Welcome to Alternative Baby!
Welcome to Alternative Baby-Attachment, Gentle & Informed Parenting information and support.
Alternative Baby is an Australian community dedicated to providing information about Attachment Parenting and other gentle,alternative, instinctive and natural parenting philosophies. We aim to provide articles, support, discussions and links to like-minded sites and support groups. We support breastfeeding, extended breastfeeding, co-sleeping and other gentle sleep methods, baby wearing, gentle birth, home birth, gentle discipline, natural healing, cloth nappies, alternative & mainstream education choices, informed vaccination choices and any other practises which involve bonding with your child and responding appropriately to their needs.
We welcome all interested persons to this site, no matter what your parenting style. AP is a philosophy, rather than a set of rules or strict dogma & we support informed choice & parents' right to do what works best for their families and themselves.
Please note: The views expressed by authors of articles and forum posts, do not neccessarily represent those of the site owner/admin.
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Birth Week Wed 27th - Sun 31st May
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Recovering From Caesarean: Physical and Emotional Healing
Copyright Samantha Cambray 2009
Creating a Healing Ritual for Couples after Birth Trauma
By Samantha Cambray © 2008
Birth
trauma can have far reaching and often unexpected effects. Often the
relationship between the parents of the baby can flail, not only due to
the new pressures of caring for a child, but the myriad of feelings
towards each other that may ensue after a traumatic labour and birth.
Maternity Services review Submission-Birth Healing
Introduction
Breastfeeding after a Traumatic Birth
First Feeds
What is Natural Birth?
By Janet Fraser
Just Sling it Baby!
Catherine Miller considers the importance of carrying our babies and discovers a great way to ease the load.
The Sounds of Home Birth
By Janet Fraser