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Even newborn babies know whether or not they have our full attention, and a day’s worth of half-attention doesn’t fulfill our child’s needs. As Magda Gerber writes in Your Self-Confident Baby, our children need to periodically receive the message: “You are important. You are number one right now.” Magda encouraged parents to take advantage of feeding, bathing, diapering, and dressing as natural opportunities for one-on-one attention. She also recommended periods of “wants nothing” quality time; time when we allow our child to be the initiator of activities while we observe, support, respond, and participate as the child requests.
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Janet Lansbury
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Jeff Johnson is an early learning trainer, podcaster, and author who founded Explorations Early Learning, Playvolution HQ, and Play Haven.
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