Why Bonding With Your Baby Program?

Creating Bonds That Last a Lifetime

Bonding is the process of creating a trusting attachment between baby and parent. It is the first step toward the baby's development of security, social and cognitive capability, physical health, and self-esteem. Because babies take in the world with sight, sound, and touch, utilizing eye-to-eye, audio, and skin-to-skin contact accelerates and enhances bonding and reduces stress. When parents communicate with their babies using words or songs, the babies' brains develop, building their capacity for learning.

Music

Around the age of six months, babies may clap their hands in response to music, and by the time babies turn one, they begin to understand the purpose of an instrument such as a drum or keyboard and how to produce the music and sound. Listening to music and music playing foster babies' cognitive and motor skill development and encourage opportunities for sharing and collaboration between parents and babies.



Simple Sign Language

Before age one, babies can use signs to communicate effectively with their parents since their motor skills are developed before their vocal skills. Essentially, babies are able to use their hands to communicate before they can articulate their wants and needs with words.

Getting Personal

All parents want to better understand their babies' needs and wants. When my daughter was 15 months old, she showed me the sign for "pain" and then pointed to her ear. As a result, I took her to the doctor who gave her an antibiotic to relieve her ear infection. This experience, along with my husband's background in music performance and my background in music, dance, art, and child development, encouraged me to create A World of Signs.

Play

Opportunities for play, including blowing bubbles and handling puppets and dolls, stimulate babies' imagination and creative thinking. Playing in groups helps babies develop personal, social, and problem solving skills.