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<blockquote data-quote="Amarpal" data-source="post: 5087" data-attributes="member: 10"><p><strong>Developing 'Mint Grade' Khalsas: Part 4: The New Born Baby</strong></p><p></p><p>Dear Khalsa Ji,</p><p></p><p>With ‘The Sat’ willing, today I share with you my views on ‘Developing Mint Grade Khalsas’ based on my studies and learning in my life. What I know, I will share with you all in many small posts.</p><p></p><p>In the last 3 posts were (i) Introduction; (ii) Would be Mother; and (iii) The Baby to be Born.</p><p></p><p>In this post, I share with you my learning about the ‘New Born Baby’.</p><p></p><p><strong>4. The New Born Baby:</strong></p><p></p><p> As pointed out earlier, the baby’s travel from the cozy environment of the womb to the real world is scary and arduous. Fearful and sometimes starved of oxygen the ‘New Born Baby’ experiences our world; the family has the responsibility to soothe the discomfort and feelings of fear arising out of it. This can be achieved if the ‘New Born Baby’ does not receive any sustained dose of discomfort making its ordeal at the time of birth a matter of past.</p><p></p><p>The networking of neurons in the brain now starts at a high speed based on what the ‘New Born Baby’ experiences. We human cannot directly control this networking, but can influence it indirectly. Designing an adequate environmental interface for this ‘New Born Baby’ is what is needed. The intent of the design of this interface is to make the ‘New Born Baby’ feel that nothing much has changed for it and things are fine. While designing this interface one has to depend on what the child is already familiar with. We also know that the ‘New Born Baby’ does not have the ability to analyse and goes only based on feelings that get generated based on the inputs it receives through its senses, this should be made use of to stabilise the ‘New Born Baby’. How to do this is elaborated below.</p><p></p><p><strong>4.1 Feeling of comfort - room temperature: </strong></p><p></p><p> The temperature, of the space in which the child is, should be almost the same, which the child had experienced in the womb. With this done, on this account the temperature, the ‘New Born Baby’ will not feel that things have changed for it. Room temperature is one factor that will instill feeling of security in the child.</p><p></p><p><strong>4.2 The sense of vision - room illumination:</strong></p><p></p><p> The baby’s world in the womb was not very bright. Whatever light reached that world was through the mother’s skin to which the baby was used to. The ‘New Born Baby’ has still to learn to adjust its eye muscles to adjust the aperture in the eye. For this reason the space in which the ‘New Born Baby’ is kept should not be too bright. It is good that during the initial period the ‘New Born Baby’ sleeps a lot so the brightness may not be very big problem, but it will be a good idea to have adjustable illumination for the initial period when the ‘New Born Baby’ gets introduced to its new environment. The illumination level can be progressively increased as the ‘New Born Baby’ learns to control the muscles that help in effective adjustment in the eye. The illumination level can be as much as the mother needs when the ‘New Born Baby’ is sleeping. </p><p></p><p><strong>4.3 The senses of touch, and smell:</strong></p><p></p><p> In the womb the child felt supported all over. In the world in which the ‘New Born Baby’ finds itself this feeling need to be given through make shift arrangements. The ‘New Born Baby’ should be wrapped with s soft clean cloth. Whenever the ‘New Born Baby’ is taken in hands, the whole body should be fully supported. This feeling of support the ‘New Born Baby’ gets from the sensors in its skin that sense the pressure resulting from the contact. </p><p></p><p> The number of individuals that handle the ‘New Born Baby’ should be minimum as the ‘New Born Baby’ is not used to variety. Mostly it should be the mother who should handle the ‘New Born Baby’. This is useful for emotional bonding.</p><p></p><p>The emotional relationship of the ‘New Born Baby’ with the mother starts with the bodily contact between the two while feeding the baby. The body odour of the mother plays an important role for the child to identify her. The discomfort resulting from hunger that the ‘New Born Baby’ experiences and its satiation get associate with this special feeling of touch and smell that the baby experiences. The ‘New Born Baby’ starts recognising the mother as the solution for its difficulties. This emotional relationship grows as the child learns more and more through its mother.</p><p></p><p>Physical contact is very important for the feeling of security for the ‘New Born Baby’. Traditionally, in India, this contact is provided through the so call ‘oil massage’, which is given to the ‘New Born Baby’ almost every day. The resulting feeling of security allows all the systems of the body of the ‘New Born Baby’ to work at maximum effectiveness and the baby grows ay its maximum potential. It must be kept in mind that the contact through the cloth is not as comforting to the child as compare to the contact of bare skin. The contact where the child feels the body warmth of the mother is also very soothing to the child.</p><p></p><p>All human contact with the ‘New Born Baby’ should be gentle and smooth. Rocking movements should be avoided for this initial period till the ‘New Born Baby’ starts feeling at home with its new world and develops confidence in those who handle it.</p><p></p><p><strong>4.4 The sense of hearing:</strong></p><p></p><p> As mentioned earlier, the baby in womb had been hearing all the sounds that reach it through the body of the mother. Prominent among these are mothers heartbeats and mothers voice. If in a noise free environment, the mother had been talking repeatedly the same thing to the baby in womb, then this tone and rhythm too becomes familiar for the baby to be born. The baby to be born also registers any soothing, soft music (Kirtan) that is played in absence of other audio disturbances. These are extremely important linkages of continuity in the life of the ‘Baby to be Born’ and the ‘New Born Baby’. These help the child to feel the same sense of security that it had felt while in the womb even when it is no longer in that cozy place. Their importance should not be underestimated.</p><p></p><p>Mother should repeat the same words in the same tone and rhythm; the soft music (Kirtan) should be played at low volumes. Though the sounds as heard by the ‘New Born Baby’ will not be exactly the same that ‘Baby to be Born’ had heard that reached it thought mother’s body, yet the rhythm and the tone will by very similar to the lure the ‘New Born Baby’ into a sense of security. This is a very important interface that provides a real continuity. </p><p></p><p> The ‘New Born Baby’ should not be exposed to loud or harsh sounds. They should be protected against the sound of crackers and blaring loud speakers.</p><p></p><p> With this initial stablisation, the ‘New Born Baby’, having successfully established relationship with the new world, crosses the transition phase and becomes the ‘Learning Baby’.</p><p></p><p> This post I close here.</p><p></p><p> With love and respect for all.</p><p></p><p></p><p> Amarpal Singh<strong><a href="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/sikh-youth/1298-developing-mint-grade-khalsas-part-4-a.html" target="_blank">http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/sikh-youth/1298-developing-mint-grade-khalsas-part-4-a.html</a></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Amarpal, post: 5087, member: 10"] [b]Developing 'Mint Grade' Khalsas: Part 4: The New Born Baby[/b] Dear Khalsa Ji, With ‘The Sat’ willing, today I share with you my views on ‘Developing Mint Grade Khalsas’ based on my studies and learning in my life. What I know, I will share with you all in many small posts. In the last 3 posts were (i) Introduction; (ii) Would be Mother; and (iii) The Baby to be Born. In this post, I share with you my learning about the ‘New Born Baby’. [B]4. The New Born Baby:[/B] As pointed out earlier, the baby’s travel from the cozy environment of the womb to the real world is scary and arduous. Fearful and sometimes starved of oxygen the ‘New Born Baby’ experiences our world; the family has the responsibility to soothe the discomfort and feelings of fear arising out of it. This can be achieved if the ‘New Born Baby’ does not receive any sustained dose of discomfort making its ordeal at the time of birth a matter of past. The networking of neurons in the brain now starts at a high speed based on what the ‘New Born Baby’ experiences. We human cannot directly control this networking, but can influence it indirectly. Designing an adequate environmental interface for this ‘New Born Baby’ is what is needed. The intent of the design of this interface is to make the ‘New Born Baby’ feel that nothing much has changed for it and things are fine. While designing this interface one has to depend on what the child is already familiar with. We also know that the ‘New Born Baby’ does not have the ability to analyse and goes only based on feelings that get generated based on the inputs it receives through its senses, this should be made use of to stabilise the ‘New Born Baby’. How to do this is elaborated below. [B]4.1 Feeling of comfort - room temperature: [/B] The temperature, of the space in which the child is, should be almost the same, which the child had experienced in the womb. With this done, on this account the temperature, the ‘New Born Baby’ will not feel that things have changed for it. Room temperature is one factor that will instill feeling of security in the child. [B]4.2 The sense of vision - room illumination:[/B] The baby’s world in the womb was not very bright. Whatever light reached that world was through the mother’s skin to which the baby was used to. The ‘New Born Baby’ has still to learn to adjust its eye muscles to adjust the aperture in the eye. For this reason the space in which the ‘New Born Baby’ is kept should not be too bright. It is good that during the initial period the ‘New Born Baby’ sleeps a lot so the brightness may not be very big problem, but it will be a good idea to have adjustable illumination for the initial period when the ‘New Born Baby’ gets introduced to its new environment. The illumination level can be progressively increased as the ‘New Born Baby’ learns to control the muscles that help in effective adjustment in the eye. The illumination level can be as much as the mother needs when the ‘New Born Baby’ is sleeping. [B]4.3 The senses of touch, and smell:[/B] In the womb the child felt supported all over. In the world in which the ‘New Born Baby’ finds itself this feeling need to be given through make shift arrangements. The ‘New Born Baby’ should be wrapped with s soft clean cloth. Whenever the ‘New Born Baby’ is taken in hands, the whole body should be fully supported. This feeling of support the ‘New Born Baby’ gets from the sensors in its skin that sense the pressure resulting from the contact. The number of individuals that handle the ‘New Born Baby’ should be minimum as the ‘New Born Baby’ is not used to variety. Mostly it should be the mother who should handle the ‘New Born Baby’. This is useful for emotional bonding. The emotional relationship of the ‘New Born Baby’ with the mother starts with the bodily contact between the two while feeding the baby. The body odour of the mother plays an important role for the child to identify her. The discomfort resulting from hunger that the ‘New Born Baby’ experiences and its satiation get associate with this special feeling of touch and smell that the baby experiences. The ‘New Born Baby’ starts recognising the mother as the solution for its difficulties. This emotional relationship grows as the child learns more and more through its mother. Physical contact is very important for the feeling of security for the ‘New Born Baby’. Traditionally, in India, this contact is provided through the so call ‘oil massage’, which is given to the ‘New Born Baby’ almost every day. The resulting feeling of security allows all the systems of the body of the ‘New Born Baby’ to work at maximum effectiveness and the baby grows ay its maximum potential. It must be kept in mind that the contact through the cloth is not as comforting to the child as compare to the contact of bare skin. The contact where the child feels the body warmth of the mother is also very soothing to the child. All human contact with the ‘New Born Baby’ should be gentle and smooth. Rocking movements should be avoided for this initial period till the ‘New Born Baby’ starts feeling at home with its new world and develops confidence in those who handle it. [B]4.4 The sense of hearing:[/B] As mentioned earlier, the baby in womb had been hearing all the sounds that reach it through the body of the mother. Prominent among these are mothers heartbeats and mothers voice. If in a noise free environment, the mother had been talking repeatedly the same thing to the baby in womb, then this tone and rhythm too becomes familiar for the baby to be born. The baby to be born also registers any soothing, soft music (Kirtan) that is played in absence of other audio disturbances. These are extremely important linkages of continuity in the life of the ‘Baby to be Born’ and the ‘New Born Baby’. These help the child to feel the same sense of security that it had felt while in the womb even when it is no longer in that cozy place. Their importance should not be underestimated. Mother should repeat the same words in the same tone and rhythm; the soft music (Kirtan) should be played at low volumes. Though the sounds as heard by the ‘New Born Baby’ will not be exactly the same that ‘Baby to be Born’ had heard that reached it thought mother’s body, yet the rhythm and the tone will by very similar to the lure the ‘New Born Baby’ into a sense of security. This is a very important interface that provides a real continuity. The ‘New Born Baby’ should not be exposed to loud or harsh sounds. They should be protected against the sound of crackers and blaring loud speakers. With this initial stablisation, the ‘New Born Baby’, having successfully established relationship with the new world, crosses the transition phase and becomes the ‘Learning Baby’. This post I close here. With love and respect for all. Amarpal Singh[B][URL="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/sikh-youth/1298-developing-mint-grade-khalsas-part-4-a.html"][/URL][/B] [/QUOTE]
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