Developing Attachment: Inconsistent Response to a Baby's Distress

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@vanessasimmons1175 2 жыл бұрын

I never let mine cry. I always cuddled them. Ppl would say you’ll spoil them, they need to learn. My daughters have grown up confident, caring beautiful humans.

@oiltycoonbillionaire 2 жыл бұрын

That's wonderful to hear

@Rooted_Locs 10 ай бұрын

I’m the same way. My little boy is only 7 months and he is the sweetest little thing. The doctors are always impressed by how quickly I can soothe him after his vaccines.

@ladym.9268 9 ай бұрын

I think it's worth noting that children of ANY age want to know that their parents will treat them with love and consistency. So even if your children are older and out of the toddler/baby phase, you can still work on being more consistent. I think it would make a difference for many older children and teens too.

@alexishill3342 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this. So many parents don't know this, and that makes no sense to me.

@numa.k 2 жыл бұрын

Years later and this is still VERY relevant.

@creative45630 Жыл бұрын

This should be standard education for expectant parents… arguably way more important than classes about birth

@hollyofhori 2 жыл бұрын

This is very insightful and eye opening. As a new mother, it's extremely stressful on it's own to raise to child but taking into account so many other factors, it's easy to have a reactive moment of anger at the sign of your child's distress. I do it myself, and absolutely hate myself the next moment for reacting like that when all my child wants is me, and to know it's okay. You never want your children to be hurt or sad, so it's natural to have a negative reaction to those things, but you have to be equal parts logical and emotional in those moments to truly give your child reassurance. I tell myself this every day, and seeing it embodied in a physical form helps greatly to motivate myself to be a better parent, and react with understanding and not my own distress, it truly only makes things worse in the moment and the long run.