A new life coming into the world is a time full of excitement and responsibility. As the caregiver of your new bundle of joy, there are many questions that you may have. Whether you’re a first time mother, or have other little ones already running around, hopefully these tips will help you along in your newborn journey:

If you’ve been looking to enhance your quality of life or improve the health of you and your family, Baptist Health can help. Here’s a sample of what’s available to you and your family. For more learning opportunities, visit the Events page at www.baptistfirst.org or visit our Facebook page, Baptist Health – Central Alabama.

Attachment is the deep, enduring emotional feeling of being connected to another person. Beginning in the first hours of life, newborn babies begin to develop their first and most important attachment to another human being…their mother. Developing a positive attachment between baby and caregiver early in life is particularly important for children as they grow, develop, and form relationships with others. Children with secure attachments tend to be more cooperative and sociable later in life, and tend to be more resilient than children who do not have secure attachments to a primary caregiver. Without this positive, secure attachment to a caregiver, children are at high risk for many developmental, emotional and social problems that will affect them throughout their lives.

In most cases, mothers are the center of their family unit – decision makers, caregivers, therapists, stylists, spiritual advisors and the list could go on and on. The Centering Pregnancy Program at Baptist Medical Center South introduces new mothers to a wealth of educational information about pregnancy, parenting and more, all while monitoring them through their pregnancy and putting them at the center of their care.

Don’t you love the change of seasons? You’ve waited for everything “fall” – except cold and flu season!

We all see children playing every day. They play at daycare, school, on the playground, at the dinner table, in the bathtub…there seems to be no limit to the places our children find to play. We play with them, watch as they play with their friends and siblings, and welcome the few minutes of peace we get when they sit down to play on their own. Have you ever stopped to think about what you are really able to see beyond the toys? You might be surprised at what you could learn about your children.