[omgzkayla]

sorry if i sound dumb i am new here and im trying to figure out waht night time parenting is.... i think i am an attached parent i mean except for that i dont breast feed but i dont want to get into that (its a long emotional story) but i cant for the life of me figure out what night time parenting is can someone fill me in?

[ItalySarah]

night time parenting basically means that you get up with your LO during the night if they need it. You don't shut them in their room and ignore them when they cry simply b/c it is the middle of the night.

Oh and you definitely do not have to breastfeed to be an attached mommy. Welcome to AP, i hope you like it here and stick around

[omgzkayla]

i didnt realize that not everyone does that.... i couldnt imagine even being able to sleep while audrey cries...

[mom2myJo's]

Welcome to AP board! I am Carin and I definitely feel welcomed here by the ;adies when I joined here. I don't BF either due to a hormone issue that was very emotional for me as well, but it definitely wasn't a requirement for me to be AP and these Ladies ROCK when it comes to AP support.

[Christine-MA]

I asked the same question when I found this board! Then when I heard the answer, I said the same thing "Oh, what else would I do?" lol

Welcome!

Number one...Welcome!!! Number two...Not BFing doesn't matter her...I was un able to BF my Oldest but am not BFing my youngest!

Night time parenting for me is respecting your children and their personal sleep cycles and not stopping parenting just because it is night time and you need some sleep. Basicly it is getting up with them when they cry and when they need you.

[beck12]

Nighttime parenting is what I am doing right now with my 5 week old night owl! LOL

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Welcome!

[RUNNER25]

Originally Posted by beck12

Nighttime parenting is what I am doing right now with my 5 week old night owl! LOL

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Welcome!

Oh, I remember those early days when my DS didn't go to bed until midnight!! Thankfully, he has put his bedtime at around 9pm now!

[broxi3781]

"Oh, I remember those early days when my DS didn't go to bed until midnight!! Thankfully, he has put his bedtime at around 9pm now! "
Just wait until they are teenagers and we'll really find out about night time parenting! I dont mind waking up with the little ones - sitting up wondering where they are is another issue, LOL

[AMiner86]

I'm new here as well and I am so glad that you did ask that question because I was trying to figure out the difference between nighttime parenting and co-sleeping and now I know.

I also had no idea that some parents go off duty at night until I was reading an article in Parents Magazine about ways to get your baby to sleep through the night. I was horrified at the suggestion that I just put my little one in her room, shut the door, and not return until morning. I was always under the assumption that parenting was a 24 hour job and that it's our job to cater to their needs, not the other way around. Glad to hear I'm not that only one who feels this way!

[mamaquiltthief]

Also absolutly horrified!

And to the question to how could you sleep threw her crying? I was told to put him in a room far away enough from you you can hear the crying!

Now A) My home is 23 foot long by 6 and a half wide! Theres no where I could put him where I would not hear!!

B) I you change "baby" for four year old you would have your child removed by social servises! If you cant hear them then you may aswell not be there. I have mistook a quiet baby for a quietly choking baby when he was only a couple of meteres away from him, If I hadnt seen his manic flailing I wouldnt have known there was a problem!

and C) I think its compleatly crule!