{"id":5041,"date":"2023-08-10T19:55:33","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T19:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/?p=5041"},"modified":"2025-02-07T05:39:07","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T10:39:07","slug":"a-national-expert-in-helping-parents-bond-with-babies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/2023\/08\/10\/a-national-expert-in-helping-parents-bond-with-babies\/","title":{"rendered":"A National Expert in Helping Parents Bond With Babies"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kadence-column5041_6a7bbb-b5 > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-right:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-left:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);}.kadence-column5041_6a7bbb-b5 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column5041_6a7bbb-b5 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column5041_6a7bbb-b5 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column5041_6a7bbb-b5 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column5041_6a7bbb-b5 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column5041_6a7bbb-b5 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column5041_6a7bbb-b5{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column5041_6a7bbb-b5 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 991px){.kadence-column5041_6a7bbb-b5 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column5041_6a7bbb-b5 dynamic-main-col\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.kb-image5041_630c28-39 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image5041_630c28-39\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.test.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/marykaykeller-640x640-300x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-14746\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/marykaykeller-640x640-300x300-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/marykaykeller-640x640-300x300-1-250x250.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dr. Mary Kay Keller<\/strong>, chair of Applied Family Science, is known as \u201cthe baby whisperer,\u201d a reflection of her deep and abiding connection to infants and their wellbeing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As president of the Infant Massage USA organization, she is an advocate for educating parents in bonding with their babies through nurturing touch and communication and researched the benefits of fathers learning infant massage for her doctoral dissertation. Through her role with the national group, Dr. Keller has connected students in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences with practicum experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Keller created \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/marykaykeller.com\/podcasts\/\">Life Is A Learning Curve!,<\/a>\u201d a podcast on childhood and family development, saying \u201cit\u2019s through connection that all human beings thrive and develop.\u201d Each podcast focuses on a topic that supports bonding and connection in family and individual relationships. Her book, \u201cHassle Free Bedtime,\u201d outlines a three-step process that helps babies, children and parents achieve the restorative sleep they need to function their best.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Mary Kay Keller, chair of Applied Family Science, is known as \u201cthe baby whisperer,\u201d a reflection of her deep and abiding connection to infants&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":14746,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[346,90,348,14],"class_list":["post-5041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-applied-family-science","tag-college-of-social-and-behavioral-sciences","tag-infant-massage-usa-organization","tag-wilmington-university"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":2,"label":"ACADEMIC NEWS"}],"post_tag":[{"value":346,"label":"Applied Family Science"},{"value":90,"label":"College of Social and Behavioral Sciences"},{"value":348,"label":"Infant Massage USA organization"},{"value":14,"label":"Wilmington University"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/marykaykeller-640x640-300x300-1.jpg",300,300,false],"author_info":{"display_name":"Mckayla Imperatrice","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/author\/mckayla\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":2,"name":"ACADEMIC NEWS","slug":"academic-news","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":559,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":460,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":2,"category_count":460,"category_description":"","cat_name":"ACADEMIC NEWS","category_nicename":"academic-news","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":346,"name":"Applied Family Science","slug":"applied-family-science","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":903,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":2,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":90,"name":"College of Social and Behavioral Sciences","slug":"college-of-social-and-behavioral-sciences","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":647,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":71,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":348,"name":"Infant Massage USA organization","slug":"infant-massage-usa-organization","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":905,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":2,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":14,"name":"Wilmington University","slug":"wilmington-university","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":571,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":357,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5041"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14931,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5041\/revisions\/14931"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}