Posted by pegasus on January 6, 2005, at 13:41:09
In reply to Been thinking about attachment..., posted by alexandra_k on January 5, 2005, at 17:44:20
This is interesting. I've been reading a lot lately about attachment parenting, and I've wondered about this same thing. When my baby is born, my husband and I are planning to split childcare on work days, so that I'll work mornings, and he'll work afternoons, and one of us will always be with the baby. The attachment parenting books that I've read have always assumed that the mother is the main caregiver, and the father is more secondary. And that any child care that occurs when the mother works is a day care, or nanny, or something like that.
I suppose I'll still be a more primary caregiver, because I'll be breastfeeding and everything. But I was hoping that the baby would be able to attach to *both* of us, so that it wouldn't be stressful for her when I'm at work. I guess I'll be doing my own little attachment experiment. We'll see if she ends up more attached to her dad than usual.
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