How confidently a person goes through life depends on their earliest experiences. Therefore, it is important that the connection between the baby and the people who care for them is good from the beginning. Even while in your womb, your child can hear your voice. So you can talk to them already during pregnancy. If at all possible, you and your newborn should have extensive skin-to-skin contact right after birth. Then take plenty of time to get to know your baby well. The baby senses when you pick up on their signals and understand them. It is important to know that sometimes it is hard to stand the crying of a baby. Give yourself breaks during which to refuel yourself. These times also give other people a chance to get to know your baby and bond.
The connection begins during pregnancy
From the 23rd week of pregnancy, the baby's hearing is developed to the point where it can hear you and your partner. It will recognize your voices later and will be easier to calm down then. Enjoy talking to your child. This is how you create the foundation for a trusting connection.
Physical contact after birth
You may have heard the term ’bonding’ before. By this, psychologists mean the development of the emotional bond between a baby and its caregivers. The first minutes after delivery are considered especially important. Therefore, you can immediately place the naked baby on your naked chest after a spontaneous vaginal delivery. Then you can feel, smell and hear each other. This experience is soothing and blissful for both mother and child. But don't worry if you don’t meet for the first time until later. This may be the case if you or the baby need medical attention right after birth. The connection between mother and baby is not just formed at one particular moment. Trust develops because they are often and intimately close to each other.
The most important needs
Your baby can't meet their own basic needs. They depend on you and maybe other caregivers. They need you to give them closeness, nourishment, warmth and security. If something is missing, your baby will call for attention, usually by screaming, but also gurgling or with other sounds. Most parents adjust to their child without effort. They comfort, feed or warm their baby or take them in their arms. It's not a big deal if you don't read your baby's signals correctly once in a while. No one can be perfect. The main thing is that you are there for your child. If a baby knows that they can rely on those around them, they will be able to cope with small disturbances.
When joy is missing
Some parents find that they don’t feel the joy of having a baby. It is difficult for them to turn themselves towards the newborn. They are ashamed of these feelings and do not dare to talk about their condition. If you are affected, you should know that other people have these feelings too. Baby blues and postpartum depression are not uncommon. These symptoms can be treated. When the symptoms have improved, mother and child can reconnect. Talk to people you trust or ask your midwife for support and advice. The Early Help Network (Netzwerk der Frühen Hilfen) in your area or county can also support you and help you to get back into good contact with your baby.
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
Mönchebergstraße 41-43
34125 Kassel
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
37083 Göttingen
- Postpartum care
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
Leibnizstraße 3
38300 Wolfenbüttel
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
- Postpartum care
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
34127 Kassel
- Postpartum care
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
Lüneburger Straße 12b
34246 Vellmar
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Brenkhäuser Straße 69
37671 Höxter
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
Kasernenstraße 23
38106 Braunschweig
- Postpartum care
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
- Postpartum care
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
Mönchebergstraße 41-43
34125 Kassel
- Parental counselling
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
Fischerstraße 5
38300 Wolfenbüttel
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
- Postpartum care
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
Reitkamp 2
31785 Hameln
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
37154 Northeim
- Postpartum care
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
- Postpartum care
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
99768 Harztor
- Postpartum care
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
13086 Berlin
- Postpartum care
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
63179 Hausen
- Postpartum care
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
- Postpartum care
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
Lönsstraße 10
37697 Lauenförde
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
Hoelemannpromenade 7
37520 Osterode am Harz
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
- Parental counselling
- Postpartum care
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
Holländische Straße 121
34246 Vellmar
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
37181 Hardegsen
- Postpartum care
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
Garde-du-Corps-Straße 7
34117 Kassel
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
Tränkepforte 4
34117 Kassel
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
- Postpartum care
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
37539 Bad Grund (Harz)
- Postpartum care
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
Gaußstraße 24
38228 Salzgitter
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
Dessenborn 19
34125 Kassel
- Postpartum care
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
Frankfurter Straße 65
34121 Kassel
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
Scheidemannplatz 1
34117 Kassel
- Parental counselling
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
- Postpartum care
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
Am Feuerteich 19
34346 Hann. Münden
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
37186 Moringen
- Postpartum care
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
- Postpartum care
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
Mönchebergstraße 41-43
34125 Kassel
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
Robert-Koch-Straße 40
37075 Göttingen
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
Neuer Weg 51c
38302 Wolfenbüttel
- Parental counselling
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
34355 Staufenberg (Niedersachsen)
- Postpartum care
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
Mammutring 5
38226 Salzgitter-Lebenstedt
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
Korbacher Straße 81
34132 Kassel
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
- Postpartum care
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
37520 Osterode am Harz
- Postpartum care
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
- Postpartum care
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
Breite Straße 36
37154 Northeim
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Vor dem Tore 9
37073 Göttingen
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
Ippinghäuser Straße 2
34466 Wolfhagen
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
37539 Bad Grund (Harz)
- Postpartum care
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
Kasseler Straße 19
34225 Baunatal
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
- Postpartum care
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
- Postpartum care
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
Teichstraße 22
34130 Kassel
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
Heiligenröder Straße 70
34266 Niestetal
- Parental counselling
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
Wilhelmshöher Allee 19-21
34117 Kassel
- Parental counselling
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
38315 Schladen
- Postpartum care
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
Holländische Straße 198
34127 Kassel
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
Schanzenstraße 26
37431 Bad Lauterberg im Harz
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Obere Straße 54
37603 Holzminden
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
- Postpartum care
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
- Postpartum care
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
- Postpartum care
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
Wilhelmshöher Allee 109
34121 Kassel
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
Bahnhofstraße 2
38300 Wolfenbüttel
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
- Postpartum care
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
Wilhelmshöher Allee 19-21
34117 Kassel
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
- Postpartum care
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
Lange Straße 57
34253 Lohfelden
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
Hinter der Komödie 17
34117 Kassel
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
Jutta-Limbach-Straße 3
37073 Göttingen
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
- Postpartum care
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
Wolfhager Straße 170
34127 Kassel
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
- Parental counselling
Mönchebergstraße 41-43
34125 Kassel
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
- Postpartum care
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
Seebergstraße 18
34128 Kassel
- Postpartum care
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
Wilhelmshöher Allee 122
34119 Kassel
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
Bahnhofstraße 1
37115 Duderstadt
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
Jenastieg 5
38124 Braunschweig
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
51491 Overath
- Postpartum care
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
Hennebergstraße 18a
37077 Göttingen
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
Wolfhager 379
34128 Kassel
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
- Postpartum care
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
Forster Weg 34
37603 Holzminden
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
Am Steinsgraben 1a
37085 Göttingen
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
Ernst-August-Straße 15
37603 Holzminden
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
Hauptstraße 62
34253 Lohfelden
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
Marktstraße 15
37574 Einbeck
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
Bahnhofstraße 40
34369 Hofgeismar
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
37083 Göttingen
- Postpartum care
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
Kleiner Zimmerhof 10
38300 Wolfenbüttel
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
Neuer Weg 51c
38302 Wolfenbüttel
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
37434 Gieboldehausen
- Postpartum care
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
Wilhelmshöher Allee 302a
34131 Kassel
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
- Postpartum care
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
An der Kilianikirche 14
37671 Höxter
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
Rathausplatz 20
37120 Bovenden
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
37574 Einbeck
- Postpartum care
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
73104 Börtlingen
- Postpartum care
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
Neue Straße 6
34376 Immenhausen
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
Schulstraße 6
37441 Bad Sachsa
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
Lutherplatz 1
34466 Wolfhagen
- Counselling for infant care and handling babies
37339 Breitenworbis
- Postpartum care
- Postpartum care
- Postpartum care
Schulweg 3
38173 Sickte
- Postpartum care
- Postpartum care
38162 Cremlingen
- Postpartum care
- Postpartum care
Nikolausberger Weg 20
37081 Göttingen
- Postpartum care
Waldweg 9
37073 Göttingen
- Postpartum care
37130 Gleichen
- Postpartum care
Hinter den Höfen 1
34317 Habichtswald
- Postpartum care
- Postpartum care
- Postpartum care
37077 Göttingen
- Postpartum care
- Postpartum care
- Postpartum care
Humboldtstraße 8
37073 Göttingen
- Postpartum care
Birkenkopfstraße 28
34132 Kassel
- Postpartum care
- Postpartum care
Harzburger Strasse 8
38304 Wolfenbüttel
- Postpartum care
- Postpartum care
- Postpartum care
Hinter den Höfen 1
34317 Habichtswald
- Postpartum care
Braunschweiger Straße 15
38518 Gifhorn
- Postpartum care
- Postpartum care
- Postpartum care
37073 Göttingen
- Postpartum care
37085 Göttingen
- Postpartum care
- Postpartum care
- Postpartum care
Hirschler Weg 15
38678 Clausthal Zellerfeld
- Postpartum care
- Postpartum care
38126 Braunschweig
- Postpartum care
- Postpartum care
- Postpartum care
- Postpartum care
37077 Göttingen
- Postpartum care
- Postpartum care
Arolser Straße 6
34471 Volkmarsen
- Postpartum care
34121 Kassel
- Postpartum care
- Postpartum care
- Postpartum care
- Postpartum care
Neuer Weg 51c
38302 Wolfenbüttel
- Postpartum care
- Postpartum care
- Postpartum care
34346 Hann. Münden
- Postpartum care
Waldweg 9
37073 Göttingen
- Postpartum care
Liebenauer Straße 1
34369 Hofgeismar
- Postpartum care
- Postpartum care
- Postpartum care
Potsdamer Straße 6A
27576 Bremerhaven
- Postpartum care
- Postpartum care
- Postpartum care
- Postpartum care
- Postpartum care
Brandaustraße 10
34127 Kassel
- Postpartum care
Württemberger Straße 22
34131 Kassel
- Postpartum care
- Postpartum care
- Postpartum care
- Postpartum care
37130 Gleichen
- Postpartum care
Rosenwall 2
38300 Wolfenbüttel
- Postpartum care
- Postpartum care
Über der Esebeeke
37079 Göttingen
- Postpartum care
- Postpartum care
- Postpartum care
Käthe-Kollwitz-Weg 3
34225 Baunatal
- Postpartum care
Neue Straße 24
37581 Bad Gandersheim
- Postpartum care
37073 Göttingen
- Postpartum care
- Postpartum care
Nikolausberger Weg 20
37073 Göttingen
- Postpartum care
- Postpartum care
- Postpartum care
Auguststraße 7
26121 Oldenburg
- Postpartum care
- Postpartum care
- Postpartum care
- Postpartum care
Am Steinsgraben 19
37085 Göttingen
- Postpartum care
Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Straße 1a
38300 Wolfenbüttel
- Postpartum care
Hauptstraße 9
38170 Schöppenstedt
- Postpartum care
- Postpartum care
Unterstr. 26
37697 Lauenförde
- Postpartum care
37130 Gleichen
- Postpartum care
- Postpartum care
- Postpartum care
- Postpartum care
- Postpartum care
Vöhreweg 10
37136 Ebergötzen
- Parental counselling
Bahnhofstraße 11
38300 Wolfenbüttel
- Parental counselling
Tiefenweg 12
34369 Hofgeismar
- Parental counselling
Theodor-Haubach-Straße 8
34132 Kassel
- Parental counselling
Wallstraße 40
37154 Northeim
- Parental counselling
Ringstraße 48
37441 Bad Sachsa
- Parental counselling
Am Schilde 19
37520 Osterode am Harz
- Parental counselling
Hilsstraße 26
31073 Delligsen
- Parental counselling
Am Reinsgraben 1
37085 Göttingen
- Parental counselling
Entenmarkt 3-4
37154 Northeim
- Parental counselling
Hupfeldstraße 21
34121 Kassel
- Parental counselling
Breiter Weg 2
37154 Northeim
- Parental counselling
Ritscherstraße 6-8
37431 Bad Lauterberg im Harz
- Parental counselling
Mosenthalstraße 8
34117 Kassel
- Parental counselling
Am Knollen 10a
37539 Bad Grund (Harz)
- Parental counselling
Burgstraße 2b
37073 Göttingen
- Parental counselling
Ippinghäuser Straße 2
34466 Wolfhagen
- Parental counselling
- Parental counselling
Baumhofstraße 116
37520 Osterode am Harz
- Parental counselling
Dr.-Heinrich-Jasper-Straße 22
38304 Wolfenbüttel
- Parental counselling
Wildemannsgasse 14
34117 Kassel
- Parental counselling
Jutta-Limbach-Straße 3
37073 Göttingen
- Parental counselling
Lindener Straße 28
38300 Wolfenbüttel
- Parental counselling