How to form a bond with your baby

Bonding with your baby is a vital part of their development as it lays the foundation for your child to feel safe, loved and shapes their childhood. 

Bonding with your child helps them grow physically as well as mentally. When you cuddle next to them, smile and play with them, gaze into their eyes, hormones are released in their brain that helps them grow. 

Here are some ways you can bond with your new-born :

1- Try to regularly cuddle next to them or hug them when you lie next to them, change their diaper or play with them.

2- When they start crying, always respond to them even when you don’t know the reason why they are crying as it shows them that you care. 

3- Always ensure that you hold your baby skin on skin as it helps you to bond with them. Breastfeeding your child is the best way to do this as they can smell your scent and feel reassured by skin to skin contact. 

4- You can wrap them around you using a sling to recreate the scene of them being in a womb. 

5- Always talk to your baby as if they understand what you are saying as it helps them recognise the sound of your voice. This will also slowly help them develop their language skills. 

6- You can sit with your new born and listen to some calm, soothing music that will help both of you to relax. 

7- When you talk to them, always look into their eyes so they recognise to connect facial expressions with words. 

8- You can spend some quality time with your baby by reading books out loud to them while they look at the characters drawn on the book. 

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9- Try to see the world from your baby’s perspective, like do they like spending time with other family members or they like being on your arms more. This will help you understand your baby better.

10- When you first welcome a new born into this world you will have to adjust your schedule according to them. You will have to wake up, sleep and feed them. This will prepare you better to respond to them. 

11- Give your baby a massage so they feel safe and loved by you. You will love hearing them giggle and enjoy the massage. 

12- It’s fun to look into a mirror together as babies don’t understand the concept of reflection and will be fascinated looking at themselves. This is great way to help them discover a lot about themselves. 

13- Always try to sleep when your baby takes a nap so you can wake up feeling refreshed when they need to feed or they need a diaper change. This will help you feel better and a happy parent can take care of a baby better. 

14- Learn to swaddle your baby as it helps them to fall asleep better and will increase their sleep duration.

15- You can gift them their first stuffed toy that will help you and your baby to bond while playing with it.

Conclusion 

We hope this article helps you immensely to bond with your child by all the points mentioned above.

It’s good to understand that every baby has different needs and being a parent can be hard at times but being patient with them will slowly help you understand more about their needs and bond with them better. 

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