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Hold your infant as opposed to having him or her in an infant car seat-type carrier or bouncy seat. Holding your infant actually helps him or her thrive! Try “wearing” your baby in a baby sling, wrap or pouch. Encourage skin-to-skin contact. Massage your baby on a regular basis (i.e. bath time or bed time). Respond quickly and predictably to an infant cries. Come routinely within a few minutes and begin comforting your crying infant verbally in a reassuring tone on the way to picking him up. By doing these things you are letting your baby know he is safe, secure, and that his basics needs will be met. That frees the developing brain to learn and retain new information effectively. (These ideas come from Jill Stamm’s great book Bright From the Start and are research-based).
