Bonding-What it Means

Bonding-the term for the close emotional tie that develops between parents and baby at birth--was the buzzword of the 1980's. Doctors Marshall H. Klaus and John H. Kennell explored the concept of bonding in their classic book Maternal-Infant Bonding. These researchers speculated that for humans, just as for other types of animals, there is a "sensitive period" at birth when mothers and newborns are uniquely programmed to be in contact with each other and do good things to each other. By comparing mother-infant pairs who bonded immediately after birth with those who didn't, they concluded that the early-contact mother-infant pairs later developed a closer attachment.
 
Seven Tips For Better Bonding

1. Delay routine procedures.
2. Stay connected.
3. Let your baby breastfeed right after birth.
4. Room in with your baby
5. Touch your baby
6. Gaze at your newborn.
7. Talk to your newborn..

 
 
Taken from : Bonding with Your Newborn
by William Sears, MD
 
 
 
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