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      <image:caption>Connecting with Your Baby Right from the moment your child takes their first breath, their world revolves around you. Infants are constantly absorbing their environment, and the connection they form with you plays a vital role in shaping how they perceive their world. Is their world safe, predictable, comforting... or is it scary, painful, inconsistent?</image:caption>
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