The Attachment Parenting Book (Sears Parenting Library)

"It's so ironic: attachment parenting has been around for thousands of years, but because modern parenting practice has screwed things up so royally, we now need to be redirected towards simple truths like: hold your baby, carry your baby, breastfeed your baby. (As opposed to: push your baby around in a pram, make them a separate bedroom or nursery, and feed them formula from a variety of heavily marketed bottles and other paraphernalia). So the Sears' approach is hardly rocket science, yet it's heralded as revolutionary.

The thing is, by the time you've heard the words "attachment parenting", you've probably come across the seven principles of this book. Even if you haven't, you can gather them by reading the back cover copy. This book is primarily for people that have really lost touch with their own intuitive understanding about parenting, and need a book to tell them what they already knew. Indeed, reading the other reviews on this site, it's obvious that the people who loved the book are those who say things like "it gave me the confidence to trust my own intuitions"; "confirmed all my ideas" etc. I prefer to buy books to teach me things I didn't already know, not confirm what I already did. "
~ Written on 2008-06-17

"Quite simply put, this book confirms all that I was doing already and supports my intuition on, what most others consider, excessive or overindulgent parenting. There are some impractical elements eg. not everyone can rely on extended family or friends to help out and avoid 'mother burnout', but otherwise this book and its contents have given me total confidence to continue with what I believe is right, and so far my baby is a fantastic example that it works.

I do wonder why it is that parents are made to feel guilty for loving and caring for their children in an intuitive way, or are we meant to produce offspring on the basis that they become a type of 'accessory' in this modern materialistic lifestyle of today? Parents should fit in with babies not the other way around. May be this is why the world's gone mad!"
~ Written on 2008-06-05

"This book is not only the most progressive baby book to date, it is also the only one that truly understands the intuitive merit to listening to your child. The book is unrivalled in its appreciation of children and its implicit acceptance of how parents must strive to follow their children's cues.

It is simply the best book on parenting."
~ Written on 2008-04-27

"This book gave us the confidence to parent our child in a way that comes naturally to us....feeling sure we are doing the best for her."
~ Written on 2008-03-31

"If you think it feels 'wrong' to let your baby cry, if you want to hold and bond with your baby as much as you can, if you want to breastfeed for as long as you can and if you want to sleep in the same bed with your baby. In fact, Dr. Sears helps you to see that you are doing what is best for your baby-- it's everyone else who's weird!! Don't listen to all the rubbish about spoiling your baby etc and use your instincts!

I will be buying this book for every first-time mum I meet from now on...!"
~ Written on 2007-06-05