what is Instinctive Parenting?

Instinctive/attachment parenting is high touch and responsive style of baby care that aims to brings out the best in both mother and baby.

The five B's of this style of parenting (as described by Dr William Sears) are:

- Birth bonding,

- Breastfeeding,

- Babywearing (carrying your baby in a sling)

- Bed-sharing (sleeping with or close by your baby)

- Belief (in the 'signal' value of your baby's cry)




what are the benefits of Instinctive Parenting?

Instinctive Parenting:

- Promotes a strong, healthy love and attachment between parent and child

- Increases a parent's confidence in their ability decipher and meet their child's unique needs appropriately, regardless of other advice.

- Refines a parent's intuition in relationship to the child and respects the individual temperament of a child.

- Infants whose needs are met consistently and predictably learn to trust and feel special, the beginning of a healthy self esteem, and are more likely to act with compassion and kindness towards others.

- The responsive care instinctive parenting advocates, helps the child to feel good and right. A child who feels right acts right, and is a joy to parents.