How to strengthen the Mother-Child Bond…

The mother-child bond is the strongest bond known ever since the birth of the universe. The easiest and safest way to strengthen this bond is by way of breast feeding your child. Apart from physical effects it has on the mother and the child, it has got great emotional and spiritual value.

Breast feeding time is a special time to bond with your baby. This is also the best time to deliver your thoughts to the unconscious mind of the child. I request you to please re-read the aforesaid sentence, written in italics. And after re-reading, ponder over it. Try to get the extract of the small yet very powerful sentence.

When you take your child close to you, you unconsciously deliver your thought vibrations to your child. Your thoughts, emotions, and energy signature enter the body(physical, mental as well as spiritual body) of the child. If you consciously control your thought process, and think only positive thoughts; your child receives all positive information and stores it in a form that helps it to reproduce it later in his or her life. If you deliver negative thoughts, anger, stress, frustration; the child stores it in that form only. With such negative information, your child may go through the same sort of feelings later in his or her life.

Instead of teaching your child about the stress and frustration in life, teach how to handle tough situations. Give solutions to problems instead of creating them.

To strengthen the bond between both of you, please do the following things:

·         Observe your child’s natural pattern of hunger, sleep, play time etc.

·         The new born babies sleep for most of the time, and are fed after a set duration.

·         With little observation you can set your timetable as per your child’s needs.

·         Keep some time dedicated to breast feeding.

·         This is the time for you and your baby.

·         Always hold the baby properly. See that the baby is not feeling suffocated.

·         Except a few cases, it is recommended that you feed your baby while sitting comfortably.

·         I suggest that the mother should not talk to anyone during feeding the child. The reason being, when we talk to someone, there is all possibility of getting into some negative thought cycle during the conversation. And remember, you pass on all your emotions to the child. Making derogatory remarks about someone, talks of taking revenge, or any kind of stress should best be avoided.

·         This may sound like a talk of the old times, but it is true. You give it a try if you want to! Please do not feed your baby in front of those who are obsessive negative thinkers. Sometimes, the baby just turns his head to the other side, and since it was sucking the breast, the flow of milk continues. Such people sometimes utter very negative things that may affect you and your baby. It is better to steer clear of such people while breast feeding.

·         If the baby is being fed by the surrogate mother, please make sure to educate her about the impact of the thoughts. It is recommended that even she should avoid all negative thoughts during breast feeding.

·         Looking at your child with compassion, stroking your baby’s tender head affectionately helps to enhance the bond between the mother and the child.

·         The best time to deliver positive emotions, love, compassion, positive thinking to your child is when you are looking at your child with utmost love, and moving your hand on your baby’s head with utmost affection. Your eyes glowing with love; and heart pouring out all love, compassion, and a feeling of oneness with your child; will make your child yearn for you. This will teach him or her value of love, sympathy, compassion, respect, and oneness.

·         After feeding, assign enough time for burping. The baby sucks in a lot of air during feeding, and it may trouble the bay later if it does not burp properly.

·         This is another time when you can deliver all positive vibes to your baby.

·         The baby is right close to your heart.

·         Every single stroke of love will enhance the bond between the two of you.

So, keep some time aside for this private time, and strengthen the bond that is the strongest bond in this universe.