Breast-feeding is not always best available option – Positive Discipline- What is it? – Baby Sleep, What Do You Really Know? Weekend Reading!

Posted on April 26, 2013 by llpitlwp

Are you afraid to choose not to breast feed because of the backlash of comments that you anticipate from your relatives and friends?

Don’t you just want them to understand what you already know about you and your baby?

Maybe you should write down your story and hand copies to anyone who questions why you are not breastfeeding and then just maybe they will “shut up” and mind their own business!

BREAST-FEEDING is not always best.

These are fighting words if you are a mother who has delivered a baby at most hospitals throughout the Puget Sound. If you are the postpartum mother who dares to utter that statement, you will be the one fighting with nurses, doctors, lactation consultants and anyone on the street who sees you bottle feeding.

Guest: Breast-feeding is not always best available option | Opinion | The Seattle Times.

Do you use time-outs as discipline the way “The Nanny” does on her television series?

There actually is another approach….”Positive Discipline” and it just might work better with your child or children. Here is a link to someone who specializes in this approach…

Positive Discipline: Positive Time-out.

I went on Amazon and bought all the top books on baby sleep and development. I read through them all, as well as several blogs and sleep websites. I gathered lots of advice.

If you are confused about Baby Sleep and how to help you and your baby get enough rest, you will find out why when you read this funny post from a mom who shares your confusion.

Don’t fret, you are not alone!

Ava Neyer: I Read All The Baby Sleep Books.

I hope these suggested readings help with three of the most discussed topics of childrearing…. Feeding…Discipline…Sleep.

Have a great weekend!

Spanking…

Posted on February 19, 2013 by llpitlwp

I do not believe in spanking or any type of shaming, belittling or corporal punishment. Here are the opinions of two experts regarding their thoughts on spanking.

Spanking not allowed…

Posted on April 26, 2011 by llpitlwp

I do not believe in spanking.

Plenty of people out there that agree but there are also many who still believe in “spare the rod…spoil the child”.

There are so many ways to deal with discipline…one of my favorite books is…Dr. Harvey Karp’s The Happiest Toddler on the Block . It is a easy read and full of information that is extremely helpful.

“Sendek says spanking can lead to physical-abuse cases, when a parent loses control. She points out the ways to win cooperation and solve problems by using consequences with your children, but first warns it’s important for parents to take a time-out when they feel heated.

“Then you can say to your child, ‘You know, I feel bad you don’t have your bike but that’s the consequence; you made the choice for your behavior, and now this is the consequence of it’, and you don’t have to feel guilty about the discipline.”

Sendek adds that studies show spanking can make children aggressive as well as cause low self-esteem, anxiety and depression.

SpankOut Day USA, which falls on April 30, the last day of Child Abuse Prevention Month, was initiated in 1998 to raise awareness about the need to end physical punishment of children and to promote non-violent ways of disciplining. Informational events will be held throughout the state this week, and on April 30, all caregivers are encouraged to refrain from hitting children and look for alternative methods of discipline.

via Public News Service.