You’ve probably heard about the Montessori parenting approach – and it seems that now everyone is talking about starting Montessori in infancy with our babies! And so if you are expecting a baby or have a baby in your world, you’re likely wondering, “Is the Montessori approach good for my rapidly growing baby? What does it mean for their development? What are the pros and cons of taking the Montessori parenting approach?”
Today we are discussing a topic that is so important to the life of a baby, and that is about freedom of movement in Montessori, specifically infancy.
In Episode 26 of our Montessori Babies Podcast, I had the honor of interviewing EZPZ’s amazing Pediatric Feeding Specialist and Speech and Language Pathologist, Dawn Winkelmann and she spoke all about the benefits of using a bowl with solid feedings!
To understand the link between object permanence and separation anxiety, we must first understand the two developmental concepts independently. This topic is one that is so crucial to understanding infant development. It’s also one that dr. Montessori focused on within her works and the types of materials we offer our babies! But we’ll get to that later.
I wanted to have a conversation about being present because, in my experience, I have found this concept to be essential for our babies and for our understanding of what is going on in their beautiful minds. And there are just so many benefits to learning how and why to be present in the moment.
This week I had the most amazing conversation about teaching babies to drink from an open cup with EZPZ’s Pediatric Feeding Specialist
Directed choices are an amazing way to include your baby or toddler in their daily routines! And what are directed choices you ask? Directed choices are limited choices that are guided by the adult and offered to children to encourage decision making within their daily experiences.
Babies are sweet little bundles of joy but there are definitely moments that can be incredibly stressful when you have or work with a baby! And keeping calm is so important and helpful for a wide variety of reasons. So in this post I want to offer all of you a bunch of my best tips for handling those more stressful moments with with infants.
Let’s begin to talk about behaviors in infancy and toddlerhood! To begin, it’s important to recognize that behavioral expression is unique to the child. And that said, it’s a huge topic that will definitely take more than one conversation to even begin to scratch the surface.
This week I had the honor of interviewing the amazing Dr. Natasha Beck for our Montessori Babies podcast! She happens to also be known to parenting world as Dr. Organic Mommy. She is a parenting expert and healthy living advocate who has a wonderful mission to share her expertise and experience with other parents to help support their parenting journeys!
