What Is Implicit Memory? How Does It Affect Our Babies?
By Karlton Terry, Excerpt from The Cure for Colic: From Crying to Cuddling.
Sometimes, even when all their needs have been met (milk, burping, changing diapers, cuddling, warmth...etc.) a baby still cries, and can reach a pitch and volume and tone that is intolerable. Unless it is in acute pain, it is not always that big of a deal for the baby, but it can be a nightmare for caretakers…
By Karlton Terry
Masks have been a part of human culture for tens of thousands of years. Masks hit home in the primal, sub cognitive parts of the brain, evoking an instant sensation: astonishment, curiosity, repulsion, relief, laughter, or fear, and so on. Masks are fixed in the image they transmit. Except for animal masks, they convey a human expression of emotion, generally one that is universally recognized across cultures and generations. A mask is of a feeling that we know and feel ourselves…
The Birth Mask
By Karlton Terry, Published in Change: Birthing and Parenting at Times of Crisis Edited by Olga Gouni
We behave, make choices and take action in our lives based upon how we feel. How do we know what we feel? Neuropeptides, a type of neurotransmitters, are information-sharing and communication- transmitting small protein molecules. They’re like messengers that are constantly running around in our bodies, and are especially important in keeping us alert and safe…
Prenatal Parenting In Times of Crisis
Lie Side Phenomena, Baby Body Language & Somato Magnetism
By Karlton Terry
Force-caused impacts upon the peri-natal fetal cranium occur naturally in all vaginal births and are considered normal. Impact occurs primarily upon the ‘lie side’ of a perinate. Birth contractions force the peri-natal cranium against and along the spine of the mother, specifically the Lumbo-Sacral Promontory (LSP). The pressure against the thin fetal cranium creates linear inward compression and torsional flexions on the cranium and meninges: the dura mater, arachnoid mater, and the pia mater.
By Karlton Terry
With Freud we accepted that our early childhood essentially shapes and is therefore the architect of our adulthood. With Jung we accepted that forces from the collective unconscious structure and order our lives, motivate us and influence our condition as individuals. Why then is it still taboo to appreciate the impacts of early prenatal life upon every human system, including the psyche? Prenatal life, especially before the second trimester, is the bridge between the collective unconscious and human experience…
Implantation Journey
Observations in Treatment of Children Conceived by In Vitro Fertilization
By Karlton Terry
Years ago I did my Boulder Baby "Clinics," which usually occurred about once a month. We invite babies and their parents to join our staff for a four-hour period. We take turns focusing on one child and his or her family for about an hour and then move on to the next family. During the course of the last few years, we have seen babies of many ages, from newborns to five-year olds. We have worked with adopted babies, babies who have had traumatic births or elaborate surgeries, babies delivered by cesarean section, babies conceived by in vitro fertilization (IVF), and developmentally delayed babies…
History of Pre and Perinatal Education
Case History: Graham
By Karlton Terry
When I first met Graham, an adopted baby, he was four months old. His parents brought him to my Boulder, Colorado office where I work with many babies. Some of the babies I've worked with there were cross-culturally adopted, some of them have had emergency C-sections, surgeries or serious traumas, but Graham, was a "local boy" who had a "normal birth." Although his adoptive parents had been ejected from the delivery room against the wishes of all four parents, he did get to meet his adoptive parents pretty soon after he was born. By the time I met him he was a plump, solid-feeling blond boy with intense dark blue eyes, who had already figured out how to sit pretty well on his own.
