Are Walking Babies Harder To Keep Up With?
TweetAnjali is now officially walking (yay!). I think this is so fun. Of course, she’s still a bit shaky, and she’s still crawling a lot too. But I am excited for this new development. A lot of...
View ArticleWonder Week…And Teeth
TweetAnjali can't wait to get in the Ergo carrier We recently hit developmental week 46, at least according to The Wonder Weeks, an insightful book about babies’ developmental leaps. I’m not easily...
View ArticleSo What If Your Baby Can’t Walk Yet. What’s The Rush?
TweetThe other day, an acquaintance of mine expressed a little concern that his 16 month old baby isn’t walking yet. Perhaps something he and/or his wife are doing or providing their little girl with...
View ArticleWhen Do I Teach A Toddler Rules?
Tweet“Anjali, don’t keep opening that drawer and taking out all of the diapers.” Anjali looks at me knowingly while opening the drawer. “Anjali, you can use the spoon to scoop out your green juice...
View ArticleWaking Up With New Skills
TweetDid you ever notice that there are days that your baby wakes up, and they seem to have grown an inch, or that they literally pop out of the bed with some new skill? I know there have been so many...
View ArticleFree Sign Language Resources For Your Baby
TweetI don’t know if I mentioned before that we have been signing with Anjali from pretty early on–I think as early as 3 or 4 months. Sign language is a great way to communicate with your baby, as...
View ArticlePraise Vs. Encouragement
TweetI have been reading a lot about issues around praising children. Specifically, Madhavi and I have taken the approach that over-praising is detrimental to a young child’s self-esteem. We strongly...
View ArticleParent Directed Vs. Child Led Discovery
TweetI am constantly at odds with myself about my approach toward various daily activities Anjali does, or activities I do with her. I go back and forth between being a “teacher” or being a...
View ArticleHow To Teach Your Kid How To Read
TweetThat’s a trick title. At least, I’m discovering (read: HAVING MY MIND BLOWN!) that given the right trust and “tools,” our kids can learn to read on their own, or likely with far fewer than 30...
View ArticleToddler Pattern Development
TweetMEET anjali’s new friends, ABBY AND EMMA… Do you notice something interesting about these two? Or really, Abby, the one on the right? She never changes her clothes. Blue jeans and brown jacket,...
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