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What is a Baby?

What is a Baby? is a TeleClass series featuring Suzanne Arms and Rebecca Thompson.

This series is for parents, grandparents, childcare providers, babysitters, and anyone else who loves and cares for babies and families with a baby (midwives, doulas, birth educators, students in psychology, child development, etc)

The cost for the full series (4 recordings) is $50.

Session 1: Being a Baby & Caring for a Baby

• Baby from conception through the first year of life
• The mother-baby pair as one biological system yet 2 distinct individuals
• Learn how babies are both innately resilient yet vulnerable
• Learn what the mother-baby bond needs most
• The role of a father (partner)

Session 2: Scientific Facts that Support Ancient Wisdom

• Mistaken Modern Ideas about Babies
• Autonomy and Independence vs Dependence and Interdependence
• The facts about "baby wearing"
• The facts about co-sleeping & bed-sharing
• The facts about keeping babies “green” and toxin-free
• The facts about the emotional life of a baby, self-calming and “self-regulation”, & Cry-it-out
• The facts about Day Care

Session 3: What Babies Really Need

• How views of babies have changed through culture and history
• Biological expectations of babies, no matter when (in time) or where they are born
• Ancient and modern ideas about “educating/teaching” babies in the womb and after birth
• How is what is good for the mother (and father/partner) going to also be good for the baby
• Defending ourselves or developing to our full potential: the science of cell biology, brain development and “epigenetics”
• The “dance” of the mother-baby (and father-baby), Rhythm & Pacing
• The role of the grandparent, and other adults in the baby’s life

Session 4: Myself as a Baby

What happened to us as a baby comes to the surface when we have our own children, whether we're aware of it or not. This can be a surprise and a challenge if you're not expecting it. Look deeper and you'll discover the window into yourself as a baby.

• What is a mother? What is a father?
• Let’s look at what life was like in our family, in our home, when we were a baby
• How our past affects who we are, and how we think, feel and behave
• Cellular biology- epigentics
• Understanding our clues to our past are in the present moment with our baby. Awareness is the key to change.