Other measures used information from earlier sweeps (mother -
infant attachment used sweep 1 information, and supervision used sweep 4 information) while the remainder (joint activities and rule - setting) drew on information from more than one sweep.
At 18 months post-partum, participants were assessed for
infant attachment using the Ainsworth Strange Situation and were interviewed using the Behavioral Screening Questionnaire (BSQ) to assess infant problems such as sleep and feeding issues, separation anxiety, and tantrums.
Not exact matches
Attachment Parenting International (API), in consultation with many experts in the area of
infant sleep, has this information in the form of an Infant Sleep Safety Guidelines brochure and wants to get it into the hands of parents everywhere to ensure that all babies can be safe during sleep, at night and at naptime, regardless of whether you share sleep in the same bed, use a cosleeping bassinet, or use a
infant sleep, has this information in the form of an
Infant Sleep Safety Guidelines brochure and wants to get it into the hands of parents everywhere to ensure that all babies can be safe during sleep, at night and at naptime, regardless of whether you share sleep in the same bed, use a cosleeping bassinet, or use a
Infant Sleep Safety Guidelines brochure and wants to get it into the hands of parents everywhere to ensure that all babies can be safe during sleep, at night and at naptime, regardless of whether you share sleep in the same bed,
use a cosleeping bassinet, or
use a crib.
One of the reasons that this is a hit with parents is that it accepts all of Graco's
infant seats with a simple to
use one - step
attachment.
Breastfeeding is one of the best ways to form an
attachment to the
infant, so adoptive mothers
use this method to connect to a much deeper level
First the stroller comes with a patented stand on tandem design, it has a pair or dual wheels on the front and only single wheels on the back, it includes a universal
infant car seat
attachment, a child tray with two cup holders, large under the seat storage basket, and an easy to
use trigger fold system.
The accessory adapter ensures easy
attachment of the BOB
Infant Car Seat Adapter to use popular infant car seats in the str
Infant Car Seat Adapter to
use popular
infant car seats in the str
infant car seats in the stroller.
It is important to note that babywearing is a very recent term associated with concepts, like
attachment parenting, that was unheard of in the 18th century — I
use the term here as a verb to describe «
use of an
infant carrier».
Some of the newer lightweight or umbrella - type strollers do have a full recline, so if you choose to buy one right away, check to make... MORE sure your baby can lay flat in it or that it has an
infant car seat
attachment, if you intend to
use it for an
infant.
I bought this adapter to attach my bob
infant car seat to my Bob Revolution Pro Jogger and am pleased with the ease of
attachment and stability allowing me to
use the jogger (walking only) in conjunction with my Bob
infant car seat while my son is only a few weeks old.
Some strollers fully recline or can be
used with a bassinet
attachment or an
infant - only car seat.
We
use infant massage to provide the vital love, positive communication and
attachment needed for healthy physical and emotional development, whilst providing women with skills and knowledge they can share.
We aim to
use infant massage to provide the vital love, positive communication and
attachment that babies need for healthy physical and emotional development whilst providing women with valuable skills and knowledge they can share.
«To learn how to teach parents to
use touch for bonding and
attachment with their
infants is an experience to be treasured.
An
infant's first language is touch, and massage is a beautiful tool parents can
use to establish a strong bond and create a healthy
attachment.
I am passionate about gentle and holistic sleep and behavior coaching,
using only techniques that protect parent -
infant attachment and bonding, build
infant mental health and promote parental confidence.
In the 1960s, John Bowlby, whose work on
infant attachment has informed so much of current
attachment theory, promoted the idea that children
used their blankies as a calming substitute for their key
attachment figure, and by the 1970s, even eminent childcare writers like Dr. Spock and Penelope Leach were actively advocating the introduction of comfort objects to help babies manage times of separation.
This science - based program
uses mindfulness skills to explore
infant emotional development, parental self - compassion and secure
attachment.
The scientists
used a standard scale to rate the
attachment between mother and
infant.
The changes correlated with standard tests of a mother's
attachment to her
infant — and they occurred whether a woman conceived naturally or
using in vitro fertilization.
The results might raise eyebrows, such as her
use of John Bowlby's
infant attachment theory to explain the behaviour of grizzly bears, or the observation that white sharks are «individuals who are conventional with narrow interests».
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infant sleep article
Many different outcomes were examined (see online table C4 in the supplementary web appendices for details), with most assessed
using validated tools (such as the Child Behaviour Checklist, the
Infant Behaviour Questionnaire, the Parent —
Infant Relationship Global Assessment, the Q - Sort Measure of the Security of
Attachment and social and emotional well - being scores from the Ages and Stages Questionnaire).
And, having repeatedly misrepresented research on
infant - mother (I
use «mother» here synonymously with mother - substitute or primary caregiver)
attachment, as «parents» and «caregivers,» implying that they are all equal (Lamb's own research has found otherwise), and making the completely misleading statement that «most
infants» are attached to «both parents» this ostensibly indicates... that children suffer separation issues from all kinds of human beings, that there is no particular qualitative differences between one of the «
attachment figures» or another, that separation from one is like separation from another, and that all of this separation stress is ameliorated if the child simply is left with another fungible «
attachment figure» aka here «the other parent.»
Secure (B)
attachment can be characterized by the
infants» open communication of emotions and their ability to make
use of the caregiver as a secure base from which to explore.
Fact:» [N] ot only is violence in families pervasive but that both the children who are victims of violence and those that witness violence that occurs between their parents suffer a great deal and are themselves at risk of
using violence as adults (Jaffe, Wolfe & Wilson, 1990; O'Keefe, 1995; Pagelow, 1993; Saunders, 1994; Johnson, 1996)...
infants suffer from having their basic needs for
attachment to their mother disrupted or from having the normal routines around sleeping and feeding disrupted... Older children come to see violence as an appropriate way of dealing with conflict... These children can suffer from serious emotional difficulties...»
A broad range of measures of
attachment, qualities of the mother -
infant relationship, maternal perception of parenting stress, parenting competence and satisfaction, depression, and
infant cognition and emotion regulation were
used.
The term
attachment is used to describe the affective bond that develops between an infant and caregiver.1, 2 Attachment is not a characteristic of the infant, nor is it a characteristic of the
attachment is
used to describe the affective bond that develops between an
infant and caregiver.1, 2
Attachment is not a characteristic of the infant, nor is it a characteristic of the
Attachment is not a characteristic of the
infant, nor is it a characteristic of the caregiver.
As an example, a preventive intervention in families with internationally adopted
infants significantly enhanced maternal sensitivity and also significantly reduced disorganized
attachment: in the intervention group there were only 6 % disorganized - attached children compared with 22 % in the control group.11 This study
used a brief intervention of three home - based sessions of video feedback focusing on parental sensitivity, with the intervention starting when the child was six months old.
Using the Adult
Attachment Interview (AAI), 15 a number of studies have demonstrated that parent attachment organization is related to infant attachment
Attachment Interview (AAI), 15 a number of studies have demonstrated that parent
attachment organization is related to infant attachment
attachment organization is related to
infant attachmentattachment patterns.
I
use this example to represent one of the three
attachment styles and to illustrate how this specific type of
infant may develop personality traits that are a reflection of the intimate relationships formed throughout his or her lifetime.
In designing this study, Ainsworth and her colleagues reasoned that if
attachment had developed well,
infants and toddlers should
use their parents as a secure base from which to explore their environments.
Although no single behavior can be
used to assess the quality of the
infant's
attachment to the caregiver, the pattern of the
infant's responses to the changing situation is of interest to psychologists.
Even though there has been academic criticism of the theory of
attachment over the years on various points (e.g. not taking
infant temperament enough into account or not exploring the effect of other very close caregivers such as grandmothers or nannies)
attachment theory's focus on the importance and long - term effect of early
infant bonding and secure
attachment is recognized and
used as guiding principles in various therapies.
However, most
attachment research is carried out
using infants and young children, so psychologists have to devise subtle ways of researching
attachment styles, usually involving the observational method.
Early mother -
infant attachment was measured at sweep 1
using an abbreviated six - item version of the Condon mother -
infant attachment scale (Condon and Corkindale 1998).
Wait, Watch and Wonder DownUnder Wait, Watch and Wonder is a child led psychotherapeutic approach that specifically and directly
uses the
infant's spontaneous activity in a free play format to enhance maternal sensitivity and responsiveness, the child's sense of self and self - efficacy, emotion regulation, and the child - parent
attachment relationship.
O'Higgins 2008 examined the impact of
infant massage on
attachment using the Strange Situation Procedure at one - year follow - up.
Measures included parental report of sleep problems and research visitor observation of separation distress
using the Toddler
Attachment Sort - 45, the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), and the Brief
Infant Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment (BITSEA).
Two longitudinal studies of children's social and emotional development in not - at - risk middle - class two - parent families were started in the mid - and late 1970s: the Bielefeld project, or Project 1, which started with the birth of the
infants, and the Regensburg project, or Project 2, which started when the
infants were 11 months old.19 The children's experiences in the domains of
attachment and exploration were assessed in infancy, childhood and adolescence, with both mother and father
using standardized or free observations.
Thus, when separation or loss of contact occurs, the
infant experiences its need for
attachment and becomes motivated to seek proximity or contact
using communication as one of the tools.
Thus, secure children are better able to master the environment
using the senses, then perform related actions than insecure toddlers.22 Let us return to our example children to obtain a better understanding of the effects of
attachment for an
infant or toddler.
Beyond romance, the security of mothers» internal working models of
attachment has been
used to predict the secure or insecure category of the
infant attachment formed by the mothers with their own
infants.37 Research has found that parents with insecure models recall their own parents less well than other parents38, which may indicate a lack of any coherent mental representation of good parenting.
It is important to appreciate that when dealing with problems in the child - caregiver
attachment relationship, recent meta - analyses5, 8 show that the best interventions to date are brief,
use video feedback, start after
infant age six months, and have a clear and exclusive focus on behavioural training of the parent rather than a focus on sensitivity plus support, or a focus on sensitivity plus support plus internal representations.
The reactions of the
infants to their reunion with the caregiver after a brief separation were
used to assess how much trust the children had in the accessibility of their
attachment figure.
6 - 12 months: formation and consolidation of the «specific
attachment» (
infant now attached as shown by greetings, following, preferential treatment when distressed, and beginning
use of caregiver as a secure base
We now have an array of observational methods to evaluate the quality of the
infant - parent
attachment relationship by the age of 18 months, before the onset of more serious behaviour problems.16 Service providers in contact with young families need more training in
using and interpreting these early observational tools.
In a meta - analysis of 70 published studies (including 9,957 children and parents, and a core set of 51 randomized controlled trials with 6,282 mothers and children), Bakermans - Kranenburg, van IJzendoorn & Juffer8 demonstrated that the most effective
attachment - based interventions to improve parent sensitivity (d = 0.33, p <.001) and promote secure
infant - caregiver
attachment (d = 0.20, p <.001) included the following characteristics: (1) a clear and exclusive focus on behavioural training for parent sensitivity rather than a focus on sensitivity plus support, or a focus on sensitivity plus support plus internal representations (e.g. individual therapy); (2) the
use of video feedback; (3) fewer than five sessions (fewer than five sessions were as effective as five to 16 sessions, and 16 sessions or more were least effective); (4) a later start, i.e. after the
infant is six months or older (rather than during pregnancy or before age six months); and (5) conducted by non-professionals.
This article discusses the
use of the telephone for psychotherapy and applies basic tenets of
attachment theory and research on
infant development to understand the therapy process.
We activated different representations of specific caregiving modalities in females, by
using three videos in which mothers with different Adult
Attachment states of mind played with their
infants.