| Looking for infant education advice? | | | | increasing the baby's intellectual capacity, |
| Wondering why are some children are easier to | | | | a forerunner to the child's ability to make |
| discipline? It took educators more than 20 | | | | appropriate sensory-motor adaptation in the |
| years of parent and baby watching to get the | | | | future. |
| answer. Their conclusion is the deeper the | | | | |
| parent-child connection, the easier | | | | 4)Play with your baby |
| discipline will be. And this connection | | | | |
| starts to form at infant stage, and it | | | | What does playing have to do with discipline? |
| depends on your infant education style. If | | | | you may wonder, play helps you know your |
| you just had a baby, now it's you time to | | | | baby's capabilities and age-appropriate |
| start to build a solid connection with your | | | | behaviors at each stage of development. It |
| baby. To help you appreciate the relationship | | | | sets the stage for you and your baby or enjoy |
| between connection to your child and | | | | one another. It opens the door to a valuable |
| disciplining your child, In this page I will | | | | discipline tool you will need at all stages |
| share with you some infant education tips: | | | | of your child's life---humor. To smile, |
| | | | laugh, and giggle your way through a |
| 1)Respond to your baby's cries | | | | situation sidesteps a conflict, gets the |
| | | | child's attention, opening his mind to your |
| Before your actually hold your baby in your | | | | discipline. Playing together gives your baby |
| arms you will wonder,"how will I always know | | | | the message " you are important to me." a |
| what my baby needs?" You will learn quickly | | | | valuable feeling for growing self-esteem. |
| because your baby will let you know. The key | | | | |
| is to listen and observe. Babies are born | | | | 5)Share sleep with your baby |
| with their earlier and strongest language | | | | |
| which is Cry. A baby's cry is designed to | | | | Every family needs to work out a sleeping |
| ensure that his needs for food, holding, rest | | | | arrangement where all sleep best, and many |
| and social interaction are met. Your baby's | | | | educators believe nightmare environment that |
| cry also builds up his parents' parenting | | | | can best strengthen your parent-child |
| skills. Responding to your baby's cries is | | | | attachment allows for baby sleeping near you. |
| your first practice in discipling your baby. | | | | and also share sleep with your baby, baby's |
| Therefore, when your baby cries, pick him up | | | | overall physiological system works better |
| and comfort him. Don't waste your time | | | | when baby sleeps next to the mother. The |
| wondering, " Will spoil her?", Just do it. | | | | cardiorespiratory system is more regulated, |
| | | | less stressed, less anxiety. |
| 2) Breastfeed your baby | | | | |
| | | | 6) Become a Facilitator |
| There is a special link between breastfeeding | | | | |
| and discipline. Promoting desirable behavior | | | | At each stage of development, a child needs |
| requires that you know your child and help | | | | significant people who care about him and |
| your child feel right. Breastfeeding helps | | | | whom he cares about. These people act as |
| you get to know your baby and provide the | | | | facilitators, helping the child learn how to |
| response that helps him feel right. | | | | conduct himself in the world. The facilitator |
| | | | anticipates what the child needs at each |
| 3) Wear your baby | | | | stage of development in order to thrive. |
| | | | Thinking of yourself as a facilitator keeps |
| Beginning in the early weeks, hold or wear | | | | you from hovering over and smothering your |
| your baby in a baby sling for as many hours a | | | | child with overprotection. Being on standby |
| day as you and your baby enjoy. babywearing | | | | as needed helps you and your child negotiate |
| improves the way babies feel. The carried | | | | an appropriate level of independent. |
| baby feels like a part of the parent's world. | | | | |
| babywearing helps the baby feel included and | | | | A healthy attachment in infancy is likely to |
| important, which creates a feeling of | | | | turn out a healthier adult. How a mother and |
| rightness that translates into better | | | | infant spend the first year together makes a |
| behavior and more opportunities for learning. | | | | difference, probably for the rest of their |
| The brain is stimulated through motion, | | | | lives. |