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@acuriousgirl I mean, the other issue is that every kid is so different and will react to parenting styles differently. Or it could be that your daughter is craving more a focused kind of attention or that in that moment, she’s feeling like you’re not paying attention to her.

@acuriousgirl I think that giving problem behaviors attention becomes a bigger issue when that is the primary way a child can get attention from their caregiver. If a child gets lots of attention and 1-on-1 time normally, then immediate parental connection/correction when they do something...

@ebuzi I think that this is absolutely right and that validating, but following through with consequences is key. So, the connecting/validating doesn’t reinforce the negative behavior because the purpose of connecting is to correct the behavior. And the correction doesn’t stop at...

@handlotion Your post resonates with me so much!! I’m currently trapped in bed, eating, with LO pressed up against me. I used to be able to sneak away for 20-30 min. but haven’t been able to for about 10 days now, and the toll it takes on your mental health is significant!! My LO is 12.5...

@spandexwarrior231 I believe that sentence is referring to the often-touted studies showing that children who have been sleep trained still demonstrate secure attachment behavior in “strange situation” experiments. There are issues with extrapolating no harm from those studies, just like there...

@miguelblanco I think they also make bed rails for traveling, if the bed will be firm enough for safety.

@rollo22 My response (often to my own parents) is that I was sleep trained, and it SEEMED like it worked at the time, but I have near-crippling insomnia and so obviously, whatever it taught me wasn’t independent sleep or self-soothing. My dad has terrible insomnia as well, and was sleep...