how many of us were babies at one point
in our life you all should have your
hands raised see we already have so much
in common this is gonna be fun
I have the opportunity of working as a
postpartum doula a newborn care
specialist with a bunch of different
families I bet you wonder what that is
essentially I am every baby book come to
life in one small convenient package
when a family brings their baby home
from the hospital I’m there to help
educate them and share tips and tricks
on what they can do in order to be
better more efficient and confident
parents in my 20 years of experience I
have learned that babies have a special
kind of wince wisdom that I’d like to
share with you today that I call infant
wisdom so many of us adults have
forgotten about several different things
that babies do much better than us so
I’m here today to tell you why it’s okay
to be a little infantile let’s start
with breathing I bet you all just
noticed your breathing just now when a
baby breathes their stomach expands when
they inhale and contracts when they
exhale kind of like the big bad wolf
they’re breathing at an optimal optimal
level of through their diaphragm when we
take big breaths
it gives more oxygen to our brain we
should all be taking big breaths
throughout the day let’s practice now
everybody take a big breath with me now
isn’t that better the next thing I’d
like to talk about is something we all
lack and wish we had more of sleep as
you can see the baby is sleeping calmly
and I’ve fallen asleep at my computer
we’ve been told all our lives that
you’re supposed to get a bunch of sleep
during the day or in the evening should
I say babies take naps during the day
which leaves them in a calmer state in
order to retain information
should all talk to our bosses about
taking naps during the day right
and then we’ll be more productive and
generally not grumpy however that’s not
really a reality so I recommend that you
focus on getting a good night’s sleep
did you know that babies don’t wake up
with sore necks or backs it’s because
they get the right amount of sleep and
they also don’t go to bed with stresses
in their life if we learn how to unplug
from things that stress us out in our
lives like work bills relationship
issues everything that piles up before
we go to bed we can have a better
night’s sleep
things that I suggest to do in order to
unplug before you go to bed or
journaling meditating breathing or
speaking with your loved one about your
day not watching binge watching your
favorite show or scrolling social media
let your body unplug from the matrix a
bit and you will wake up feeling more
rested and relaxed babies are really
good at asking for help because
otherwise you know they’ll die many
adults hesitate when they want to ask
for help they will try and figure it out
on their own or they might never ask for
help they’re for not completing the task
at hand month asking for help is
something that we can learn from a baby
granted a babies way of asking for help
may be to cry or whine which isn’t
unlike some adults but they don’t have
babies don’t hesitate to ask this kind
of reminds me of a time when I was in
the grocery store and as you might
imagine I can’t reach the top shelf so I
thought about climbing the actual steps
in order to reach the item on the top
shelf but then I figured that could lead
to a very big mess and maybe a disaster
so I assess the situation and went and
found someone to ask for help to reach
that item how did not I could have
created a disaster in the store
it did bruised my ego just a little bit
that I did have to ask for help which
happens to many adults so if you can put
your ego aside and ask somebody for
assistance then you can accomplish
things a lot quicker and get out of the
store a lot faster babies are really
good at being present how many of us are
present throughout our day multitasking
seems to be something that people brag
about these days and every job posting
lists multitasking as a required skill
but by and large multitasking isn’t as
efficient as you would think if you
complete one task at a time like a baby
then you will be able to complete many
things a lot faster than trying to focus
on many at a time another part of being
present is listening when you’re with
your loved one and you’re a text
messaging and cooking dinner and
checking your social media your Lea it
leaves you unpress in a conversation
leaving you happy to ask that person to
repeat themselves over and over again I
find this often when I’m on the phone
was a family member and they’re
constantly doing something else so if
you can be like a baby and be completely
present then you will be able to have
better connections I’ll give you an
example a baby can play peekaboo for a
very long time I promise you on that one
or every parent’s favorite drop the keys
and pick them back up like a hundred
times and the baby is always present so
if we can remember to be like a baby
playing peekaboo when we are engaging in
a conversation it will go much smoother
babies are really good at persevering in
the first year of life a baby learns to
use every part of their body by the age
of one a baby learns from rolling over
to sitting up and then to crawling and
eventually walking nobody ever told a
baby no you can’t do this and the baby
stopped trying to figure it all out they
worked on each skill every day and then
eventually it led up to walking we can
learn from this all of us were babies at
one point and we persevered through one
of the hardest things a baby learns how
to do walking if you have a goal that
you want to accomplish then if you focus
on it daily and work on it each day you
can accomplish so much more and
regardless of the naysayers that may say
no you can’t do this keep crawling every
day and before you know it you’ll be
walking thank you for letting me share a
little infant wisdom with you today and
remember it’s okay to be a little
infantile [Applause]
in our life you all should have your
hands raised see we already have so much
in common this is gonna be fun
I have the opportunity of working as a
postpartum doula a newborn care
specialist with a bunch of different
families I bet you wonder what that is
essentially I am every baby book come to
life in one small convenient package
when a family brings their baby home
from the hospital I’m there to help
educate them and share tips and tricks
on what they can do in order to be
better more efficient and confident
parents in my 20 years of experience I
have learned that babies have a special
kind of wince wisdom that I’d like to
share with you today that I call infant
wisdom so many of us adults have
forgotten about several different things
that babies do much better than us so
I’m here today to tell you why it’s okay
to be a little infantile let’s start
with breathing I bet you all just
noticed your breathing just now when a
baby breathes their stomach expands when
they inhale and contracts when they
exhale kind of like the big bad wolf
they’re breathing at an optimal optimal
level of through their diaphragm when we
take big breaths
it gives more oxygen to our brain we
should all be taking big breaths
throughout the day let’s practice now
everybody take a big breath with me now
isn’t that better the next thing I’d
like to talk about is something we all
lack and wish we had more of sleep as
you can see the baby is sleeping calmly
and I’ve fallen asleep at my computer
we’ve been told all our lives that
you’re supposed to get a bunch of sleep
during the day or in the evening should
I say babies take naps during the day
which leaves them in a calmer state in
order to retain information
should all talk to our bosses about
taking naps during the day right
and then we’ll be more productive and
generally not grumpy however that’s not
really a reality so I recommend that you
focus on getting a good night’s sleep
did you know that babies don’t wake up
with sore necks or backs it’s because
they get the right amount of sleep and
they also don’t go to bed with stresses
in their life if we learn how to unplug
from things that stress us out in our
lives like work bills relationship
issues everything that piles up before
we go to bed we can have a better
night’s sleep
things that I suggest to do in order to
unplug before you go to bed or
journaling meditating breathing or
speaking with your loved one about your
day not watching binge watching your
favorite show or scrolling social media
let your body unplug from the matrix a
bit and you will wake up feeling more
rested and relaxed babies are really
good at asking for help because
otherwise you know they’ll die many
adults hesitate when they want to ask
for help they will try and figure it out
on their own or they might never ask for
help they’re for not completing the task
at hand month asking for help is
something that we can learn from a baby
granted a babies way of asking for help
may be to cry or whine which isn’t
unlike some adults but they don’t have
babies don’t hesitate to ask this kind
of reminds me of a time when I was in
the grocery store and as you might
imagine I can’t reach the top shelf so I
thought about climbing the actual steps
in order to reach the item on the top
shelf but then I figured that could lead
to a very big mess and maybe a disaster
so I assess the situation and went and
found someone to ask for help to reach
that item how did not I could have
created a disaster in the store
it did bruised my ego just a little bit
that I did have to ask for help which
happens to many adults so if you can put
your ego aside and ask somebody for
assistance then you can accomplish
things a lot quicker and get out of the
store a lot faster babies are really
good at being present how many of us are
present throughout our day multitasking
seems to be something that people brag
about these days and every job posting
lists multitasking as a required skill
but by and large multitasking isn’t as
efficient as you would think if you
complete one task at a time like a baby
then you will be able to complete many
things a lot faster than trying to focus
on many at a time another part of being
present is listening when you’re with
your loved one and you’re a text
messaging and cooking dinner and
checking your social media your Lea it
leaves you unpress in a conversation
leaving you happy to ask that person to
repeat themselves over and over again I
find this often when I’m on the phone
was a family member and they’re
constantly doing something else so if
you can be like a baby and be completely
present then you will be able to have
better connections I’ll give you an
example a baby can play peekaboo for a
very long time I promise you on that one
or every parent’s favorite drop the keys
and pick them back up like a hundred
times and the baby is always present so
if we can remember to be like a baby
playing peekaboo when we are engaging in
a conversation it will go much smoother
babies are really good at persevering in
the first year of life a baby learns to
use every part of their body by the age
of one a baby learns from rolling over
to sitting up and then to crawling and
eventually walking nobody ever told a
baby no you can’t do this and the baby
stopped trying to figure it all out they
worked on each skill every day and then
eventually it led up to walking we can
learn from this all of us were babies at
one point and we persevered through one
of the hardest things a baby learns how
to do walking if you have a goal that
you want to accomplish then if you focus
on it daily and work on it each day you
can accomplish so much more and
regardless of the naysayers that may say
no you can’t do this keep crawling every
day and before you know it you’ll be
walking thank you for letting me share a
little infant wisdom with you today and
remember it’s okay to be a little
infantile [Applause]
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