For many people, the idea that babies might remember life in the womb sounds surprising, even implausible. But what if pregnancy is a time of relationship, awareness, sensory learning, and emotional experience?

For many parents, birth is filled with anticipation, intensity, hope, and emotion all at once. We may prepare for labor, nursing or feeding plans, and postpartum recovery. But there is one remarkable window of time that often receives far less attention than it deserves: the very first hour after birth.

Try as they might, our little ones don't always know how to express their emotions in a way we can understand. As parents, trying to calm down your child who is escalated can be incredibly overwhelming.