Baby Verses: The Narrative Poetry of Infants and Toddlers Michael Trout, has created a compilation of 18 poems as if written by prenates, babies and young children, describing their experiences with life: from living with an alcoholic mother, to circumcision; from losing a twin in utero to the joys of individuation. Eight of the poems are recorded on an included CD, using voices of very young children. Magnificent illustrations (by North Carolina artist Jean Rettun) grace each page, making Baby Verses an exquisite way to raise the consciousness of parents and clinicians alike to the perspective of the young child.

Baby Verses: The Narrative Poetry of Infants and Toddlers

Michael Trout

Infant-Parent Institute

What could meditation mean to a foster mother who has learned to arise at 5:15 each day, in order to have 10 minutes of quiet before she begins the careful morning ritual needed for awakening her deeply troubled child without a meltdown? What could meditation mean to an adoptive father sitting alone at midnight, pondering what was happening to the peace of his home, the safety of his other children, and the intimacy he used to share with his wife? Could meditation make a difference to those foster or adoptive families who are on the brink of placement disruption, who are about to conclude they can simply not make it through another day? Use these meditations in any way that suits you. There is no right or wrong way. If you find one that particularly speaks to you, you may find yourself listening to it every day, at about the same time. Maybe you will invite your spouse to join you, on the screened-in porch. Maybe you will listen to the entire CD on certain nights of despair, or listen to a funny one in the kitchen, while whistling. But it is my hope that you will find something herein that restores hope, that challenges your feelings of impotence, that reminds you why your efforts are far from being in vain. CD

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Baby Verses: The Narrative Poetry of Infants and Toddlers

The Hope-Filled Parent: Meditations for Foster and Adoptive Parents of Children who Have Been Harmed