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Magda Gerber Quotes: When you hold an infant, hold him not just with your body, but with your mind and heart.
         

When you hold an infant, hold him not just with your body, but with your mind and heart.


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An infant always learns. The less we interfere with the natural process of learning, the more we can observe how much infants learn all the time.

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What infants need is the opportunity and time to take in and figure out the world around them.

What infants need is the opportunity and time to take in and figure out the world around them.



Do less; observe more; enjoy most.

Do less; observe more; enjoy most.



If infants are ready to do something, they will do it. In fact, when they are ready, they have to do it.

If infants are ready to do something, they will do it. In fact, when they are ready, they have to do it.



Allow the child to be authentic, to move, to feel the way they move, appreciating them for what they are.

Allow the child to be authentic, to move, to feel the way they move, appreciating them for what they are.



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Sadness, discomfort, frustration -- they are all valid human emotions. Why would we want to suppress them?



Remember, nobody can make another person fall asleep. How to relax and let sleep come is a skill your child, like everybody else, must learn all by herself.

Remember, nobody can make another person fall asleep. How to relax and let sleep come is a skill your child, like everybody else, must learn all by herself.



Infancy is a vulnerable stage of development, therefore, it's not enough that babies receive good care, the care must be excellent.

Infancy is a vulnerable stage of development, therefore, it's not enough that babies receive good care, the care must be excellent.





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