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Hey Baby: Let’s Talk

Your baby is never too young for you to talk to. In fact, whether they are verbal with you or not, talking to them is very good for their social, mental and emotional development. Conversations When my daughter was a baby, I used to talk to her all the time. I didn’t just go the baby talk route (though believe me, I did plenty of that too). I used to ask my baby what I should fix for dinner, what book did I want to buy and even better – what pair of shoes looked better. More often than not, … Continue reading →

When Baby Makes Three (Part II)

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Babyhood Paul Reiser, a notable comedian and creator the sitcom Mad About You, detailed similar trials and tribulations in his book Babyhood. During the first few months of their child’s life, he and his wife both noticed that they literally never heard half of what the other one was saying. “…it turns out that we were just out of steam, too weak to speak audibly.” He also discusses the ugly rivalries that would break out like wildfire over things like diaper changing and getting up in the middle of the night. Their entire focus was their child. Their day-to-day activities … Continue reading →

When you become the Adoptive Parents of Siblings.

Even the most experienced and well trained parents may find it is more then we expected the first several months after siblings move into our home for adoption. The fact there is more than one child being placed usually means least one of the children will be older. Except in the case of twins and twin parenting is special no matter what. The siblings may have been kept together while in foster care and in some cases they were not together but the older child knows and loves the younger sibling/siblings, very much. As the adoptive parents it can be … Continue reading →