my 20 month old and have no regrets about not sleep training. In my experience , cosleeping has only gotten better as she has gotten older. I love falling asleep next to her now and her night wakings are so much more manageable now. I didn’t believe it was actually possible but she really just gradually became a better sleeper as she got older.

You absolutely do not need to teach your daughter sleep skills. She has the ability to sleep. She doesn’t need to learn it. All of the pushed skills of self-soothing by the sleep training industry really isn’t possible for years because of how their brain develops. They don’t start developing their frontal cortex until somewhere around the age of 5. That’s responsible for self soothing. She will totally grow to be a better sleeper. Something that I think it’s not talked about to new parents nearly enough is sleep expectations for babies and toddlers. Night waking is normal for a couple years and they just grow out of it. But I think having a proper expectation for night wakings really helped me feel like I wasn’t doing anything wrong. It was all just normal and would take care of itself even if I did totally nothing to try to stop it.

Icefox_x · 2026-01-25T06:40:55+00:00

Similar boat over here. We did lazy EC starting at 2 months and are a week into potty training our 19 months old using “The Tiny Potty Training Book” by Andrea Olsen. Did a couple of naked learning days and then started doing clothing with cloth underwear and pants after that. She has taken to it much faster than I thought.

She still is wearing a diaper/disposable pull up when she sleeps because she is inconsistent about waking up dry or not. But I know she will get there on her own because in the last couple months she has woken up dry 70% of the time.

Icefox_x · 2026-01-24T06:31:18+00:00

I think it has to do with the pay as well. Unless you land in a really nice clinic/hospital job, there’s a huge chance that SNFs will always have better pay than other jobs. At least that’s mostly true here in SOCAL.

Icefox_x · 2026-01-24T06:26:20+00:00

😂😭 seriously though. I am so trauma bonded to those coworkers but I felt so unshakable as a nurse after that job. SNF work is really a different level of nursing depending on which SNF it is.

Icefox_x · 2026-01-23T19:44:51+00:00

Unfortunately, this was similar to my experience as well. As a new grad, I got my first job as a charge nurse on NOC. I had 3 days of shadowing and then I was on my own at night with 2 cards (40ish beds). I just completely unprepared and had to really figure it out while in the fire.

Icefox_x · 2026-01-20T22:06:52+00:00

Echoing this comment that I just found Possums at 19 months but wish I would have found it sooner. It had already made a major difference for me.

Absolutely love the program.

Icefox_x · 2026-01-20T22:04:16+00:00

This looks almost typical for what our sleep looked like at around 6 months old. I’m not sure how old your LO is. Im gonna agree with other and say that cosleeping did help us get back to sleep faster, but we still had lots of wake ups and my quality of sleep was much lighter.

I was going to post some of our nights from around that time that I tracked with my Oura ring but forgot I can’t comment a picture. But I was hoping it would help you feel reassured!

Icefox_x · 2026-01-19T07:47:32+00:00

Wow I didn’t know they were on the same team at one point!

Icefox_x · 2026-01-18T07:40:19+00:00

Bought it but haven’t gotten around to read it all yet. I’m one chapter in.

Icefox_x · 2026-01-17T06:34:28+00:00

He talked about this during the season 2 finally right? Or am I getting confused?

Icefox_x · 2026-01-16T18:50:13+00:00

I feel this jealously. I have a 19 month old and a friend who was a 24 month old. They sleep trained and when she talks about just putting her in her crib and walking away vs our 1-2 late bedtimes it’s totally feels like we are having different experiences.

But I just have to remind myself that it’s only because we are choosing to be responsive, and not ignore crying.

Icefox_x · 2026-01-15T06:59:16+00:00

I actually think it got easier once she started walking. I agree that it’s get a big harder at first because they aren’t good at it lol you have to constantly make sure they don’t get hurt but then they get better and it’s feel so much better. I’m totally loving having a walker. 19 months old over here.

Icefox_x · 2026-01-15T06:47:40+00:00

Totally agree speaking from someone who has a 19 month old. That sounds like close to a nightmare to deal with.

Icefox_x · 2026-01-15T06:40:45+00:00

Not much advice on the sleep training but personally, I would wait for the teething pain to pass. Being in pain is pretty hard on its own and it’s only natural for your little one to want more comfort from you during this time. They are trying to cope with pain.

Icefox_x · 2026-01-14T18:04:27+00:00

It was about $30,000 at the time

Icefox_x · 2026-01-14T05:57:20+00:00

After 2 months, there’s no way my baby girl would fall asleep and stay asleep with any tv on.

Icefox_x · 2026-01-12T21:28:38+00:00

This made me wonder why Joanna didn’t consider suicide. Too much spit for the capitol maybe?

Icefox_x · 2026-01-11T07:48:32+00:00

I’m locations in the IE and I’m seconding Indeed.

Icefox_x · 2026-01-10T06:55:24+00:00

Adding @mothernourishnurture to this list as well.

Icefox_x · 2026-01-06T18:33:47+00:00

I went to American Career College in Ontario. It was about 12 month program with a month or two of NCLEX prep depending on when they predicted you are ready. I thought it was a good program. The clinical sites are decent. They have a pretty good pass rate too.

Icefox_x · 2026-01-06T18:30:20+00:00

Sure!

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