Learning Outcomes

In this free course, you will learn how to:

• Summarise the history of attachment theory and different types of attachments
• Outline the important facts about infants' attachment to their parents at birth
• Discuss how skin-to-skin contact can support infant brain development
• Describe the benefits of breastfeeding for infants and mothers
• Explain how to pay attention to a baby's crying properly
• Outline the role of health workers and fathers in promoting breastfeeding
• Summarise the concept of co-sleeping in terms of attachment parenting
• Outline the issues faced by working mothers in attachment parenting