Yesterday I had such an interesting meeting with some of my Cape Town based ‘Babies in mind’ practitioners. The topic of our discussion was weaning. We were so interested in [ … ]
Category: Babies
Infancy – 1001 Critical Days
Recently I attended a meeting at the Western Cape Association for Infant Mental health, an affiliation of the World Association for Infant Mental Health. Prof Astrid Berg, child and adolescent psychiatrist [ … ]
Infants’ Rights – World Association for Infant Mental Health
The latest ‘Perspectives in Infant Mental Health’ (an online professional publication of the World Association for Infant Mental Health (WAIMH) outlines the new Declaration of the Infant’s Rights. In 2012, [ … ]
What babies need from their parents
I have been reading an interesting book by Graham Music called ‘Nurturing Natures. It’s about attachment, emotional and brain development and it’s well worth reading, particularly for people who work with [ … ]
What is your baby or toddler thinking?
I have just listened to a brilliant TED talk about what it’s like inside the mind of a baby. The talk is by Alison Gopnik, professor or psychology and philosophy [ … ]
Teaching Babies to Trust
Cape Town based Babies in Mind practitioner, Carly Abramowitz, says the following about trust. “We often speak about the importance of trust between a child and caregiver. But what does [ … ]
Can babies be left alone?
From an evolutionary perspective, human babies are designed to stay close to their mothers so that they can be protected from danger. This is also true for some animal babies. [ … ]
Get your baby to sleep
Not all babies are the same so there is no ‘one size fits all’ perfect sleep solution, and often what works for one baby doesn’t work for another. If there [ … ]
Reflections on Adopting a Baby
One of our Cape Town based Babies in Mind practitioners, Wynette Vels – who offers adoption counseling – sent me this beautiful prose. It’s written especially for adoptive parents but [ … ]
Ghosts in the Nursery – When your past effects your parenting
I have just been re-reading a famous paper by the pioneering Infant Mental Health Specialist, Selma Fraiberg about what she called “Ghosts in the Nursery”. It’s about how our parenting [ … ]