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Baby's best start is next to your heart...

 ...why is it the best possible start for a baby's journey through life?

Baby Carrying, Attachment Parenting, Baby Wearing, Hands on Nurturing... or any other name we wish to call it, is the premoridial need of all babies.

The human gestation period is not nine months as we have believed, but eighteen. Birth at only nine months inutero is predicated by the size of our brain/head - not completion of development. The human mammal requires a further nine months attached to a parent, exutero, to develop the brain fully, the circulation and respiratory system, skull and skeleton, muscularture, gastro intestinal tract and other physical processes. Research shows that when we short circuit this develpment we pay a huge price in the wellbeing of our young, ourselves, our families, our communities and by extension: nations and the planet. 

As over simplified as it may sound...carrying our babies on our body, is the panacea to much of what ails the 'civilized' western world -Please take a moment to read some of the empirical evidence contained in the papers below-

 
Professional commentary
on baby carrying and
supporting research
on the many benefits
both physiological
and psychological.
READ THIS, if you read nothing else:
What is it about carrying that is so IMPORTANT?
Joseph Chilton Pearce - October 2003
If you can manage the time, be sure to read the rest...or bookmark it and come back later...it is worth every minute of your precious parenting time! ...it will pay you back, in time, health, happiness, joy, family harmony and yes...even fiscal savings!

"The single most important child rearing practice to be adopted for the development of emotional and social healthy infants and children is to carry the newborn/infant on the body of the mother/caretaker all day long..."- James Prescott, Ph.D.A

Dr. Spock writes, "it seems that in Western industrial societies like ours, we have somehow managed to remove most of the closeness between mother and baby that comes naturally in simpler places. We've invented plastic infant seats so that when babies are moved about, they don't have to be carried in the parents' arms and stationary cribs with firm, flat mattresses. What a contrast there is between these cribs and the frequent movement and warm contact when babies are held by slings against their mother's bodies . . . if it's true, as the accumulated evidence seems to suggest, (editor's note: no longer is it mere suggestion, it has been empirically proven!) that movement and bodily closeness are good for babies, especially in the earliest weeks . . . we've been ingenious and consistent in depriving them of these sensations".

( writer's annoying interjection: "The latest brand new 'Neglectomatic' seems to be the default method of child rearing in our current fast paced consumer conscious culture, ...where money takes precedence over moments, profit over prudence and where we find it easier to spend money than time with our future generation!"....where we carry guns more than we carry babies, where we arm ourselves instead of using our arms... please see the article below: Bonding or Violence.)

"it is through the emotional involvement of touch that one can reach through the isolation and communicate love, trust, affection, and warmth" - Ashley Montagu - Pioneer of the science of touch and somatic response.

Dr. Spock goes on to say, "I suggest that instead of using a plastic seat for carrying babies from place to place (when shopping and visiting) and for keeping babies more contented when they are bored, tired or colicky, parents substitute the use of slings or carriers that hold the baby close to the parent's body . . ." and "experiment with carrying baby at other times too."

Los Angeles sociologist writes, "the new baby is soothed by the feel of its mother's body. The familiar sound of her heart-beat may be an important factor in relieving anxiety when baby encounters new places, people and situations."

Below are more links
to pertinent articles and research
on the subject of carrying our children
and attendant benefits -


How Culture Shapes the Developing Brain and the Future of Humanity
by James W. Prescott Ph.D. -Institute of Humanistic Science Click Here
A paper that looks at the idea that - Without embodied love, peace is not possible.

"The greatest terror a child can have is that he is not loved, and rejection is the hell he fears. I think everyone in the world to a large or small extent has felt rejection. And with rejection comes anger, and with anger some kind of crime in revenge for the rejection, and with the crime guilt - and there is the story of mankind." -John Steinbeck-East of Eden, 1952

 


The Importance of the In-Arms Phase Click Here
by Jean Liedloff


The Importance of HUMAN TOUCH Click Here
by Robert W. Hatfield, Ph.D.
University of Cincinnati, Department of Psychology


Heart Connection Click Here
Connection and bond between parent and child is effected by proximity and the influence of the heart


'Happy Babies' Click Here to see the streaming movie- this is an interview and discussion with James W. Prescott Ph.D and other behaviorists discussing the baby - parent relationship. The fashions in this movie may be outdated but the information is current and as timely as ever.


Bonding or Violence Click Here
by James W. Prescott Ph.D. - An Introduction by Michael Mendizza

Lack of touching leads to violence? - click here for article



Children and Violence Click Here
Dr. Bruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D - internationally recognized authority on brain development and children in crisis, discusses violence -sources and antidotes


Altered brain development following global neglect in early childhood Click Here
Dr. Bruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D - internationally recognized authority on brain development and children in crisis


Violence Click Here A documentary of W-5: CTV (11 minutes). Consultant: James W. Prescott, Ph.D.
WARNING: Non gratuitous but disturbing and explicit scenes.


Body pleasure and violence Click Here
by James W. Prescott Ph.D. - A paper that looks at the idea that - " Recent research supports the point of view that the deprivation of physical pleasure is a major ingredient in the expression of physical violence."


Child Emotional Care Influences Genetic Expression Click Here
by Cori Young



Mother-Infant Bonding & the Intelligence of the Heart Click Here
by Joseph Chilton Pearce


The first three years are critical Click Here


Early brain development and Child care Click Here


Cuddled Babies Click Here


'INVEST IN KIDS' Parenting Tips Click Here


Alliance for Transforming the Lives of Children Click Here


'I am your Child' - A Parent's Guide to Development Click Here


The Value of Baby Carriers in Today's Society Click Here


Brain Evolution and Development Click Here



Touch the Future Click Here



Breast feeding Click Here : BRAIN NUTRIENTS IN BRAIN DEVELOPMENT FOR HUMAN LOVE AND PEACE
by James W. Prescott Ph.D ­ Institute of Humanistic Science



"If You Hold That Baby All The Time..." by Pam Leo Click Here



"Bonding for Life ­ Developing that Special Connection with Your Baby" by Lyn Mettler Click Here



"If I could speak here's what I would say..." this is a POEM the boils down the research into a rhyme of the reasons....and likely expresses your baby's inner most thoughts. Click Here



 

Raising well-adjusted, happy and creative children has never been easy, but it doesn't have to be hard.

"If I could speak here's what I would say..." a POEM expressing your baby's inner most thoughts. Click Here



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For further information on the many amazing benefits of Baby carrying and links to current research
please see the link -REASONS TO CARRY
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