" We now know babies think, feel, hear and develop memories before birth, these memories remain deeply buried in the subconscious, today there is a growing acceptance that our pre-natal life and birth experience has a profound and lasting effect on our understanding and approach to life." Birth into Being.
"With the advances of neuro science, brain scans, and years of reasearch on the brains of primates and other mammals (who's emotional brains have virtually the same architecture and chemical systems as ours), we now have vital information about the impact of different ways of parenting on a child's brain. Your approach to parenting (and remember that starts pre-natally!) can dramatically determine whether or not your child's brain systems and brain chemistries are activated in such a way as to enable him or her to enjoy a rich and rewarding life. With HypnoBirthing® you are already practicing raising levels of endorphins and reducing levels of catechlomines and cortisol, which later play an active part in forging your babies neural pathways. The cells and pathways in the brain are activated by natural chemicals and hormones. Among a number of chemicals that are important in good parent-child relationships are oxytocin and opioids. Opiods are brain chemicals with many functions. One is to relieve pain; and the name of one type endorphin, comes from endogenous morphine - morphine that is made naturally by the body. However, opioids also give us a general sense of well being. Oxytocin is vital for contributing to feelings of comfort and safety in children. It also inhibits the action of the stress response system. When oxytocin is released by the pituitay gland, there is a cascade of chemical reactions. One of their effects is that the adrenal glands, ontop of the kidneys, release less of the strss hormone cortisol."
"Much of the brain is very open to being sculpted by both negative and positive parent-child interactions.
These diagrams show how a baby's higher brain forms connections at a very rapid rate as it is sculpted by experiences in the first years of life. At the beginning brain cells are unconnected, like dangling wires in a computer. A new born baby has 200 billion brain cells, but few connections". Margot Sunderland - The Science of Parenting.
"Much of the brain is very open to being sculpted by both negative and positive parent-child interactions.
These diagrams show how a baby's higher brain forms connections at a very rapid rate as it is sculpted by experiences in the first years of life. At the beginning brain cells are unconnected, like dangling wires in a computer. A new born baby has 200 billion brain cells, but few connections". Margot Sunderland - The Science of Parenting.
A One Year Old Child
"In a child of about one year, cells in the higher brain have develpoed many more connections".
A Two Year Old Child
"In a child of about two years, the wiring has become more complex and synaptic pruning has begun".
"Everything your baby experiences with you as his parent will forge connections between the cells in his higher brain. With emotionally responsive parenting, vital connections will form in his brain, enabling him to cope well with stress in later life; form fullfilling relationships; manage anger well; be kind and compassionate; have the will and the ambition to follow his dreams; experience the deepest calm; and love intimately and in peace." - Birth into Being.