Flow parenting - not alone!

Ok! There are experts who aren't into this whole training thing and believe in go with the flow parenting! Hallelujah!

Check out www.askdrsears.com.




The basic tenant is the same - parent YOUR child. Get to know them the very best you can so you can parent intuitively!

Although I won't follow all the suggestions, but I will subscribe to the principles and feel joy in finding a parent community I can relate to!

How do you find joy in community in your life?

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Go with the flow

I tried at first putting jack on a schedule like the baby whisperer suggests. I found I was so stressed put that I couldn't get him to conform to eating every three hours or napping an hour and a half 10times a day.



Jeez, when you think about it, he's a person, and everyday will be different for him. Heck, I don't feel the same way everyday, why should he?

So, new mindset. I've decided my job as a mom is to get to know him the best I can. And from that knowledge I promise to help him be his happiest best self. Some days that might mean comfort nursing when he has a tummy ache or extra playtime when he's energetic. I hope if I teach him to tune into and foster his natural energy then I'm giving him the best lessons for a content life!

So cheers to the joy of listening and observing. Out with training and somebody's idea of normal who doesn't even know him!

What rules do you break in favor of your gut feel?

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Intuition

Newborns, I'm realizing, are totally intuitive beings They have needs to sleep, eat, and ... Well sleep and eat! And based on those, they pursue a path to get those needs met... Which often involves fussing!

Jack inspires me to live a more intuitive life (minus the fussing). I'm trying to start with how i am as a mom. Really hard when there are books and web posts on everything to do with parenting!

But there are no experts who know jack better than I do...so my priority is not timing sleeps and nursings, but getting to know his moods, his cries, and hopefully do a better job being there for him.

How does intuition guide you in your life?



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