BENEFITS OF HAVING A HEALTHY ATTACHMENT WITH YOUR BABY:
- Baby grows better
- Baby learns intimacy
- Baby is more trusting
- Baby feels more competent
- Baby learns language more easily
- Baby learns to give and receive love
- Baby establishes healthy independence
FOR PARENTS…
- You are more sensitive
- You respond intuitively
- You can read baby’s cues
- You find discipline easier
- You become a keen observer
- You become more confident
- You flow more easily with baby’s temperament
- You know baby’s competencies and preferences
- You know which advice to take and which to disregard because you will trust your intuition
PARENTS AND BABY EXPERIENCE…
- mutual trust
- mutual giving
- more flexibility
- mutual sensitivity
- more lively interactions
- feelings of connectedness
- mutual shaping of behaviour
- brings out the best in each other
Adapted from Dr. Sears