The Emotional Life of Babies

You are not failing if your baby keeps on crying Do you want to know how to: - Respond compassionately to your baby's crying? - Understand how feelings affect 'cluster feeding' and frequent night waking? - Accurately read your baby's cues? Do you want to support your baby to: - Sleep soundly without 'self-soothing' or 'controlled crying'? - Stay connected with their true self? - Heal from birth trauma and daily stresses? In this deeply detailed and informative book, Dr Marion Rose offers the answers to all these questions, drawing on the Aware Parenting approach, which was created by Aletha Solter, PhD. The Emotional Life of Babies explains how crying isn't only a way for babies to communicate their needs. It's also how they heal from daily stresses and larger trauma, as long as we are holding them with compassionate presence. In this way, babies can return to deep relaxation, leading to more restful and restorative sleep. With a research background including studying mothers and