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Parental emotional attunement

Parental emotional attunement is a caregiver's increasingly accurate understanding of what an infant may be communicating.

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How to bond with newborn baby

How to bond with newborn baby

Understand what bonding really means Bonding is the developing emotional relationship between a baby and the people who care for them. In medical and developmental terms, it is closely related to attachment: the infant gradually comes to expect that distress will be noticed and that comfort, nutrition, warmth, and protection will be available. This expectation […]