Attachment Is Essential For Your Baby

In order to develop properly, the baby needs its parents. In the event of a separation, anxiety or behavior problems are likely to arise. Its development is not only physical: the emotional part is also of great importance. We explain what attachment is and why it is essential for your baby.

Nowadays parents give top priority to natural education and attachment, because they understand the benefits that come with it for both the baby and his relationship with the family.

What is attachment?

Attachment is a special relationship that the child establishes with a small number of people.

It is an emotional bond that is formed between him and each of these people. It is a bond that pushes him to seek closeness and contact with them over time.

It is also an innate mechanism through which the child seeks safety.

The attachment behavioral system becomes more significant in situations that the child perceives as threatening, such as pain, illness or fear.

Babies use crying as one of the main mechanisms by which they reclaim the attachment figure.

Attachment and the mother

The emotional bond of the mother towards the baby develops quickly, even before the birth of the baby, because the mother perceives its presence in the womb.

Mothers who are more sensitive to their baby’s needs and who adapt their behavior to their child’s are more likely to establish a secure attachment relationship.

These mothers react quickly to signals given by their children, such as the request for food, understanding when they are satisfied and respecting their sleep-wake rhythms.

They are affectionate mothers, cheerful and tender, and so they are perceived by the baby.

Faced with requests expressed through crying, they are more effective in cradling the baby in their arms.

Attachment and the father

Traditionally, the figure with whom the strongest bond of attachment is established is represented by the mother. Today there is a greater involvement of the father in the care of children.

Working hours, number of children, financial resources and other factors determine the need for shared responsibility on the part of both parents in caring for the baby.

What is attachment education?

It is a philosophy based on the principles of attachment theory and developmental psychology.

What he proposes is to establish a secure emotional bond, the synchronization of parents and respect for the needs and abilities of each stage of their children’s development.

Education with attachment promotes the following principles:

• Skin-to-skin contact
• Babywearing
• Pick up the baby whenever necessary
• Let him sleep with his parents
• Smell her and make your baby feel the warmth and smell of his parents
• Respect the baby’s rhythms
• Don’t let him cry until he falls asleep on his own
• If he gets sick, understand what hurts him
• Stroke it
• Teach him according to his abilities
• Understand that children do not manipulate in the same way that adults do

• Calm the baby when he cries because he cannot achieve something
• Explain everything to him, even if we think he is not yet able to understand

Benefits of attachment for your child

Human beings are born with an innate tendency to become attached to a protective person who cares for them.

Attachment is the emotional bond that develops between parents and children. It plays a vital role in regulating stress in times of distress, anxiety or illness.

The main benefits of attachment for your child are as follows:

• Physical security
• Emotional security
• Stimulation of the senses
• Decreased crying
• Promotion of breastfeeding
• Greater self-esteem
• Self-confidence
• Positive personal relationships
• Ability to overcome frustration
• Reasons for learning
• Strengthening of school results

• Ability to solve problems

It can be said with certainty that dedicating time to the baby, through an interaction of care and attention by the attachment figures, is the best investment in ensuring the emotional stability of the child in its development.