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Diaper Free: The Gentle Wisdom of Natural Infant Hygiene QUOTES

Diaper Free: The Gentle Wisdom of Natural Infant Hygiene QUOTES

1 " There are many different ways of approaching parenting as there are cultures. However, in non-industrialized cultures, the similarities are also striking. Extended nursing, co-sleeping, carrying the baby in close physical contact, responding promptly to cries or distress, never leaving a baby alone, are all virtually universal in traditional societies that have not become overly "westernized". "

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2 " There is only one thing your baby really needs: you. There is only one thing to do: be fully present. The greatest gift you can give your child is yourself: your body, your acceptance, your responsiveness, your time, and your energy. Nothing could be simpler or more challenging, more vulnerable or more empowering. Nothing could be more freeing or health and life enhancing. "

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3 " In her fascinating and well-researched book Our Babies, Ourselves: How Biology and Culture Shape the Way We Parent, anthropology professor Meredith Small writes, “When signals are missed, babies stop signaling; they withdraw; they suck their thumbs; they turn away; they try to right the system themselves by not sending out any more signals.” The baby protects herself by shutting down, and “accepts” the situation because she has learned that a response is not forthcoming. We "

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4 " the only way to create the world we want to live in is to behave as though it already exists. "

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5 " Children, all children, are innately social and are doing their very best, given the circumstances. Mistakes "

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6 " I’m certainly not saying that every individual doctor participates in this “cooperation” of vested interests, at least not consciously. Many progressive doctors strive valiantly to maintain their integrity and practice their beliefs within a hierarchical establishment that is notoriously slow to change. "

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7 " I would love to see the money that goes into developing increasingly complex artificial baby milk, mother replacements, and larger-size diapers go toward creating social systems that truly meet the needs of our future generations and the ones who raise them. On "

― , Diaper Free: The Gentle Wisdom of Natural Infant Hygiene