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  1. @janniaragon ha! Love the hashtag!!! #paranting
  2. @Magra178 anyway, I have to go get ready for my son's music night at school. Thx for convo.
  3. @Magra178 I have repeatedly been told it's disgusting, why would anyone do "that". No support w/1st son, little support w/ 2nd son.
  4. @Magra178 societies across the world engaging in this behavior & neuropsychology shows what sensory stimulation does to human brain, soc dev
  5. @Magra178 I assume that some commonalities in mammal & primate behavior apply 2 H.sapiens, especially when anthropology shows me traditional
  6. nothing like logging in immediately getting into a Twitter discussion about whether AP parenting is valid or selfish. My day is complete!
  7. @Magra178 it wasn't about being wealthy, married, SAHM or all that other crap. I was doing triage every day.
  8. @Magra178 dismissed as a fad, or dangerous, or extreme, or whatever. I was a parent 14yrs before I knew what AP was. I was also broke, so >
  9. @Magra178 it cuts both ways. And I'll be damned if my way of parenting, which I was doing before I read anything calling it AP, will be >
  10. @Magra178 @palmd *some* AP parents. Just like *some* "mainstream" parents project you are damaging your child by BFing, cosleeping, etc.
  11. @Magra178 @palmd maybe. If that's the case, why hate on ppl who are only doing what they feel is right and/or have to for their family?
  12. @drugmonkeyblog @palmd @Magra178 infant formula is a great invention. But not a bioequivalent to breastmilk.
  13. @Magra178 @palmd lasts longer) do require plenty of touch &engagement w/caregivers. And we're still discovering benefits of breastmilk so...
  14. @Magra178 @palmd a child's brain tho. And from everything I've studied & witnessed of mammals, many (those whose infant/dependent stage >
  15. @Magra178 @palmd skin-to-skin, language, and eye contact are important for infant development. Occasional stroller or crib use won't warp >
  16. @Magra178 @palmd human life has its extremists & I'm tired of AP being the punching bag du jour. There is neurological research showing >
  17. @Magra178 @palmd selfish or judgemental. I did what worked for me when it worked for me to keep my family life functioning. Every facet of >
  18. @Magra178 @palmd again, there needs to be a differentiation btween extremists & regular ppl. I'm of the regular variety, am not narcissist >
  19. @palmd @Magra178 @drugmonkeyblog H. sapiens has created alternatives to poo-flinging, like Fox News, MMA, etc.
  20. @palmd some H. sapiens cultures, like the Caribs & IIRC the Aztecs, have practiced cannibalism. Advanced brain of @Magra178 @drugmonkeyblog