Little ones love to help especially when it involves food. When we built our house (from a floor plan we bought from Southern Living magazine!), we made a slight modification to the kitchen. I made the end portion of our kitchen island about 8″ lower than standard counter height. Why? Because I wanted our kids […]
In your work, you see children who have experienced hard things. Childhood trauma is something that we, as early childhood professionals, need to be aware of, sensitive to and informed about. The pandemic has had serious implications for some children who have experienced family loss, isolation and social setbacks. In this podcast episode, I talk to early […]
What does your parenting approach look like? Do you do things differently from the way you were raised? Or are you emulating your own parents? One area I see parents doing things very differently is with eating. My daughter and her partner are taking a really different approach to meals with their 3 kids – […]
We all need play in our lives. Yes, even you! It’s amazing to watch babies and children play. It comes so naturally to them, whereas it seems like we as adults completely forgot how to do it. Even though the way children play seems relatively simple, it’s actually developmental play. It’s how babies and young […]
Just like everything else when it comes to children, humor is developmental and amazingly enough, it starts really early in life. Babies laugh before they talk, which makes laughter one of the earliest hints on how they are experiencing the world. What’s funny to children changes with time, as their cognitive or intellectual development increases and that […]
How do you know when your child is ready to use the potty? 🤔 How do you teach them to do it? 😝 Should you give them rewards like m&m’s when they are successful? 🥳 What’s the best way to respond when they have an accident? 🤭 So many questions surround the simple task of learning […]
Have you experienced the joy of leaving your baby with a child care provider or sitter for the first time? What about the fear and uncertainty that comes with it? I remember it so well, and there were so many mixed emotions. I wanted (and needed) some personal space, but it seemed that every day, as soon […]
Are you well-rested?Odds are, if your baby isn’t sleeping well at night, then you aren’t. How can you help your little one stop waking up throughout the night? Better yet, how can you help them put themselves back to sleep when they do? That’s what we explore in this week’s episode of Parenting in the First 3 […]
Eat, sleep, poop. Eat, sleep, poop. It seems like that’s all your newborn does in the first 60 days. What is it about this time period, then, that’s so crucial to your baby’s development? In today’s episode of Parenting in the First 3 Years, we answer all your burning questions and debunk all the common newborn myths […]
Is your child at that tantrum age? How do you feel when they’re in the thick of one? Bewildered, impatient, overwhelmed, helpless? Or perhaps ready to throw in the towel on this whole parenting thing. Tantrums are a completely normal part of childhood, but with a little insight into what your toddler is thinking, perhaps […]