Using a lively array of anthropological and sociological sources, The Vital Touch presents a provocative examination of the reasons why, now more than ever, we need to make consistent physical connections with our infants and children.
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To heal the mind I believe one must first heal the body. "...the easiest step toward improving the quality of life consists in simply learning to control the body and its senses," wrote Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. Toward this goal, my writing focuses on healing sensory processing problems, anxiety, depression, and other mental health challenges holistically: optimal nutrition (organic and alive!), nature's pharmacy, detoxification (internal and external), cranial/sacral alignment, movement, sensorimotor activities, and vibrational medicine. For more information, visit my website www.sharonheller.net.
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Keep your child close and comforted.,
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I read this book while pregnant with my first child three years ago. It's eye-opening to contrast the United States with other cultures that promote almost constant contact with their babies. The author shows how our society's emphasis on placing our babies in "containers" (strollers, pumpkin seats, swings, etc.) instead of holding them more often, leads to sensory deprived, more isolated children. There is information on the benefits of the close contact of breastfeeding, co-sleeping, and helping your children become securely attached (think Dr. Sears.) This book is a wonderful comparison between the laid-back childrearing practices of most of the rest of the world and prudish America. You won't want to put your baby down after reading about the wonderful benefits of the vital touch.
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There may never be a more profound or amazing book...,
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This review is from: The Vital Touch: How Intimate Contact With Your Baby Leads To Happier, Healthier Development (Paperback)
Breathe a sigh of relief and never second guess yourself or your loving, instinctual, attachment feelings again. If you've ever wondered which of the "expert" parenting methods are the "right" ones, read "The Vital Touch" not just for one more insight, but to follow the one expert that counts -- you.
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this has enlightened us as parents!,
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This review is from: The Vital Touch: How Intimate Contact With Your Baby Leads To Happier, Healthier Development (Paperback)
how exciting it is to find a book that supports your "maternal instinct" as a way of parenting,when there are so many experts out there trying to guide us on dealing with common american childcare problems such as sleeping through the night and colic,whereas in sharon hellers book she compares our society with that of less advanced more primitive cultures and she finds that fussiness & colic & sleep problems are in fact as american as apple pie.this book has enlightend us as parents to do what we feel is important (massage,parental touch) all supported quite favorably according to the research done by sharon heller as having a profoundly positive affect on our infants. this is a "must read' for any parent.
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In the child development classes that I teach, I often ask my students to tell me in what position women have traditionally given birth. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
fetal tuck, sensory defensiveness, postpartum contact, solitary sleeping, genital play, parental bed, tactile defensiveness, infant day care, infant massage, tactile receptors Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Berry Brazelton, Margaret Mead, Kung San, Strange Situation, Ashley Montagu, John Bowlby, Melvin Konner, New Guinea, Resource Guide, Tiffany Field, Benjamin Spock, Michel Odent, Patricia Wilbarger, Richard Ferber, Alan Sroufe, East Africa, John Watson, San Francisco New!
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In the child development classes that I teach, I often ask my students to tell me in what position women have traditionally given birth. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
fetal tuck, sensory defensiveness, postpartum contact, solitary sleeping, genital play, parental bed, tactile defensiveness, infant day care, infant massage, tactile receptors Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Berry Brazelton, Margaret Mead, Kung San, Strange Situation, Ashley Montagu, John Bowlby, Melvin Konner, New Guinea, Resource Guide, Tiffany Field, Benjamin Spock, Michel Odent, Patricia Wilbarger, Richard Ferber, Alan Sroufe, East Africa, John Watson, San Francisco New!
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- Touching: The Human Significance of the Skin by Ashley Montagu on 7 pages
- Child Development by Sroufe on 4 pages
- Child Development with Multimedia Courseware CD and PowerWeb by Ganie DeHart on 4 pages
- Continuum Concept (Arkana) by Jean Liedloff on 4 pages
- Nighttime Parenting: How to Get Your Baby and Child to Sleep by William Sears in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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- Attachment Parenting: Instinctive Care for Your Baby and Young Child by Katie Allison Granju on 5 pages
- Too Loud, Too Bright, Too Fast, Too Tight: What to Do If You Are Sensory Defensive in an Overstimulating World by Sharon Heller in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Breastfeeding Annual International 2001 by Dia L. Michels on page 115
- Gentle Baby Care : No-cry, No-fuss, No-worry--Essential Tips for Raising Your Baby by Elizabeth Pantley on page 314
- Babywearing by Maria Blois in Back Matter
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