INFANT MASSAGE: STRESS AND RELAXATION
Infant massage is one tool we have to help reshape our child’s interpretations of the world, to release her pain, grief, and fear, and to open her up to love and joy. Touch meets a baby’s needs for...
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Childhood Trauma Leads to Brains Wired for Fear
Traumatic Childhood Events Can Lead to Mental Health and Behavioral Problems Later in Life A report by the University of San Diego School of Law found that about 686,000 children were victims of abuse...
View ArticleDangers of “Crying It Out”
Dangers of “Crying It Out”. With neuroscience, we can confirm what our ancestors took for granted—that letting babies get distressed is a practice that can damage children and their relational...
View ArticleShaping the connection
Shaping the connection. “As several years-long research studies now show, children who grow up with a warm, stable connection to their parents (or other caregivers) are primed to form the same kind of...
View ArticleChildren Who Experience Early Childhood Trauma Do Not ‘Just Get Over It’
Children Who Experience Early Childhood Trauma Do Not ‘Just Get Over It’. “If a baby is repeatedly scared and emotionally overwhelmed and they do not get their survival brain soothed, so they can cope,...
View ArticleA third of British mums with postnatal depression are ‘too scared’ to seek help
Source: A third of British mums with postnatal depression are ‘too scared’ to seek help Mumsnet CEO Justine Roberts said: “The stigma associated with mental health concerns is widely acknowledged, but...
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Source: Google Translate Many parents believe it is useful to let your baby mourn. The popular wisdom says that a few minutes of crying do not harm but help him calm down and get sleep. This is the...
View ArticleInfants whose mothers have taken SSRI antidepressants are more likely to have...
Source: Infants whose mothers have taken SSRI antidepressants are more likely to have decreased birth weight, gestational length A new study, published in the International Journal of Epidemiology, has...
View ArticleMEDITATION FOR CAREGIVERS WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR CRYING BABIES
I just read a wonderful article published by the Natural Parents’ Network, called Grounding for Babies; Calming Babies with Caregiver Meditation by Amy Phoenix. She starts by pointing out that babies...
View ArticleINFANT MASSAGE: STRESS AND RELAXATION
Infant massage is one tool we have to help reshape our child’s interpretations of the world, to release her pain, grief, and fear, and to open her up to love and joy. Touch meets a baby’s needs for...
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