Your newborn baby can sense smell and touch even though it is a few hours old. When you cuddle it and bring it close to you, it feels complacent and happy. So feel no harm in holding your newborn baby. Mothers bond sooner with their babies because they breastfeed them and infants recognise their mothers sooner.
Dads take longer as they are not in the forefront of baby duties. But the new millennia man is far more improved and fonder of his baby then men in the earlier eras. Now fathers don’t mind washing nappies and singing lullabies. In fact this way is the best to bond for fathers. They can bottle feed, or put the child to sleep or talk to them and tell them stories. Children do not want another mom so be yourself to be a dad. Your child will soon recognise your voice, skin and smell.
It is very important to bond with your baby as it develops cognitive and social aspects. Self-esteem and a positive personality is an immediate result of child that is closely associated with its parents.
Also when you are in the hospital learn the way the nurses handle your baby so that you develop confidence in handling your baby. Your confidence goes a long way in building your babies confidence too. You can ask for all the help you need from family and friends in the initial days of your baby’s birth. Let someone take the dog for a walk, or handle an older sibling.
As you stay with your baby you will notice how your baby is bonding with you. Eye-to-eye contact is a good way of talking as the child imitates your expressions. It will try to imitate your voice too and hence gurgling begins at a nascent stage.
Sometimes bonding does not happen immediately as the mother goes through postpartum or depression. Sometimes adopted parents find it difficult to bond and look for signs of bonding in the child. Sometimes even hormonal changes affect your bonding experience making it only after a few days or weeks as against the instant boding one feels when the baby is just delivered and given in arms.
When you go for your baby’s first visit to the doctor share your fears and problems with the doctor who will be able to solve it for you.
Celebrate your baby’s first birthday with fun and excitement. Distribute
birthday party invitations to all your near and dear ones and invite them to join the celebration. Learn
how to make origamiand make the party more thrilling by flower decorations. In camps that held
summer activities, you can even learn various other methods and styles of decorations.
