See How to make decisions

Clothing and care for the baby

The negative effects of media

ARTICLES

Kabat-Zinn-attunement to babies.htm

Winnicott - the mother's contribution to society.htm

Winnicott - the newborn and his mother.htm

Dunbar Mother's thoughts on infant.htm

Lozowick,Lee  - good beginnings.htm

zur Linden - caring for a sick child - the mother's love.htm

zur Linden - clothes for the baby and small child.htm

Baldwin Dancy, Rahima - About conscious parenting in our modern age.htm

Baldwin Dancy, Rahima - Conscious parenting - what can help us on the way?.htm

[1] Norrie McCain,  Hon. Margaret and J. Fraser Mustard. Early Years Study. Publications Ontario,  Toronto 1999

 

[2] Pearce, Joseph Chilton. Magical Child Bantam Books New York, 1989

[3] Steiner, Rudolf. The Education of the Child Anthroposophic Press, Hudson, N.Y. 1996

EARLY PARENTAL DEVOTION

The best thing one can do for a newborn, baby and child, for their first years, is to devote oneself to their well being with gladness, and have a sense of gratitude for the gifts of life. As parents, we are given an intimate and delicate task. Developing patience, true attentiveness, compassion, honesty, and being present, are the greatest gifts one can ever give a child. Studies clearly show that the first six or seven years of life, and most especially the first three, have the most significant influence on brain development and subsequent learning, behaviour and health. Though they mostly fade from the child's memory, the effects of impressions, experiences and interactions with people at this time last a lifetime.[1] The first years are so very short and go so quickly in the big picture of life. As a parent, raising oneself to this task can be an enormous challenge, but your efforts will benefit your child for the rest of their life.

THE FIRST MONTHS

Early parental devotion

The first forty days

Welcoming the baby, nourishing the senses

On over-stimulating the baby

Respecting the baby's first tasks

Slings

Crying, colic and teething

Sacra famiglia

by Pompeio Batoni 

"Only through faith in yourself and in your own life can you respond to a new life given you [...] according to the needs of that new life."

Joseph Chilton Pearce [2]

Mother and chid by Vinod Arora

What you do in detail is less important than the kind of person you try to be and the thoughts and ideas you carry. It is not enough to hide things from children while allowing yourself thoughts not intended for them. We must have and live the thoughts that we feel could and should live in the child. This is uncomfortable but nevertheless true.

Rudolf Steiner [3]

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