Our Babies, Ourselves Quotes

“the baby synchronized her heart rate to that of the mother or father when they approached, but she did not synchronize her heart rate to the stranger’s.98 These data suggest that babies and their caretakers are entwined in a homeostatic relationship, with the baby clicking in with the parents to achieve some sort of balance.”
― Meredith Small, Our Babies, Ourselves: How Biology and Culture Shape the Way We Parent

“I have four pelvises on my desk. One is from a human woman who died not long ago.”
― Meredith Small, Our Babies, Ourselves: How Biology and Culture Shape the Way We Parent