Welcome!
Welcome!
Well Baby’s philosophy is rooted in the emerging field of infant-family mental health. We believe that healthy early relationships are the cornerstones of an infant’s emotional, cognitive, and physical growth. Through this website and our community center in Mar Vista, California, we strive to support families from the beginning and to help children reach their full potential by fostering in them creativity, confidence, and resilience as they move out into the world. At Well Baby Center, we have created an interactive space for social and relational support to flourish for families with children 0-5, and the Mar Vista community they live in.
Well Baby Center12316 Venice Boulevard
Mar Vista, CA 90066
310 402 BABY (2229)
To learn about our many classes, groups, and services, please click on the "Our Center" tab above
Well Baby Center is a 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organization
“[The] language of connection is the musical prosody of a mother’s voice in rhythm with her baby’s cooing, the mirroring of her facial expressions, the dance of the mother/infant/dyad."
“To Sing and Dance Together: From Infants to Jazz", B. Schogler, C. Trevarthen. Department of Psychology, Univ. of Edinburgh
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Voices of the Community
Diane Reynolds is the founder of the Mindful Parenting Program on the Westside of Los Angeles.
"I know that having two children myself, they each have a different mommy."
Tell me again how you started the Mindful Parenting Program, what was your first inspiration?
When I was growing up clinically in my training I was taught first and foremost to treat infant in the adult – to look for the history in every one of us. So it seemed natural to take my attention and put it on the early relational history that’s being created and co-created. I found that in giving a lot of attention to the early part of life as preventive intervention it helps ease a lot of difficulties later on. And while I do treat adults, I found I was much more focused on the very real infant in the room with the parent. Naturally, I wanted to take that into a group setting so I could serve more people at one time.
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