Maximizing bonding between an adoptive parent and child

During my interview with Dr. Linda Folden Palmer, author of The Baby Bond, we discussed the hormonal response and initial bonding that happens in the first hour of life between the mother and the baby.

As many of these early biochemical bonding factors occur within that first hour post birth, I asked her about how one can maximize parent/child bonding in an adoption situation.

Here is her response to that question:

Exerpt from Interview with Dr. Linda Folden Palmer – Adoption bonding 2

 

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