Willow,

I read heaps when I had my younger kids - without family nearby it was the only way I could prepare myself. But in the end, I followed my instincts a lot.

I'm recently had the need to read quite a lot on secure attachment and responsive parenting, thanks to uni and a uni assignment I was researching. It was interesting so I undertook a lot of my own research for and against (and I'm still going in between other assignments). It's all in hindsight as Charlie is now 2, but was amazed at the amount of studies out there regarding this stuff.