Attachment

[sunnydays]

I am with Alphagetti on this one...mostly. As a parent, I babywore and I never really let my babies cry it out for more than a few minutes when I knew that they were really tired and needed to get to sleep. I cosleep until they start sleepign on their own, which they have all done by age one or 1 1/2 on their own. However, as a caregiver, it is a bit different. I wil babywear if necessary in the beginning to help a child adjust and feel secure, but sometimes I also have to let them cry a bit because I just cannot be in so many places at once and I cannot babywear them all at once. At naptime I also will let them cry it out as I absolutely need my downtime with 5 kids to take care of...it's different than with just my own kids. I do try to comfort them and pick them up when they cry as I don't believe babies cry for no reason....but at the same time, they also have to learn that I cannot always rush to them if I am tending to another child and I do think it's good for them to learn that the world doesn't revolve around them as well. So, I guess I am really in the middle somewhere!