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Babies & Nervous System Regulation — What Most People Miss

22 Dec 2025 · 1 min

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A practitioner (Hallie Bulkin) describes clinical work with infants through adults, emphasizing that successful nervous system regulation with babies often depends on caregivers' states. The speaker notes that when a baby relaxes during a session it often indicates progress, but if regulation doesn't hold, she brings caregivers (usually the mother) into the same session to address co-regulation; other family members may also be involved.

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So I see babies through adults. I've seen babies as young as two days old. And specifically, whenever, if a mom is bringing a baby to me, and I don't feel like we'll make progress in a session, the baby will relax, things will improve. But if it seems like it's not holding, that's when I really start to have conversations with mom of, you know, the co regulation factor. And sometimes I have sometimes in one session, I'll work a little bit with baby, but but then also work with mom in that same session, because I do I think that if we bring the baby to this rest and digest state, but then if mom is stuck in fight or flight, that it's absolutely going to affect their progress. And so I will combine the two into one session. Or sometimes I'll work on other family members also in a session.