Crying, Cooing, Communication: Baby’s First Year
This is an excerpt from our zero to three email that goes out to all of our patients, but I thought this is pretty good and should post to our blog!
Richard Gould
Parents and Screen Time
Check out this article in this month’s Atlantic about screens and the effect they have on parenting.
“. . . emerging research suggests that a key problem remains underappreciated. It involves kids’ development, but it’s probably not what you think. More than screen-obsessed young children, we should be concerned about tuned-out parents.”
Read the article
Photo from Atlantic article
Tummy Time
Parents are encouraged to “do tummy time” with their infants. But what is it? How do you do it? Below you’ll find a link on one method for getting baby into, out of, and enjoying tummy time. If you have questions, feel free to contact our office Lactation Consultant, Amity.
She has attended a TummyTime! method workshop and will happily walk you through the process.
http://www.tummytimemethod.com/tummytimetrade-method.html
https://www1.nichd.nih.gov/sts/about/Pages/tummytime.aspx
Photo: https://www1.nichd.nih.gov/sts/about/Pages/tummytime.aspx