Introducing the Bond With Baby Program
The Bond With Baby online program has been developed for parents who want to become their new baby's best source of comfort, fun and learning.
Devised and written by Dr. Wendy Vlismas (see About Dr Wendy Vlismas), the Bond With Baby program has been scientifically proven to benefit early parenting (see Parenting Benefits). It includes 3 types of parenting resources for online access:
- Written information essential for nurturing your new baby's development and happiness during the first year PLUS being guided step-by-step with advice on early parenting challenges and common issues (see Program Content → Written Information)
- Songs, rhymes and music proven to help parents and babies 'soothe and groove' their way through the care-giving day including Bond With Baby lullabies, playful new-styled nursery rhymes for clapping, tickling and knee jogging, songs for playtime, dancing activities and music for relaxation! (see Program Content → Songs, Rhymes and Music)
- Videos to demonstrate the Bond With Baby activities and the fun and enjoyment of singing, dancing and playing with your baby (see Program Content → Parenting Videos)
Subscribe to the Bond With Baby online program at the cost of $19.95 for guiding your parenting knowledge and skills to create an environment that encourages Baby's development right through the first year and beyond. You will have instant access to a:
- Book of written information
- CD of songs, rhymes and music and
- Support videos
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Register only to access the Bond With Baby Forum as part of supporting parents during the first year with Baby. Forum questions and concerns are answered directly by Dr Wendy Vlismas to ensure that you are receiving the best possible advice about babies and early parenting.
Bonding with Baby is the Beginning Toward the Future!
Forming a bond with your new baby is the beginning toward the future ... for you as a parent and for your baby. Shaped by your love, it is the binding of this emotional attachment that provides the foundation for Baby's development that will continue to influence his/her overall wellbeing throughout childhood and through the teen years to become an adult. So without such a bond babies are deprived of being emotionally and socially nourished, which threatens their development and future wellbeing.
The bond develops with every moment parents sensitively interact with their baby: communicating love and their desire to protect and guide Baby through the early steps of life. Beyond babies' need to be cuddled and kissed scientific research has found that they 'tune in' to specific types of parents' interactions that not only communicate affection but are vital for their development, sense of comfort and learning.
These interactions are:
- Talking to Baby using affectionate tones of speech known as 'baby talk' or Infant-Directed Speech (click here to listen to an example of 'baby talk')
- Singing to Baby
- Smiling facial expressions with Baby
- Gentle touch and skin-to-skin contact with Baby, and
- Rhythmical movements such as rocking and swaying.
As scientific evidence continues to prove, besides caring for a baby's physical needs, it's how parents interact and stimulate Baby that is crucial to her/his development and learning. The Bond With Baby program educates parents about how to truly 'tune in' to their new baby to become the best source of comfort and stimulation: gain parenting knowledge and skills to create an environment that encourages Baby's development right through the first year and beyond.
Bond With Baby ... the beginning toward the future®