The Secrets Babies Hold
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The Secrets Babies Hold invites parents into a revolutionary way of understanding their baby’s first year — not as a checklist of milestones to achieve, but as a rich, sensory journey of brain-body development that unfolds through movement, touch, and connection. Drawing on cutting-edge neuroscience and the Child’Space Method®, the book teaches parents how to read their baby’s cues, support natural movement, and regulate their own nervous systems in the process.
Leigh Scott brings more than three decades of somatic expertise to these pages, including twenty-five years as a licensed Shiatsu therapist, a four-year Feldenkrais professional training, and advanced certification in the Child’Space Method® — the specialized infant development approach at the heart of this book.
As a postpartum doula, she spent countless hours holding and observing hundreds of babies, learning firsthand from the intelligence of the infant nervous system. Her work is further grounded in the attachment and interpersonal neurobiology research of Dr. Dan Siegel, and her own hard-won experience as a parent.
The result is a warm, practical, and deeply informed guide that empowers families to slow down, tune in, and discover what their babies can teach them.
"This is a user-friendly guide on how to understand and support a baby’s growth in the first year across all developmental domains. Leigh brings her vast research and experience as a parent educator and somatics professional to her unique program, with coordinated video to provide an easy reference point. A ‘must have’ gift for parents and caregivers."
—Barbara Leverone, M.A. Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner® and Senior Child’Space Method® Trainer
"In this highly accessible manual for new parents, Leigh Scott shares her warmth and wisdom drawn from years of personal and professional experience, as well as skilled attunement to babies and their caregivers. She encourages parents to focus on their own needs, even as they navigate the opportunity to be both guides and followers of their infant’s innate capacity to grow and thrive."
—Suzanne Burger, Clinical Psychologist and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner