Nov 4, 2009

Where are all the attachment Parenting Picture Books?

I'm sick of reading my baby boy (Ok, he's one but I'm not done calling him my baby yet) bedtime stories that end with a crib. Cribs are not relatable to an attachment baby. They don't mean sleep or comfort or anything at all, really. Sure, I have one but for all Munch-Munch knows, it's no different that a closet, as it is currently filled with out of rotation toys and other outgrown baby gear. (Yes, I live in San Francisco and I've already used all my closet and under-the-bed space!) So where are all the books showing alternative sleeping arrangements? Where are co-sleepers and family beds and side-car arrangements? Why do all the little babies in picture books end their stories with a crib?


In the same way that I go out of my way to find books for Munchkin that reflect and affirm his ethnic-racial heritage, I want books that portray babies doing what he does everyday: riding against momma's chest in a sling, nursing and eating healthy solid foods, running around the neighborhood playground, sleeping against my chest all night. I want this especially for our bedtime readings--to ritualize what we do every night and connect his little life to other little lives, going to sleep the same way all around the world. I wish there was a book somewhere out there with a curly brown haired baby sucking himself to sleep with his humming momma while lying in a cozy dark room, on a mattress on the floor. Does anybody have that book?

2 comments:

Neurodiva said...

You've found your niche! You NEED to write this book... I'd definitely buy a copy!

Anonymous said...

check out these children's books:
1. A Ride on Mother's Back: A Day of Baby Carrying around the world by Emery Bernhard
2. I'm made of mama's milk by Mary Olsen
3. The Cuddlers by Stacy Morgan
4. What Baby Needs by William Sears

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