You will learn how to interact with your baby in ways that promote secure attachment, communication, and brain development by:

- Discovering the 7 pillars of attachment

- Listening to stories from other parents/caregivers

- Acquiring strategies to help you form that secure bond with your baby

- Doing fun activities to create that loving connection with your child

The bond you create with your child sets their foundation for life.

Over 7 weeks we will cover the following topics designed to give you the confidence to connect with your child and build the best relationship possible. Each week will have information about the topic as well as ways to support your child through activities, books, music, and play.

Creating A Loving Connection

Loving connection is an emotional bond between parent and child in which the child is unconditionally loved and protected.

Being A Secure Base

A secure base helps a child to feel secure inside themselves, seek comfort when needed, handle the ups and downs of life, and feel curious and confident to explore their world.

Accepting Feelings

Children need to have their feelings accepted to be able to develop a positive sense of themselves, express how they feel rather than act out in the “wrong” ways, eventually learn how to cope with their own feelings and understand those of others.

Setting Limits With Love

Children need limits to develop self control/self regulation, avoid hurting themselves or others, learn what’s expected within their family and community, and feel safe and emotionally secure.

Promoting Language

Children need to hear language spoken to and around them to be able to: absorb the sounds and rhythms of their main language, connect the wiring in their brain that’s responsible for language, learn words to express and control emotions, and learn words to help remember their early thoughts and experiences.

Having Baby Conversations

Children need baby conversations to: feel connected to people that love them, learn the language of their community, practice sounds, words, gestures they know and learn new ones, keep advancing to higher levels of language, develop social skills they need to get along with peers.

Being A Play Partner

Play allows children to: socialize, problem solve, think symbolically, work out their real-life anxieties, and stretch their imagination and creativity.

Making Connections will help you develop an understanding why a secure attachment is so important for your child and strengthen your relationship with your child while navigating the give and take of everyday life.