Baby Love is an attachment-based program to help caregivers give their babies a better start in life; one that supports better health, better relationships and better learning. It helps parents recognize that babies have minds, that babies “talk” to us and that they need us to respond. Babies who start off well are likely to do better for the rest of their lives.
Baby Love works to prevent problems before they develop so we work with caregivers and young babies. We train leaders in your community to teach parents about attachment theory, infant development, how to manage stress, etc. It includes training and practice in infant observation, mindfulness meditation and problem solving.
Baby Love has been evaluated in the Infant Psychiatry Program at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto and has been shown to make a significant difference in the way mothers respond to their babies. It has been used in a number of sites in Toronto, on First Nations communities in northern Ontario and in Israel. It can be run as a program accepting referrals or as one to which caregivers with young babies can sign up without referral. We can train personnel in your community to run the program. See Training Information.