Talking Consent with Babies with Dr Emily Spaeth

Babies are not empty vessels just waiting to be filled. They aren't a sack of potatoes that we drag around with us until they "acquire the knowledge and the skills" to communicate. Babies are actually always communicating...their bodies are communicating with us. It's US, the adults in the room, that need to acquire the skills to understand them.

What a blessing to have come across Dr. Emily's work! She is so dedicated to sharing the wisdom of our bodies, beginning with educating parents to their baby's consent cues that she has a website, podcast and business built around empowering mamas to really get to know their little humans and to build a loving partnership with this little human. This is a conversation that could be shared with everyone because Emily shares some really good tips and tools for reading a baby's cues. Consent starts with the little human at birth. This is where we can start practicing allowing our little humans agency over their own bodies and building on that muscle as they grow.

Reference and resources:

Be Well Baby - www.bewellbaby.or

The Beyond Birth Blueprint - https://www.bewellbaby.org/beyond-birth-blueprint

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I'd like to thank Jaya Lakshmi for lending me her song, This is the Day, for our intro and outro.