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Bonding with your new baby

Posted by ChildPerson • 4/13/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: baby bonding, child abuse prevention awareness month, healthy parenting

Bonding with your new baby should be a natural behavior for both new baby and the caregivers.

In a perfect world it would be. Sadly, this isn't a perfect world and some need more help than others in creating a healthy bond. Some parents are too young, too inexperienced, too stressed and simply not capable of healthy bonding. Some babies are extremely sensitive and boding with them is a challenge for some.

Why not share some of what you know about bonding with your baby from your experience so that others can learn from you?

April is Child Abuse Prevention Awarenss month. MWhy not make a difference where you can?

For some nice tips on bonding with your baby...
www.childwelfare.gov/prevention/promoting/parenting or call 800-394-3366

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4/13/09

Jaybetee

why not create an event for Child Abuse Prevention Month at www.bloggersunite.org?

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1. 4/15/09
  
  ChildPerson
  
  Thanks for idea, but I did and it was declined...
  Probably suggested a poor quality event anyway... and am so busy with Child Abuse Prevention Awareness month in real world that it's just as well.
4/13/09

busylizzy

Hold your baby against your chest so it can hear your heartbeat. Let your baby fall asleep and stay in your arms as much as possible. Constantly caress and make soft noises when you are together. Do the silly faces game. Play and interact as much as you can.

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4/13/09

bettieblogger

one of my little one's was in the NICU for about 2 months .. the nurses taught me something called the "Kangaroo hold". You will probably need someone to help you as it can be a bit tricky but it works great!

What you do is get comfy in a chair, bed, couch... whatever and put baby inside your shirt (head out the top of course lol) it's great for a few reasons

-keeps baby nice and warm
-gives them a very secure feeling
-allows them to hear the heartbeat
-helps the bonding process for both baby & mum (of course, dad's can do this too)

hope this helps

Bettie

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4/13/09

bettieblogger

I think alot of your suggestions are really good busylizzy, but i would not recommend holding you baby as much as possible .. they need to be able to comfort themselves as well .. please don't take that as a dig but they must understand a tiny bit of independance or you will find yourself by the side of thier crib for as long as they are in one ..

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4/15/09

ChildPerson

These are both beautiful suggestions... I love the Kangaroo hold idea and never heard it before.
I think I agree with busylizzy's idea of holding the infant as much as possible as generally a well adjusted infant soon expresses wishes for time alone to get to know this great world.

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