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Co-Leaders:
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Clemma & Sacha Muller
Jennifer & David Russell
TWIN CITIES YAHOO GROUP ATTACHMENT PARENTING INTERNATIONAL CHILDBIRTH COLLECTIVE DOULA NETWORK LA LECHE LEAGUE MINNESOTA BIRTH NETWORK
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Please join us for support meetings, playgroups, bookgroups, Mom's Nights Out and more. Our Yahoo group is the portal to our community. You'll find our calendar, information, support and conversation there.
The mission of API is to educate and support all parents in raising secure, joyful, and empathic children in order to strengthen families and create a more compassionate world. API promotes parenting practices that create strong, healthy emotional bonds between children and their parents.
In essence, Attachment Parenting is about forming and nurturing strong connections between parents and their children. Attachment Parenting challenges us as parents to treat our children with kindness, respect and dignity, and to model in our interactions with them the way we'd like them to interact with others.
3rd Saturdays, 10:30am at the Parenting Oasis, 3901 Chicago Ave S (inside Calvary Church)
(contact TwinCitiesAPI@gmail.com with questions)
November 21: Benefits of Being an AP Family/Handling Criticism
December 19: Prepare for Birth & Parenting
January 16: Feeding with Love & Respect
February 20: Ensure Safe Sleep Physically & Emotionally
March 20: Provide Consistent & Loving Care: Avoiding Separation
April 17: Respond With Sensitivity: Gentle Discipline
May 15: Family Balance
1. Prepare for Pregnancy, Birth, and Parenting
2. Feed with Love and Respect
3. Respond with Sensitivity
4. Use Nurturing Touch
5. Engage in Nighttime Parenting
6. Provide Consistent and Loving Care
7. Practice Positive Discipline
8. Strive for Balance in Personal and Family Life
11/20 - Falafel King, 8405 Lyndale Ave S, Bloomington, MN 55420
They have a dinner buffet (with dessert included!) for $10.95, or you can order off the menu. They are willing to do separate checks for us, but they need an accurate head count, so PLEASE RSVP to twincitiesapi@gmail.com if you are coming.
NOTE: babes-in-arms are ALWAYS welcome at all API events.
We love new mamas, pregnant mamas, and mamas we already know -- so come one, come all! It will be a fun night.
Don't forget to RSVP! TwinCitiesAPI@gmail.com
Minneapolis Playgroup: Thursdays from 10:00am to 3:00pm at the Powderhorn Recreation Center (3400 15th Ave S, Mpls). Bring a lunch and stay awhile! The contact for this group is Jen Russell at TwinCitiesAPI@gmail.com.
Friday Playgroup: Fridays from 10:00am to 1:00pm or later, various locations. Join the Friday Playgroup Yahoo group for more information.
Monday Playgroup: Mondays from 10:00am to 1:00pm, various locations. Join the Monday Outings Yahoo group for more information.
Our Goal
The goal of Twin Cities API is to provide a supportive environment for parents interested in and/or practicing the elements of Attachment Parenting. API support groups provide a means of learning attachment parenting, a place to share ideas and ongoing child rearing concerns, and a safe haven where parents can communicate openly about their choices. We are open to all families interested in AP.
