Connecting with Your Baby or Toddler to Foster Development with Michelle Mintz
- Author
- Rachel Olson/Michelle Mintz
- Published
- Thu 01 Oct 2020
- Episode Link
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Michelle Mintz, M.S., CCC-SLP is the Personal Baby Bloomer from Baby Blooming Moments, helping parents make everyday experiences brighter. In this episode we discuss simple ways parents can establish connections with their children starting when they are just babies. We discuss the challenge of balancing screen time for both adults and children and we chat about her children’s book All Done Binky that parents can read to their young child to help transition to getting rid of the pacifier.
Highlights from this episode include:
- The importance of establishing eye connection with your baby and suggestions for when you can take opportunity to do so
- Tools and suggestions for ways parents can establish and foster connections with their baby or toddler
- Strategies to balance adult screen time when parenting
- How to use the screen time your child has in an enriching way
- Michelle’s book on getting rid of the pacifier and when you should think about taking it away
Michelle telecoaches those who raise babies and toddlers to apply her pro-active strategies during everyday routines to help enhance brain connections, encourage early language development and enrich attachments. Scientific research has proven that the first 5 years of life are so crucial for stimulating brain cells that haven't formed and are ready to be nurtured. While many factors influence brain development, HOW people interact with their babies and toddlers have the most significant impact. Her goal is to turn everyday experiences into brighter beginnings.
All Done Binky: Book to help facilitate getting rid of the pacifier for children ages 6 months-3 years
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