The one!

I might have found my perfect baby carrier! A connecta integra, he's hardly been out of it, and shall we mention the hood?

Tribal Wives

This programme is really affecting me... just finished watching the third episode and was in tears at the end. It seems as if a lot of the problems that these women are facing due to issues with their families are helped by the acceptance and very real love of their tribal family. The woman tonight struggled to let go of her identity as someone who dressed in a certain way and wore make up, someone who lived in the UK with no restrictions (that's what she thinks... there's a mountain of restrictions but we don't see them as such because we have been brought up with them) and it was so liberating for her when she did manage to let go, at the end she is parading topless through the village in a ceremony and she feels like one of them, saying that it was only a small top that stood in the way.

I'm back!!

Not been very bloggish lately... we went away on holiday (in the caravan) with my little ones and my two stepchildren (also rather little) and we were so tired when we came back it's taken me this long to recover... Things that have made me think since writing here last are more about how attachment parenting changes you as a person and the programme Tribal Wives.
I didn't really know what I was doing with my first son, a mix of instinct (babywearing, breastfeeding, sleeping together, not sending him to nursery) and advice from others (doctors included) which wasn't so good, as well as a slightly anal need to have him on a routine of some sort. My experience with number two is similar in the sense that I follow my instincts but having read about AP I can now trust these, and this has bought me closer to number one as well. I would go as far as saying that AP has pulled down barriers between me and my children, we trust each other and feel completely comfortable together, it feels wonderful. Has it also made me a better person all round? I hope so...
And then Tribal Wives, what a lovely programme! How meaningless our consumer driven lives and our need for more and more possessions seem, how sad that we have lost the wonderful connection with all the other humans around us (including our babies) and are now trying to fill the gap with other (artificial) things. The only thing that makes me cross is the great divide between men and women that still exists in the world.