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A baby who cannot relax can be helped to do so by a variety of constant rhythmical stimuli. it will work if the trouble is some kind of general and diffuse irritability or tenseness which is preventing a tired baby relaxing into sleep. The burring sound of a fan or heater works excellently. So does the sound of a car engine.

Penelope Leach

Loving a baby or child is a circular business, a kind of feedback loop. The more you give, the more you get, the more you get, the more you feel like giving.

Penelope Leach

Penelope Leach

Penelope Leach

Born: November 19, 1937 (age 87)

Bio: Penelope Jane Leach, is a British psychologist who researches and writes extensively on parenting issues from a child development perspective.

Known for:

The Essential First Year (2010)
Your Baby & Child: From Birth to Age Five (1977)

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