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I didn't start following her stuff till later too...

I definitely will be babywearing a lot with #2... I feel like this may be an instance where I'll just pick & choose what to follow...

Even now I definitely fail to follow her stuff 100% anyway!

I limit time In baby holders (the Bjorn bouncer is the only one we use), but I baby wear basically all day. Especially with another kid around- it feels like my only option (or a screaming baby I guess). We do try to do floor time and I'm not a big tummy time person. Don't use bumbos or walkers (well, we have a push one but that's for when they can pull themselves up and are cruising).
I think of it more as trying not to rush milestones but rather letting development happen at its own pace

I do certain parts of it and I love it. I narrate everything to her and I think it really helps her understanding....from getting her clothes changes to what things are. We also didn't try to help her learn to crawl/walk, etc. early through the use of a walker or letting her hold our hands to walk which all seem like walking but aren't actually walking. She did it at her own pace and learned to walk at 10.5 months. I think it's from a lack of having a walker and stuff like other babies. And we really try to respect her physically. We ask if she wants to be picked up and I try not to let people just pick her up without her at least seeing them and being given a chance to lift her arms up as consent. Sounds silly but it works.

I really like Lansbury & RIE, but there were many things we actually didn't do with our infants (or, rather, we did halfway). I wore both my kiddos a lot (I gotta get things done, yo). I used Boppys to assist sitting/tummy time and held their hands/supported them to stand/walk when they showed signs of being ready. Both my kids really enjoyed those bouncer seats. I also allowed family members to hold my babies even if the kids just wanted me (I still narrated to explain what was happening for the kids). I entertained them sometimes, but tried not to use it as "distraction" from crying. I honestly felt like some of her suggestions would hinder my kids' development.

What I did like was the talking/explaining, allowing time for independent play, and encouraging others to realize/treat the babies with respect, as young humans and not little blobs.

I like a lot of the concepts and try to utilize them my baby when I heard about it, that is. It's also a nice reminder for me to remember with patients of all different mental capacities at work, before I go ahead and "do something to them". Narrating comes in really handy to show respect. But I have to laugh at the unnatural tummy time sentiment because it's also pretty unnatural for a baby to fly up onto the changing table or crib by themselves and we wouldn't think any thing of plopping them in that position. I prefer to focus on the idea of respect to the child as a human as opposed to just this baby you do things to and tote around. And I believe babyweaing is amazing for the baby and caregiver, if they like it. My kid despised the infant car seat but I know it's magic for most babies, so while it does seem a little weird to me when I see babies toted around in them, if my kid loved it we probably would have done the same!