Newborn babies have a very natural communication with their mothers. For this reason, the mutual communication between the mother and the baby, which begins in the womb, is not similar between the father and the baby. So, how does the relationship between the newborn baby and his/her father develop and does the baby recognize his/her father by his/her voice and smell like his/her mother? Let’s take a look at the issue of father-father communication with the newborn baby , which fathers are very curious about..
How to Strengthen the Father and Newborn Relationship?
Children are very precious. Being important and being loved in their world of emotions and thoughts is priceless for mothers and fathers. For this reason, we care about establishing a strong bond with them from the moment they are born. Sometimes this bond is already innate and completely instinctive, as in mother-baby communication, but sometimes it has a structure that needs to be developed. The relationship between father and baby is a bit like this. It develops with the father’s attention, care and love. So, what should fathers do to communicate with their babies, let’s list a few…
- Feeding the baby
When the baby is bottle-fed, fathers can be involved in the feeding. In this way, they can make skin-to-skin contact and eye contact with the baby.
Seealso the article What to Consider When Choosing a Baby Bottle !
- Putting the baby to sleep
Being involved in the process of preparing the baby for sleep, such as putting him in his crib and rocking him to sleep, is also excellent for establishing communication between father and baby. Fathers may also want to take a look at our article How to Put a Baby to Sleep!
- Talking to the baby
Newborn babies often have difficulty making eye contact. Nor do they understand what is being said. But they can recognize sounds. You can communicate with your baby by speaking in a calm and pleasant tone of voice.
Why it is important to meet your baby’s needs!
Feeding, burping and sleeping are very important for the baby. In fact, these are the only important things in the life of a newborn. So meeting these needs should be the most natural way of communicating with them. So get involved in feeding the baby, burping the baby with massage, changing the diaper, putting the baby to sleep. get rid of the prejudice that “this is mom’s job”.