Attachment Parenting

"To trust children we must first learn to trust ourselves...and most of us were taught as children that we could not be trusted." John Holt

Monday 31 March 2014

What is AP to me?

Look into your heart, listen to what it says. Love your baby, listen to him, follow him, protect him, motivate him, encourage him and live in harmony with nature. Be a natural parent raising a child in secure, loving cuddle while you let him separate himself from you in his own pace.

Babywearing is not about a sling

It does not matter that you use a piece of fabric, your bedsheet or a proper woven wrap.

It does not matter that you keep your baby close and safe in a very expensive carrier or in a shining golden sling.

What matters that you keep your baby close enough to be able to respond to her. And that you are able to let her go when she needs to go and discover.

Babywearing is a mindset. Attachment parenting is not a sling or a baby in a sling. Attachment is in you and between you and your child. The mother is the miracle not the carrier.

Everyone is a babywearer

Everyone carries their baby. First the mother's body carries the little new soul, later her arms will protect the newborn. When the mother's arms are getting tired you might use a tool to support them. But you keep carrying your baby. Everyone is a babywearer, only the tool we use is different.

Friday 28 March 2014

BABYWEARING TRAINING

BACKCARRYING WORKSHOP

Children are welcome as we have Story Time there too!! (Husbands can join the reading-crafting as well)
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Derby Sling Library and APUK Derby will organise a workshop for beginners who would like to learn back carrying and try several slings.
The venue: Déda Cube Café
Date and Time: 26th April, Saturday @ 10 am - 12.30 pm
Cost: £7
Bookings and payment will be through the link below (eventbrite).
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/babywearing-workshop-back-carrying-for-beginners-tickets-11043959781
Spaces are limited!!!
The workshop will cover:
- sling safety and brief introduction to babywearing in general
- different methods to get baby on your back in different carriers
- how to tie the back wrap cross carry - demonstration and learning
- brief introduction to other ties - demonstration
- how to use the mei tai and the buckles - demonstration and learning
- back carry in other carriers - brief introduction
- different methods to get baby safely off your back
- training materials and so much more!!!
You do not have to be experienced babywearer to attend the workshop.
Please copy this ad and post it on your timeline if you'd like to help us promote the event. Thank you!

Saturday 22 March 2014

Baby signing

Tiny Talk presentation - introduction to baby signing

Attachment Parenting UK Derby Group

Thursday, 27 March 2014 from 10:30 to 11:30 (GMT)

Chellaston, United Kingdom



Communication and behaviour are very closely linked. TinyTalk Baby Signing Classes and Nursery Training Programme can help in both these areas: significantly increasing communication levels and subsequently helping to reduce behavioural problem levels.

BABIES CAN LEARN TO COMMUNICATE BEFORE THEY CAN SPEAK
Baby signing (or ‘symbolic gesturing’ as it is known academically) is pre-verbal communication (language before speech). Babies understand so much before they can talk! Any good parent or carer can see that their young child is like a sponge, learning all the time. The cogs are whirring, the eyes are sparkling and showing recognition but the muscles required to speak intelligibly (mouth, tongue and vocal cords and the coordination of them) do not develop until 12 to 18 months. However fine motor skills (using the hands in intricate ways) develop from 7 to 9 months. Vocabulary is beginning to be understood (that objects have names and that their names can represent the objects).

Baby sign language can then begin. “Motor development occurs earlier than that of controlling the vocal system which is an advantage for signers” (Sperling et al., 1978). “Babies understand much more than they are able to say. Speaking is difficult. It requires the development of dozens of muscles in the face, mouth, and tongue, and coordination of these muscles with the flow of the breath over the vocal folds in the larynx. From a purely developmental point of view, babies achieve the ability to construct language with their hands at least six to twelve months earlier than they do with their vocal apparatus” (Daniels, 20 1).


(see more: http://www.tinytalk.co.uk/baby-signing-research.php )

Register your interest here:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tiny-talk-presentation-introduction-to-baby-signing-registration-10963958495



Thursday 6 March 2014

Donations

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Other ways to support us:
http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/apukderby


Wednesday 5 March 2014

What is AP UK Derby Group about?

In fact, what is AP? AP stands for Attachment Parenting. What is Attachment Parenting?
This is a simple question which is easy to answer. It is being a mother who trusts her child.

It does not matter that you are a man or a grandparent or carer. You need to follow your mother instinct which will never let you down, never fail you. This is being an attachment parent. For me.

Why is the group then?

We need sometimes support to find the mother. The people in the group help each other.

We want to satisfy our baby's needs.
My baby wants to be carried. An Attachment Parenting group will help you to find the better solution to be able to carry your baby.

My baby wants to be close to me all day and all night. A group of experienced parents will tell you how it is safe to share your bed with your baby.

My baby wants to wear no nappy any more. AP will give you no-tear solutions.

And this is what Attachment Parenting groups are for. To support each other when we need tools and techniques and take your hand when you decide to take a journey to find the mother in your heart.