Exploring Books with Babies & Toddlers: A Free Course for Moms It started with a board book and a warm lap. Ten minutes before bedtime. A routine that felt simple, but turned out to be one of the most powerful tools for connection and development I ever stumbled into. Reading to your baby isn’t just about early literacy. It’s about shared attention, emotional bonding, and brain wiring. It’s about [...]
Can You Work and Breastfeed? Yes, With This Simple Plan I thought I had it all planned. Pump. Store. Feed. Repeat. What no one tells you is how emotional that first day back at work can be when you’re still breastfeeding. Or how your baby suddenly refuses a bottle. Or how trying to pump between meetings feels like sneaking away for a secret mission. You are not alone if [...]
Brain-Building Play for Babies: 12 Easy Activities That Support Development You’ve heard it before - your baby’s brain is growing faster in the first year than at any other time in life. But what does that really mean? And how do you actually support it without adding more to your already overflowing plate? Let me tell you something encouraging: Every cuddle, every song, every game of peek-a-boo is wiring [...]
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Have you ever heard the saying; two heads are better than one? Well, when it comes to the latest neuroscientific research, we have learnt that in fact three brains are better than one. Hopefully it will all make sense soon… Although we, as human beings, have one physical brain, neurobiologists have come to realize that our brains function as three separate brains in one. Each of the three brains [...]
With it being our language block currently, I’m wanting to share a little bit about the difference between reading and book sharing which is a concept we teach to our nannies throughout this block. I have heard a lot of moms mention that their little ones aren’t interested in reading and that they tend to sit down and listen to a story for a few minutes and are then [...]
From the moment our little ones make their appearance here on earth, they are naturally curious about themselves and their environment. Your tiny newborn baby will study your face and listen for your voice. Your drooly, hands-on-everything baby will put everything in his/her mouth in attempts to learn about shapes, textures and sizes, and your busy bee toddler will explore everything and anything at his/her disposal (much to our [...]
As we come to the end of our small muscles block, we want to educate you a little bit more about your little one’s hand development. Children under the age of 4 years old do not usually have the fine motor development in their hand and finger muscles to support the use of thin handled utensils. The muscles in the hands and fingers develop according to a specific progression [...]
