For parents looking to ease their newborn children into the world of bathing – a world typically filled with healthy amounts of fear and anxiety on the part of first-time parents, and a dose of discomfort and cold on the part of infants braving the cool air and poorly designed conventional bathing devices – they should look no further than the innovative European-designed Tummy Tub, currently for sale over in the Organic Shop at www.organicgreenmommy.com.
Featured just this week (April 30th 2009) on NBC’s The Today Show, the Tummy Tub basically …

When Lauren got pregnant, we made the decision early on that when Isabel was born, we would practice attachment parenting. You can read all about my take on AP in one of my previous posts here, but the bottom line of the concept involves trying as much as possible to ease the separation between child and parent, thereby creating a more loving and nurturing atmosphere for growth and a more confident child. What that translates into as far as everyday life goes is a lot of carrying in slings and wraps, and perhaps most significantly, the child sleeping with mommy and daddy in the family bed. We feel we were pretty successful for the most part on those goals but realized we had a challenge on our hands when we were ready for the little one to be out of our bed at night, so we could attempt to restore a semblance of the whole “man and wife” thing.

So, What is Attachment Parenting?
Although the term Attachment Parenting was coined by baby doc William Sears, my first exposure to the concept came in the form of an enthralling book called, “The Continuum Concept,” by Jean Liedloff, in which the author recounts her experience of spending several years with Stone Age indigenous people in South America, living with them and studying their parenting techniques.
Her theory is that these techniques or customs, which essentially comprise what we and Dr. Sears would call AP, is a method of fostering optimal levels of …