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The first moments after the birth of your baby are wonderful for bonding with your newborn. Newborn infants are very alert during this first hour and are instinctively looking for food. Studies have been done where an infant is placed on Mother’s stomach immediately after birth. They then make their own way to the breast for their first meal.

Bonding Dolls Although much of the bonding process is instinctive and will happen naturally, it does not always happen immediately. When I was pregnant with my first child, I never felt that close bond I had heard about while I was carrying my daughter. It wasn’t until after she was born, and I got to hold her and kiss her that the bond began to form.

One thing is for sure, once the bond is there, it is impossible to break. The tie between mother and child is perhaps the strongest in existence between two people. So when it is time to separate from your child it can be extremely difficult for both of you.

Probably the first instance of necessary separation of mother and baby occurs when baby is ready to sleep alone. Giving the baby a bottle or pacifier can cause problems with tooth decay – not to mention the issue of milk leaking into the crib or spoiling during the night. If your baby has been used to sleeping next to you, then your smell is a significant factor in their comfort level. Consider using a bonding doll or toy instead of a bottle or pacifier for baby’s first night alone.

Ookie® Dolls make a wonderful bonding toy. Babies love the soft touch of the cotton flannel body and silky satin trim. The knotted hands are easy for baby to grip. Moms like them because they are lightweight and machine washable.

Cuddle the doll between you and your baby for a few nights before making the transition to the crib. This will give the doll the same scent as you and will cause the baby to associate the doll with comfort.

I used a plush bunny as a bonding toy for my youngest daughter. I started placing the bunny in her crib with her from the very first day. She is now almost 2 years old, and still adores her bunny. The most difficult part is getting it away from her to throw into the washing machine once in awhile!

There will be many more times in life when you will have to separate from your children. I also have a daughter that will be graduating from High School in a few months and moving out on her own. I don’t think this event will be any easier then it was when I placed her in her crib to sleep by herself for the first time when she was a few months old.

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There’s no doubt that many private and public schools do an absolutely terrific job at providing quality education. Even so, home schooling is becoming more and more popular with parents-and for good reasons.

Home School One of the main benefits of home schooling is pace. In the traditional systems, teachers often are forced to set the pace of learning not by the student, but by the students. A teacher will teach according to how long it takes for the majority of the class to comprehend a task or subject. This means that a special needs student who may need extra time or attention may not receive it despite the best intentions of the teacher. Likewise, especially gifted students may find themselves bored to tears and may not be able to progress as fast as they might if they were being instructed individually. With home schooling, a child’s curriculum can be adjusted to the child’s individual needs and interests.

A second benefit of home schooling is that it can be effectively applied even when a family moves a lot. Thus, home schooling may be the answer for parents who have jobs that require frequent travel. Parents are more actively involved in their child’s learning and get to spend more time with their child.

Third, technology has made home schooling incredibly easy, not to mention affordable. Parents who want to home school their children are only a mouse click away from a plethora of activities, lesson plans, and subject tests. Not only that, but there’s a multitude of various software and other tools that the kids themselves can use in order to learn. Another great benefit of the technology is that parents can do their own research to find the right materials for their child-the child doesn’t have to use a textbook of which the parents might not necessarily even approve or that doesn’t fit the needs of the child.

So what about the notions that home-schooled children are more socially inept, or that they fall behind their privately/publicly-schooled counterparts? Apparently, that may be all they are-notions. Research has shown that, contrary to popular belief, home-schooled kids consistently outperform students who go through the traditional systems-the out-performance isn’t just by a few points, either. One research study found that home-schooled kids out-performed those who go through the traditional system by up to 30 percent across the board! Not only that, home-schooled kids have been shown to be more involved in their community and to be happier later in life.

Home schooling isn’t for everyone (home schooling means that one parent must stay home, which affects family income, for example), and it’s important to realize that each state has its own set of requirements regarding home schooling. Nevertheless, home schooling does have some tangible benefits. The number of home-schooled children thus has risen significantly over the past few years. Currently, over a million children are classified as home-schooled in the United States, proving that although home schooling may not be the option, it is an option that parents can choose.

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