Adventures in Attachment Parenting: Super Nanny I am Not! by Allison Silver
July 11th, 2013
It's amazing how having a child can change your perspective. Before I had my daughter I was an avid watcher of Super Nanny and endorsed many of her techniques to parents during parent education workshops. My administrator used to refer to me as the "Super Nanny" of the school district! ...
Adventures in Attachment Parenting: Am I AP Enough? by Allison Silver
June 27th, 2013
Nine months ago I created an Attachment Parenting meetup group in hopes to find some other local mamas who shared similar beliefs on parenting. In all honesty I was hoping to find maybe six or seven other moms who could get together regularly and offer each other support. As of ...
Adventures in Attachment Parenting: Do Dads’ Need Friends? by Allison Silver
June 13th, 2013
A few weeks ago a few other moms and I were chatting. We have been attempting to get our husbands together so they can have a chance to meet each other and hang out but with varying work schedules and family commitments it has been a bit difficult. While we ...
Adventures in Attachment Parenting: Toddler Friendly by Allison Silver
May 30th, 2013
Like many Americans we packed up our car last Saturday and drove to visit family for the holiday weekend. We drove three hours to visit my father in law and his girlfiend. Now this sounds like a nice idea but quite honestly visiting them is like spending the weekend with ...
Adventures in Attachment Parenting: Feeling The Pressure by Allison Silver
May 16th, 2013
It seems like everywhere I turn lately all anyone is talking about is having a second child. Not only is it the primary topic of conversation amongst many of the moms that I hang out with but I've also seen it mentioned in a few well known parenting magazines lately ...
Adventures in Attachment Parenting: Our Search For A Church by Allison Silver
May 9th, 2013
I came across a quote this week that really hit home for me, "It's not that attachment parenting is difficult. It's being surrounded by people who are doing things differently than you....that is difficult." As parents we all look for support and it is difficult to be surrounded by people ...
Adventures in Attachment Parenting: Feeding A Toddler by Allison Silver
May 2nd, 2013
This past week Charley turned eighteen months old and almost on cue has decided to no longer eat foods that she usually enjoys. This week she is refusing most fruit except for applesauce and pears but every other fruit be damned! She is not having it. In fact as I ...
Adventures in Attachment Parenting: Just Say No…….to juice? by Allison Silver
April 18th, 2013
At our one year well baby visit our Pediatrician recommended that we see a Pediatric Dentist before our daughter's eighteen month check-up. Since she didn't get her first tooth until almost twelve months we decided to hold off until she had a couple more teeth. I figured there was no ...
Adventures in Attachment Parenting: Justifying the TV by Allison Silver
April 11th, 2013
For starters I never wanted to be that mom who just plopped her kid in front of the television and used it as a babysitter. Being an early childhood teacher I have done numerous home visits where the television was always on and blaring so loudly you could barely think, ...
Adventures in Attachment Parenting: Date Night by Allison Silver
March 14th, 2013
Last Thursday my husband and I went on our first "date night" in sixteen months! It's the first time that we have been out just the two of us since our daughter was born. It's not that we haven't had ample opportunity to go, it's just that neither one of ...
