Parenting: Raising an Infant

Raising an Infant
If someone asked the mother which stage of child development would mostly likely influence the achievements of her child, she would probably say that every stage, from birth up until adolescence, is e ...
Raising a Healthy Infant through Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding the baby for as long as possible is one of the ways to protect him against illness. Breastfeeding can protect against everything from ear infections, colds, asthma, allergies and diabete ...
Caring for an Ill Infant
Providing proper care for an infant when they are sick can be a daunting task for any parent, never mind first time parents. The infant's inability to effectively communicate their ills and their frag ...
Providing a Smart Head Start
A child's brain is a miraculous entity. It is composed of billions of nerve cells, known as neurons, which grow to connect to each other in order to help the baby store his experiences in his brain. R ...
Teaching Communication Skills
It may seem that communicating with the baby will be a difficult task. While the baby is still an infant it may be; however, the quality of the baby's communication skills will depend largely on the m ...
Teaching to Make Good Choices
It is important for the mother to respect the baby's first choices as an infant. Even when he's a few days old the baby will tell the mother when he wants to be fed or when he feels like being held. I ...
Teaching Compassion
If the baby is taught early on by the mother how to care for others, he will carry this gift throughout his adolescent and adult life. The mother may ask, can I really teach the baby the qualities of ...
Building Self Confidence
As with many behaviors, the beginnings of self confidence are rooted in infancy. When the baby's needs are consistently and properly met, he feels that he is worthy of attention. Responsiveness is the ...
Do not Train your Child
It is important for the mother to avoid a school of parenting that endorses the training of babies so that parents can 'be in control' and make their child fit into their lives perfectly. A baby raise ...
Parent-Infant Social Development
From the first days after birth and continuing on into the first weeks of life, the baby will be sensitive towards social stimuli, by preferring voices over non-vocal sounds and most importantly prefe ...
Parent Child Relationship Tools
Being a responsive parent does not always mean saying 'yes'. It means being responsive within boundaries while being caring and supportive if sometimes it is necessary to say no. The following is a li ...