- Build trust
- Basic trust in the environment - Through close contact, being held and having their needs met
- Basic trust in self - By helping them develop independence and providing opportunities for movement, exploration and communication
- Give acceptance
- Give respect
- Teach baby that they own their body - Ask permission before handling, be gentle
- Thank our baby
- Trust our baby and their abilities - Offer as little help as possible and as much as necessary
- Observe before responding or to understand them - Two-way communication
- Accept their individuality - Observe to understand and support their uniqueness
- Consider baby's needs - Keeps baby's tendencies and sensitive periods in mind
- Follow our baby's rhythm - Build routines around baby's cues
- Encourage baby's activity - Protect their concentration by not interrupting
- Slow down to baby's pace - Allow time for baby to process things, involve them in dressing, feeding and other moments of life
- Give baby age-appropriate choices
- Have kind and clear boundaries
- Limit choices to ones that are safe for use
- Offer safe alternatives when baby engage in unacceptable behaviour
- Respond to the need
- Modify the environment or a process
- Repeat ourselves
- Teach baby what to do (not what we don't want them to do)
- Encourage concentration
- Ample sleep
- Hydrated and well nourished
- Orderly environment
- Peace and quiet
- Limit passive entertainment
- Little or no screen time
- Simple toys
- Observe
- Avoid interrupting
- Allow freedom of movement
- Build secure attachment
- Connected pregnancy
- Responsive parenting
- Respectful and consistent caregiving
- Spending quality time together
- Acknowledge baby's cry and respond appropriately
- Be a guide instead of a "boss" or a "servant"
- Model appropriate behaviour
- Remove obstacles to the baby's optimal development (Pacifier, TV)
- Consciously frame their view of the world
- Be intentional in the messages we pass on about different subjects
- Going slow
- Use gentle hands when handling them
- Speak slowly and clearly so that baby can hear each syllable
- Wait for their response
- Let them do things by themselves
- Observe before reacting
- Stop for them to stare at things regardless of how long it takes
- Take slow walks for baby to enjoy the sights, scents and sounds of nature
- Do nothing while baby naps
- Put on music and dance slowly with baby
- Make time to read something to baby daily
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