Parenting
Develop a loving bond with your child
Are you expecting a baby and anxious about being a good parent? Do you find bonding with your newborn child difficult? Are you worried about replicating "unwanted" parenting skills from your own family?
Individual Mother /Infant assessment using the Care-Index intervention model (0-15 months)
In the early years of having children, parents experience lots of changes due to the child or children but also because of the stage in life one is in: finding and keeping a job, maintaining a social network, being as good a parent as one’s parents were, moving house, finding the right school…all of these demands are draining and they might take their toll on our relationships.
What we aim at doing with the Care Index is to pinpoint where your relationship with your child is challenged. In doing so, we could help you to respond better to both his and your needs and make both of you happier.
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What is the CARE-Index? The CARE-Index is a method for evaluating the quality of adult-infant interaction. It is based on 3 minutes of videotaped play interaction occurring under non-threatening conditions. The videotaping can be done at home, in a clinic setting, or in a research laboratory. It is not essential that the tapes be of a precise length, although they should be more than two minutes long, but not exceed the natural length of interactions for the age of the child. The procedure is suitable from birth to 15 months; in the toddler form, it can be used to about 2 ½ years of age.”( Patricia McKinsey Crittenden, 2005) |
Parent/Infant work to strengthen your relationship with your baby
Having a child is one of the most beautiful things in the world, they are a marvellous gift, they give us hope, warm our hearts with their wonderful smile. Though having a child is as well a very challenging time, it is still taboo to say that some mothers don’t feel that tender motherly love immediately for their child, especially after having had a difficult pregnancy or birth. Nobody prepares the mother for what she is going to feel when, exhausted after the birth she sees her child for the first time. Everybody talks about eternal love, immediate recognition of him being part of us.
As psychologists, we know that things are not always so straight forward, sometimes new mothers feel depressed, lost, scared and these feelings prevent them feeling good with their child.
