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CHAPTER ONE
BabyCues
WELCOME TO THE CHAPTER that bestows a healthy foundation of
conversing and comprehension between you and your baby. By confidently
reading your baby’s cues, you can respond knowingly to their needs.
Over time, this enhances relaxation and bonding as your baby instinctively
learns your action corresponds with their full communication.
Traditionally, parents have chosen or fallen into either a demand or a routine
style of newborn care. ‘Demand Care’ is not ‘timed out’ and is thought to
free flow with a baby’s ‘cues’ as they happen. ‘Routine Care’ is based on a
‘timed out’ theory, where ‘cues’ are also thought to be attended to but baby is
woken to feed and then placed to sleep at certain times.
During my hands-on care with newborns, regardless of whether the family
chose demand or routine care, one very important aspect became evident.
Both forms of care were lacking vital information about a newborn’s cues
and a newborn’s biology. Based on my discovery of these cues, I began
providing care in accordance with what the babies were telling me. A new
way of nurturing began to take shape where the behaviours of colic, reflux,
lactose and dairy overload diminished or were eliminated time and time
again. This new way is called ‘Bio-logical Care’.
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