Jamie Lynn

Attachment Parenting has been in the news recently, but in reality it is the most basic and oldest “style” of parenting in the world. In current culture, “Attachment Parenting” has been promoted in the adoption community by adoption specialists for years. Adoption specialists have promoted baby and child wearing to help foster attachment/bonding for the new parent and the new child. There is a trust element that is developed when a child is making physical contact with the parent, being able to hear the heartbeat of the person, and being able to have that security as they also observe and interact during the day. Our son, Samuel, came into our home when we adopted him from Ethiopia at almost four-years-old. He was large for his age, but once we started using our Ergobaby Carrier, his weight was distributed easily. He loved being in there. Our adoption specialist also was happy we were giving a child of his age so much time in a carrier. Adopted children, even past the age of