Hello everyone I am new here! I have listed things about me below so you would get a better idea of who I am
I do practice AP and I love it! However I don't do it all so here it goes...
I do follow all 8 principles of AP, such as:
Preparation for Pregnancy, Birth and Parenting
Feed with Love and Respect
Respond with Sensitivity
Use Nurturing Touch
Engage in Nighttime Parenting
Provide Consistent Loving Care
Practice Positive Discipline
Strive for Balance in Personal and Family Life
I have 2 Son's, Brandon (age 10 years)& Maddex (age 11 1/2 months old). I enjoy spending time with my Family, sewing and photography.
Co sleeping: My baby sleeps great in his crib, I co slept between his ages on newborn to 3 months and then moved him to his crib. He never had an issue with the transfer.
Religion: Agnostic...secular rather, My Husband and I are "free thinkers". We are bringing our kids up to open their minds to all kinds of religions. We teach them to respect all religions that are free of hurting others and to explore all of them, instead of learning one way of thinking and believing.
Baby wearing: I love it, my baby loves it and I will continue to wear him and my future babies until they weigh 35lbs!
Organic: I try to eat and feed my kids organic as much as I can afford too. We do eat more organic than non-organic.
Breast feeding: Well...if I could I would until my boobs fell off! I had breast augmentation that severed my milk ducts. I had this surgery in 2002. I remember I kept asking the doctor, "are you sure I can still breast feed?" and he kept reassuring me, until last March when i found out I couldn't nurse my 2nd child because my milk ducts were severed. Oh well...I was very sad about that, but formula has work out pretty good.
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iapers: Disposable is what I use, much easier for us.
Home birthing: In my opinion I think it's safer to give birth in a hospital setting, only because my Cousin had to have an emergency C-section because her baby heart rate dropped to a very dangerous level. Her baby was born by C-section and was completely blue and had to be resesitated at 34 weeks gestation. Luckily her baby is doing very well, due to the C-section. My cousins baby would have been a still birth baby if she were born at home. My cousin was also a low risk pregnancy, so you see this can happen at anytime and to anyone.
Vaccines: I vaccinate my children and I know most AP parents don't, but I do for very personal reasons and beliefs.
Circumcision: Both boys are, for again, good reasons and beliefs.
Homeopathic medicine: Some work, but I usually use real medicine that lowers fevers, helps w/ aches and pains, etc. Some parents think giving your child medicine such as Tylenol is only masking the symptoms. Tylenol does help with aches and pains of a fever and lowers the fever as well, so I just tell them why wouldn't you make your child comfortable by providing a safe remedy?
Well that's all I can think of so far. Keep in mind that I do not judge people nor would I want to be judged. Furthermore, some of you may not like my ways of parenting, but that does not mean we can't be friends. I respect everyone's way of parenting (even when it's different than my own). However, I have issues with parents that think it's safe to deprive their children of medical care, home birthing, non-vaxxing and depriving their children from medicine (example: Tylenol for a fever). Those kind of parents are afraid of hurting their children and don't seek the right research for protecting their children. I am not saying they don't love their kids, I am simply saying they just don't have a clue as to whats right for the physical well being of their children.
So its HARD. I agree with non judging of people. I know in practise that is very hard. I need loads of practise!! Have a good time in the forums, well done for being brave enough to post LOL! 
